Oprah and I are Free Women

I can be silent no longer.
Ok, I haven't been silent at all, but it seemed like a really catchy opening line. It's Super Tuesday folks and things are heating up.

On the Democrat side things are obviously exciting. Mainly because I simply have NO idea who will come out on top. It truly is a close race and I have no gut feeling on who will come out the victor. I will say that I was truly inspired and swayed by Oprah's latest appearance for Obama out on the campaign trail, and I have to believe a LOT of other voters were as well. The woman is powerful and smart...and a darned good speaker. I would have voted for her for President when she sat down. Apparently she was catching a lot of flak from other women about not backing a woman. She fights back and I just have to say, "You go girl." Check the video.



On the Republican side I would just like to say once again how strongly I dislike Huckabee and his devilish ways. I mean, the man knows he has ZERO chance of winning this thing, but does he drop out? No. And why?? Because he is clearly trying to screw over Romney. He will split the conservative vote with Romney, especially in the southern states, and make McCain the clear-cut winner. Mark my words, when Huckabee gets tapped from McCain as his running mate, it will be obvious that they have been scheming behind the scenes to make this happen. It's so sneaky and political that I want more than ever for this thing to blow up in their faces.

Second angry moment today. Reverend Al Sharpton was talking to Hitchens (the guy who wrote the anti-God book)at a debate at the NY Public Library. Hitchens made some comment to Sharpton that it surprised him that Romney doesn't get asked more about why Mormons thought Blacks were inferior. This is fantastic in and of itself, but it gets better. Sharpton replied, "As for the one Mormon running for office, those who really believe in God will defeat him anyway. That's a temporary situation."

Sharpton goes on in further interviews to deny that he meant any harm to Mormons or to Romney, and that he wasn't accusing them of not being Christian or believers. I challenge you to find any different interpretation in his comment. For someone who is all about finding people who are bigots and appropriately punishing them, it seems a bit ironic for him to call out Mormons as "not believing in God." Why can't a person just be honest and say, "Look, I said that, and I was wrong. There is no good interpretation, but it was in the heat of the moment, and I regret saying it. Mormons are believers too." And leave it. Then I say, Ok, believe what you want, I believe what I want, thanks for the apology.

I go back to Oprah. Why is this vote about religion? Or race? Or gender? It's all unacceptable and your vote shouldn't be based on any of these things. Like her, "I am a free woman that follows my own truth." I wish we would hear more of people voting their heart and their issues and not a desire to either promote OR prevent a woman, a black man, or a Mormon from the office.

And that my friends, is a rant. I mean wrap.