Wednesday, October 29, 2008

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 29TH

As the great Harry Carrey would say: "Holy Cow, what a game!" Yes, what a campaign we've been treated to since early 2007 when tricksters on the varioius TV shows and politcal personalities from both Democratic and Repub parties began to position themselves for the important announcement that "yes indeed, I am a candidate for President of the United States of America.

Now I ask you: Do you remember Tom Tancredo? How about Dennis "the menace" Kucinich, yep, the Bear's favorite Bill Richardson from the great state of New Mexico was an astute candidate, who didn't advance much, mostly because of TV and yes, there was the sure nominee the former mayor of NY and hero of 911 Rudy, who just had too many skeltons in his former Gracie Mansion and was pro-choice, a no no with Repubs. What about Evan Bayh out there in Indiana, a sure bet, who went no where either for Pres or VP. Joe Biden and Chris Dodd, two very promising and experienced Senators were left out in the cold. Finally a strong economic mind and former governor of Massachusetts Mitt (we loved those gloves) Romney battled to the end but went down in flames. Hillary Clinton was a sensational candidate who battled the Democratic nominee to the wire.

Well their all gone and Barack Hussein Obama and John McCain are left standing and have duked it our for several weeks and wait history's mandate. It will come next Tuesday and all ready voters in many states are standing in long lines to vote early! Wow!

The issues have been explained during debates. The writers of the great newspapers and small ones throughout the country have spoken, endorsed, and anyone who hasn't spent at least some time on their friendly computers inhaling information, well so be it.

Tonight Barack Obama will speak to the nation and give what many say is a summation of his thoughts, works, and actions on behalf of his candidacy and that has become a bit controversial.
Yes, he means business. Since McCain will probably wait until Election Eve to speak we leave it to Obama to have his somewhat final say! DON'T MISS THIS SPEECH!

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

TUESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 28TH

Only seven more days to campaign. Where do these candidates go and what issues do we emphasize? Yes, Barack, we have the $$$$ to finish this race with style. Your bold decision, which has been strongly criticized by McCainites, to pass on federal funds has paid off handsomely. No doubt about it, this organization of Barack Hussein Obama has raised millions to fund a never ending TV campaign, mailers, travel, etc etc etc. He's everywhere from Augusta, Maine to Yuma, Arizona, from Bellingham, Washington to Key West Florida and yep, even to Hawaii! What a fine campaign this young Senator from Illinois has fostered to put him in position to close this very week.

While we talked some foreign issues yesterday and tax differences between the candidates today the Bear wants to call your attention to a major issue all politicians must face, national, state, local etc. in dealing with their constituents: Health Care. McCain has questioned the use of the government to take the lead in forcing companies to have a program for its workers which has been somewhat controversial. McCain has championed the present insurance companies to come up with a program to encourage health care at cheaper rates and would make available $12,000 in rebates to citizens which would have to be targeted for healthcare.He wants the federal government out of the business of healthcare.

The Bear is the radical along with people like Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, who wants the federal government to guarantee "free" medical care for all Americans from the womb to the tomb! The Bear feels a country without this benefit is and cannot be considered great! What is a great country? A country that wins major wars which, overseen by the Democrats (WW1 and2), or a country which is strong militarily, is a beneficial force in the world, such as our work in the UN, a country that follows a mixture of social benefits (social security, health plans, federal aid to education) and a capitalist country which thrives on the competition between private companies to be leaders in their particular industry. Finally, as the Repubs have proven in the past few weeks, there are times when the Federal Government must step in and lead the way in stimulating the economy. Treasury Secretary Paulson and Fed Chairman Berneke are conservatives who have asked and received from Repubs and Democrats extreme power to affect the economy, the banks, businesses thru their loans, policies and programs designed to regulate, yes regulate the various entities that make the major decisions regarding our economy.
"WHY THATS SOCIALISM!" would moan Sarah Palen who doesn't know a socialist, from a communist, from a capitalist, from a fascist from a free thinking outright democratic government. You know to quote my good friend and your friend and everybody's friend, John McCain, "China's commies, who have lent us a lot of bucks, are nothing but capitalists and Sarah Palen, who has taken money from the US Government for various projects in Alaska, is nothing more than a phony capitlist, who is really pursuing socialistic programs. After all Sarah, you never closed the US Post Offices in Fairbanks, did you?

