LATE BREAKING NEWS

We have just received a communication from our good friend in California, Maxine Waters, that she is supporting Hillary. Maxine is one of the most liberal black leaders in the US House and has been a fierce opponent of this trumped up war in Iraq. An ardent civil rights leader from way back, she is a tenacious campaigner and while she is no Ted Kennedy, you know the great former first lady and present outstanding Senator from NY welcomes her support. Gutsy move by Maxine! They love Hillary and Bill in California where my former union AFTRA and of course the writer's guild are fighting for a just wage and better working conditions. Hail to Walter Reuther, Jimmy wherever he is and people like Dick Gephardt and Dick Dailey, crusaders for the right to bargain collectively.
Remember all you Repub sympathizers and we definitely send you our sympathy, the Repub Party opposed the Wagner Act of the mid 1930's which gave us the right to collectively bargain and moved the middle class of this country forward economically and many of our forefathers were able to truly become middle class and upper middle class because of this act. Oh by the way, they opposed Social Security too! Wait till some of you yung uns start getting those checks: We thank you meanwhile and remember: "Numnuts tried to do away with it while he ignoring my many friends in New Orleans!" What did he say: "Brownie's doin a great job!"

Just in and immediately brought to the "War Room": Gregory Christian (son 1) and Danny Christian (son 3) are staying with John Edwards. John has been moving slightly upward in the race in the past two weeks. That leaves only Slater Christian (named after the great Slater Martin,
former St. Louis Hawk great and Hall of Famer in the NBA) and Jimmy Christian(son 5), who could be an anarchist and may be heading for Spain to join the great Javier Barden.

All of these fine young men marched in the famous parade in the Webster area in 1972 along side their father (the Bear) when he rode in his then black Chevy convert and waved at the massive Crowd on July 4th, mostly Repubs, who gave him the finger and jeered lustily! The Bear went on to become the Democratic Committeeman of Gravois Township and won two more four year terms before retiring from the political battles in 1984. Those were the good old days but they can't compare with this year's exciting battles in both parties. I say again: LETS TAKE IT TO THE CONVENTION. I can see it now: No winner for 14 ballots and then a shout from the rafters:
"WE WANT GORE!" Demonstration, environmentalists go crazy, Floridians begin to adjust their ballot boxes, the UN calls for a holiday to celebrate, Swiss Nobelists are exstatic! Oh baby!
Its not going to happen but even next Tuesday will not determine the winner in either party, maybe in the Repubs!

So we shall see what will happen: One other note: Little Lord Faultleroy decided he would not run for Governor. The Repubs should be happy. He was a disaster! He can go back to Springfield and cry come November with his old man, the Repub whip in the US House, also inept!

So yes, their is joy in the ranks of Demo land but here's a warning: Campaign like there is no tomorrow (Don't be a Rudy or Fred and sit on your butt). Hit every nook and cranny! As Howard Dean says: "Campaign in every state, city, hamlet, igloo, county and take nothing for granted."
There will be no easy win in November but we know by the numbers turning out in the primary season that the Democratic Party of Harry Truman (we lost a great writer and singer today with the death of Margaret, one of my favorites), FDR (genuflect), JFK (thanks Teddy), Lyndon Baines Johnson (a great civil rights president), Grover Cleveland (He won, then lost, then won!) and Teddy Roosevelt (He ran as a Repub but they never accepted him. He was really a closet Demo) and finally our founder, rough and tough Old Hickory, who opened the White House to the masses,
Andrew "he fought some great duals, one with our MO Senator Thomas Hart Benton" Jackson!
What a list of greats: Of course we must give deference to the elephant leaders: Warren G. Harding, US Grant, Silent Cal Coolidge, Richard Nixon and of course "the evil one!"

Tonight its Florida and tomorrow I will most likely head for Maplewood to cast my absentee ballot:
Many think I'm absent minded! Then the family, the neighborhood, friends, enemies and politicos will know: The Bear has spoken!