Now, lets get it straight, the Bear wants the US government to tighten its purse strings, get out of these many countries we have no business in, engage in normal diplomatic and yes, sometimes necessary military efforts and then give our constituents FREE MEDICAL TREATMENT and you bet, he supports everyone getting it as part of our guarantees in this government. The Constitutional basis for it's passage: THE NECESSARY AND PROPER CLAUSE IN THE US CONTITUTION! Common Demos! Lets go Repubs! Lets make it happen with a strong Democratic Congress leading the way and a President ready and willing to sign on.

So there you go Repubs. Yes, I am a LIBERAL! Yes, I am a Teddy Roosevelt Progressive!
Yes, I am a CAPITALIST, who has lost a lot of $$$$ lately in the the Stock Market! Yes, I am a Socialist: I favor Medicare to be changed by the new healthcare policy for free medical care for all Americans, Social Security (You stay away from my Social Security Bush! McCain! Repubs!
I favor the mail being delivered to me each day. Hell, I miss my milkman delivering my milk, like they used to do! I favor the Federal Government giving subsidies to our farmers for programs that will help our farmers compete with governments who compete with us every day for the products that will feed millions over the planet! And on and on and on! This I believe: Franklin Deleno Roosevelt was the greatest president in our history because he was able to influence our government to act in crisis during the Depression and WWII and won both those wars with his ingenuity, confidence, leadership and personality. We have a possible clone of his in the making today.

Now Barack Obama, should you be so honored to become President of the United States make sure you are as aggressive a President as you have been a candidate for office. You must select a Cabinet, which stands for Progressive attention to the major issues that have been created by the worst administration is US history. You must make some appointments of qualified, hard working, intellectuals who are masters in their field. Democrats, Repubs, Libertarians, Independents: WE WANT PROS MAKING THE DECISIONS THAT WILL AFFECT MY KIDS AND GRANDKIDS LIVES IN THE FUTURE.

The Bear is signing off today as he heads for Borders to pick up the latest Nelson DeMille novel.
Peace be to all and common you two candidates for President and you two VP candidates: Lets have a great last week of a campaign to remember. My good friend from San Francisco BobFord, tells me: "You'll be sorry!" The Bear never looks back! Onward and upward to victory: Wait, I've got to get my Barack Obama sign up straight in the front yard! So says the Bear as he prepares for tonights World Series restart of the 5th Game of the Series. Could the Rays benefit from this delay (not Tom Delay).

Monday, October 27, 2008

WOW, ONLY ONE WEEK TO GO!!!

Yep, this is still the Bear visiting with you tonight, Monday, October 27th, just one week from liftoff in one of the greatest, "you bad", exciting, volatile races in American history. Many great adventures will be narrated over the years to come about the variety of candidates, the primaries, the conventions and the campaign which has brought these candidates into community after community all over the US!

Tonight I salute the great former governor of Vermont, chairman of the National Democratic Party for his "50 state" strategy, which has given us a new outlook towards our goals and organization.It was John Dean who said: "No more targeting states like reds and blues. We're going after them all and allied with the famous Obama organization that sure enough has happened!

To achieve this lofty effort, the Democratic Party went to work organizing and rallying a downtrodden party and lent its objectives to the bitterness of the American public, who was saddled with the worst administration in the history of the US but wasn't sure which way it wanted to go in 2008. You bet we Dems want out of Iraq, a fair tax program, a green nation, an economy which grows and benefits all Americans. We Demos must give us not only fair government but honest and genuine, always hard working US Senators and Reps. Remember Mr. and Mrs. America:
We have three branches of the Government: Legislative, Executive, Judicial. All must be respected by our electorate and all must respect their constituents. Somehow during the last 8 years the party in power forgot that!

Then there were the polyglot of candidates which culminated with a newcomer, a charmer, a so called intellect who some called a "rock star", leading his troops with a keen sense of humor, a freshness that captured the minds and hearts of people all over the globe and an organization which defeated "the famous Clintons", considered by most unstopable not too long ago. The Repubs, after another interesting fight, eventually settled on "old money" and came up with Senator John McCain. It appears that Senator Obama's team has been non relenting in their efforts to elect their candidate. Wow, what a team!

If you have been following "Bear Talk" you would have seen the Bear muddling over, meditating on, and going from Richardson to the battle between one of his favorite women, Hillary Clinton (no not the puck head from Alaska) and this new guy Barack Hussein Obama and after several weeks deciding he would go with Obama and you know what? He's made a happy choice.

Now here's why the Bear is supporting Obama:

1. Tax Plan is geared towards the Middle Class, no George Bush type "no taxes but we'll fight two wars. McCain first opposed Bush"s tax program and later voted for it! He now wants a no tax plan that will favor the upper classes in our society, just like W's plan, in otherwords the old Repub "trickle down" program which has always been the stuff of Repub tax programs.

2. And what about the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? Well, with McCain, we get more of the same watchful waiting and spending which has led to the divided and maybe disinterested Iraqui government to more or less want us out of there soon! Well if Barack gets in there it will be an important ingredient in his foreign policy to put an end to this disgraceful event in US History.
About Afghanistan, the Bear isn't too sure we should be in there either. It would not be my policy to chase thru the mountains of Afghanistan after good old Osama and give weapons to all sorts of characters over there like we did when the Russians were there only to have them fall into the hands of the enemy. What we need is to bring the troops out of unneeded spots throughout the world and train the hell out of them, build up an organized and ready force and
be ready for any major, I say major undertaking we may be called upon to rectify. Now get this:
Iraq was not an ally of the US. Greece, Turkey, South Korea, Israel, GB, France and Germany, plus a few more are part of our network of Allies. I say honor all present alliances and build on diplomatic efforts to deal with our adversaries thru nation to nation efforts and thru the UN! Yes, the UN can work! McCain is not the person to lead this effort, Obama yes!

The Bear will address other issues in this pivotal and important week in American history!

It is necessary for the Democrats to gain control of both Houses of Congress by healthy majorities and then it will be our ballgame to engage in positive programs to improve our standing in the world and strengthen a military which presently is in disaray. I don't like to criticize our military leaders but Bush's and McCain's total dependence of General Petraus has gone from a respectful acceptance of his views on every policy to a dangerous dependence on his views on everything from Iraq to Iran to Korea to Pakistan to Syria. Where I come from your Commander-in-Chief (we do not have one now), a civilian is in charge of the military, not some general out there.

More to say tomorrow on the Economy and I'll give you and Barack a hint: THERE ARE MANY AMERICANS OUT THERE WITHOUT JOBS, MEDICAL CARE AND WITH EACH DAY IT GETS WORSE. Remember the really bad time in the Depression of the Thirties took place between November when the great FDR was elected and March (they inaugurated in March then) when he took office. We need major programs ala "The New Deal" to put our American labor force back to work. Should we be so fortunate to win next Tuesday, we must and should start to prepare for January 20th when we will be carrying the ball for the American people, and I mean ready! Enough, its World Series time!

Monday, October 6, 2008

ORGANIZATION!

One of the main reasons I settled on Barack Obama in the Democratic battle for President came when I realized that the Senator from Illinois had built a masterful organization, outshining the Clinton team. I can't remember when it came to me that this was the way to victory in November, but as any winning coach will tell you: "WE WIN WITH ORGANIZATION!"

In coaching the head man must have his asst coaches, his managers, his players, everyone who touches his team, on the same page. His players must know and believe in what the head coach is selling and if you have the talent that spells success, you will win.

Who ever and wherever this juggernaut of a machine got it's start with Barack Hussein Obama, it has made itself felt throughout each and every state wherein it has arrived. The Obama team has been relentless and brilliant in its moves and it's candidate has been a master taking the ball and running through the right hole and given a sensational talent for his presentation of his politics, has stimulated his followers and independents to boot.

Now, as we enter the last thirty days of the campaign it appears this organization is paying off in state after state. We are hearing of canvassers, telemarketers, voter registration experts, people driving people to vote absentee, students not just talking the talk, but vowing to actually vote this year etc etc etc. THESE OBAMAITES MEAN BUSINESS!

The McCain campaign has featured a series of changes in leadership, whiney back biting, negative blasts from frantic Repubs, taking their orders from a leader many think incapable of
operating without chaos and the same old cliches of yesteryear, "no taxes", "Iraq Forever!", "deregulation is the way", "privatize Social Security", "No socialism on my watch!"

The ultimate in bad judgment occured when the Senator from Arizona selected Sarah Palin for his Vice Presidential runningmate. With some very talented people available out there inlcluding George Romney, an economic wizzard who would certainly have some solid answers on the present crisis in our economy, a likeable and talented former Governor from Arkansas who showed promise for the future, several young and likeable Republicans to stimulate the voters. He chose what has become a major liability to his campaign, an individual who shows total ignorance in a variety of issues, which can and must be mastered by an individual who might be President.
Of course Bush always prided himself in his lack of knowledge and disdain for accumulating information about local, state, and international issues and was recognized by people all over the world for the stiff he is! Thank God, he will no longer be with us come January 20th.

The total disdain McCain showed for Obama in their first debate is a lack of preparation for the big game and when voters all over the US got the opportunity to see these two together, they could immediately recognize Barack gets it and McCain and his Bushie buddies are living in a past which featured some of the worst and lazy governance in American history.

No let up Barack. You have perservered to this moment! You have earned what will be a great victory for America and the world so don't let up, and roar to the finish line with your fine organization delivering the vote before and on election day! Go get em!

Friday, September 12, 2008

BURN AFTER READING GREAT FUN!

After the Bear had read several critiques of the Coen Brothers "Burn After Reading", the tendency was to feel "big letdown" after "Old Country For Old Men" but being a "coen head", I just had to take a peek at their new production and though it's not their greatest, I liked it plenty!

Joe Williams of the St. Louis Post wasn't too kind to the film but one thing we both agreed on: Brad Pitt is hilarious working with Frances McDormand in a Washington D.C. health club and with Pitt and McDormand hoping to reap rewards for information found in a lost memoir of a fired CIA lower eschelon spook, they dance there way around the nation's capitol eventually finding there way to the Russian Embassy where they encounter whatelse somber Russkies!
By the way, the CIA guy is none other than everyone"s favorite wierdo John Malkovich!

Everybody's sleeping with everybody and word ..... is employed at record breaking pace so for you people who get the shakes when you here the word, this flick is not for you. When will we Yanks get over our sexual bugaboos and enjoy life a bit? Are we really holier than the rest of the world?

There are too many of my favorites cavorting around in this one for me not to like "Burn After Reading." Clooney, Swinton, McDormand, Malkovich, Pitt, what more can I say and you know they are loving every minute with the boys directing. Actually I'm told they take turns being the top honcho. Why can't we have a few belly laughs with our friends those nutcases, the Coens without trying to dissect the meaning of life? Thank you Joel and Ethan for all those old familiar places!

ST. LOUIS RAMS AND WIDE RECEIVERS

The Bear does not like to talk about "pencil neck" wide receivers. Who can forget the good old days when the mid summer football camp was enjoined and players lined up in their 1/2 shirts and shorts at various positions. Each position had its standard number of players interested in those jobs but when it came to wide receivers, you know way out there from the action, what you got was 25 guys just so anxious to catch the ball. Half of em would not be there when August 15th rolled around and pads were distributed for the real game of football.

The St. Louis Rams, my Rams, who are this week considered to be the very worst team in the NFL because of being decapitated by the tough Philadelphia Eagles, are taking on the defending Super Bowl Champs, the New York Giants here in St. Louis Sunday and suddenly there has been a rash of injuries at the WR position which has led to the team signing a receiver no one loved much when he last played here in 1998, Eddie Kennison. Coach Al Saunders, who I have always felt was a solid offensive mind had much to do with this having coached Eddie at KC. Earlier this year we had Reche Caldwell in camp and he has always been in my mind a good wide out but after cutting him, it appears he was not in the mix. There were many others who might have been considered. After all they would be replacing the worst receiver in St. Louis Ram history,
#83 Drew Bennett, who we paid considerable money to when he became a free agent having left Tennessee where at one time, he supposedly was their best receiver. Unfortunately the Rams liked what they saw. I can find no Ram fan who has anything good to say about Drew these days or last season. He is not too fast! He is not too fearless! He wears goooy white gloves. He misses assignments quite regularly. While we don't like players to get hurt, it would have been far better we hurt his feelings and cut this underachiever.

Now we drafted Ronnie Avery second and the fleet young man had only one game in the pre-season where he played any length of time and he performed well and showed some of the speed we expected of him. But alas, he's hurt too! So many Rams continue to have hurts or owiees or whatever, one might have to be concerned about training methods utilized by this organization.
Avery must and should be productive if he is ever healthy.

Keenan Burton will play this Sunday. He did not see much action in game one and did not see many passes coming his way. Of course Philly blitzed poor Bulger the Ram QB so often and so successfully that we might deduce his time as the starter of this team are numbered. Burton, who definitely has talent and according to his college coach, former Ram head man Rich Brooks, as much talent as Issac Bruce. Wow! I concur and feel he should be starting with Tory Holt!

Dane Looker is a solid four receiver, who can get you first downs and more and has longevity with the team and is a producer, not a talker. Dane is a solid citizen!

Now we come to our captain and smiling receiver, one who has been a sensation for many a year for the St. Louis Rams Tory Holt. Tory has had a lot of trouble in the past two years staying healthy but still producing good numbers. Unfortunately we think he and Coach Linehan do not connect and hopefully this is not true of Coach Saunders.

NOW: REMEDY We need to play the following: Starters: Burton and Holt Third Receiver:
Dane Looker Who goes fourth: Take your choice.

BIG REMEDY: We need a offensive line which can run block, pass block, stay healthy and show some toughness. We also need a fullback to protect our QB, especially against the blitzers. In case you want to see a good one watch Madison Hedgecock. Oh yeah! We waived bye bye to him a few years back and he led the Giants, along with their solid line to great things last year.
He is a winner! The powerless Rams didn't want him! He will be blocking Rams Sunday!

So what did we do when we went after a player in the first round this year. We signed a defensive player (not that our defense was good) instead of an offensive player, the starting left tackle of the Denver Broncos Ryan Clady, who should have been our first choice in the draft. We drafted ahead of Denver. Our line is already been exposed: Pace is semi-hurt playing LT at 75%. Our new LG Jacob Bell is out this week. Our center Leckey is very so so. Our RG Richie Incognito was a no show in game one and who knows when he will explode or get hurt again. Our right tackle Alex Barron is blamed for every mistake this line makes and is the only player who continues to struggle his way thru game after game. Our tight ends, led by Randy McMichael gave a decent account of themselves in the Philly game. Romberg will start this Sunday for Bell and can expected to give a fair accounting of himself.

WHEN WILL ST. LOUIS BRASS, GM'S, HEAD COACHES ETC. START TO REALIZE WE NEED SOME TOUGH ROUGH SMART OFFENSIVE LINEMEN TO PROTECT OUR QB OUT THERE AND BLOCK FOR THE GREAT STEVEN JACKSON? WE MUST GET TOUGHER TO WIN!
WE MUST SHOW UP HERE IN ST. LOUIS THIS SUNDAY AND TAKE OUT AFTER ANOTHER VERY PHYSICAL TEAM, THE GIANTS, WHO ARE VERY WELL COACHED! WE NEED TO PAY THE BIG BUCKS FOR QUALITY BLOCKING FULLBACKS AND UMONGIS LINEMEN WHO HATE THE WORLD!

Then our wide receivers will start to show up and balls will suddenly reach their mitts and yards and touchdowns will result!

The Bear will be in section 405 row 2 in the lower balcony scrutinizing every move by our linemen and fullback and hoping for something special to happen. It's too early to throw in the towel, but progress must be shown!

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

LETS GET SOMETHING STRAIGHT

It's so wonderful to be nicey nicey about your opponent but I cringe every time this Democrat hears one of my candidates like Joe Biden say: John McCain is my friend! We all know they are a part of major club, called the US Senate and boy the decorum there is like no other body in the world.

Why that might be great for the US Senate, forget it when the gloves come off in any political race. I can speak to a lower escelon race as three times the Bear stood as a candidate for Democratic Committeeman of Gravois Township. I am happy to report that I was successful in every race and after 12 years of politicing for various Demos, retired from the field undefeated. Now even for these lowly offices, you were subjected to a variety of browbeating from my opponent's followers. Whereas I ran as a Democrat running against other Democrats in my race, it was quite funny when at the Webster Groves Community's July 4th parade, while waving to the crowd on the street, several Repub folks held up the almighty finger to show their disdain for any Demo! My favorite comment came from a Republican State Senator in Mo, A.Clifford Jones: When asked in my Government class: "How do you feel about mud-slinging in politics, had this to say: "When the son-of-a-bitch thats my opponent slings mud, I'm slinging it back!"

Now for all you holier than thou politicos that feel the two sides in this year's Presidential race are getting rowdy, I say: Bullshit! If you know anything about the political scenes of year's past, going back to the earliest of battles, e.g. The Washington-Adams-Hamilton-Jefferson days, each side had their own newspapers which had no mercy on their opponents. The Andrew Jackson era which gave us the very first Democrat in the White House was as brutal as any we can recollect and Andy was given to fighting a dual now and then.

Now I find Repubs or independents leading towards the elephant party, all want to claim to be above the battle but in reality they are about the worst, take for instance Karl Rove, a slovenly,
crude, icey, punk, who called the present candidate for the White House every name in the game when he ran against the no-show National Guard pilot, I mean AWOL puke, who has given us eight years of the worst government in our history. Yes, the nasty clean shaven white Republicans were more naucious in 2000 than their Demo counterparts when fighting with one another. Shameful!

Now lets talk facts: First of all, Bush stole the election. We'll give him that since we have been guilty of that from time to time. Then he gave us 8 years of lazy, lacadaisical effort, got us into a ridiculous war, supported by the man who wants to keep this occupation going! I am a veteran so don't wave the flag around me. I served in the area now governed by "the squeeky pig with lipstick" a major fraud, who if she ever allows herself to be interviewed by the press will be shown to have supported the "bridge to nowhere" and bilked her own constituents out of big bucks collecting her per diem on travel to a house she didn't live in! This "my friends" is what I call "cheating." She's part of the group of Repubs up there who would have made Lou Brock seem sincere while he pilfered third base. McCain, when he wasn't collecting rich wives, was all too busy taking his slices of cake under the table and was barely punished by the Ethics Committee in the Senate for conduct unbecoming a US Senator.

I don't ever recollect WWII military being given medals for being imprisoned but I'll give him a pass on that one. At least he showed up unlike the mealey mouthed phony from Texas who not only didn't show for his Alabama national guard meetings, but didn't show on issues like the middle east where he chose to sit this one out when the Palistinians and Israelis were begging for US intervention, where he chose to delay, (not Tom Delay) when thousands were suffering from the ravages of Katrina. He also, with the blessing of our dear friend "old Mac", tried to privatize social security, one of the greatest legislative efforts in American History (mid thirties under FDR), and vetoed an important bill to help our vets only this year because he felt there were too many boondoggles in the bill. Say, I ask, has Iraq been a super boondoggles with all these businesses donning military gear and fighting over there for three times what we pay our troops.
Yes, and the Senator from Arizona wants to keep them there "100 Years" if necessary. Pardon me mister but didn't I see you walking over there with more protection on your body than "Transformer!" "Oh things are just peachy kean!"

McCain is another of these doubting Thomas's when it comes to the environment. He has never been known to favor legislation which would take out after the polluters. In fact he never saw a corporation he didn't embrace.

Well, guess what Lehman Brothers is all but going down on Wall Street, another company which
bought the Republican laissez-faire form of economics which made Herbert Hoover and his boys so famous over the years. More is to come but don't worry Bush, you'll probably be down there in Texas cutting down trees while our Democrats will be doing what they did in the 1930's, fight our way out of the Depression with programs to put people back to work, you Repubs know, those Socialistic kind of programs like the Post Office, Social Security, Medicare, Aid to Education, CCC, AAA, all those Eugene Debs type ideas passed during the New Deal.

Lets compare Presidents over the past 150 years. Here is the Republican lineup: Fighting for the worst President of all times but losing to the present occupant: Warren G. Harding 1920-24.
"Silent Cal" Coolidge, his quiet leadership led us into the Depression! 1924-1928. William McKinley 1896-2002) His political machine might have been the dirtiest of all time and his boys apologized for selecting Teddy Roosevelt as his running mate! Thank God, one Repub we can respect. Oh, of course Tricky Dickey Nixon, who I personally didn't think was too bad, was run out of Washington and oh yes, a guy some people seem to like who gave us a deficit which has hurt us to this day. Bonzo Reagan! Bush Sr I would rate ok and he must be shamed shamed shamed by his son's lack of interest in governing and major indecent and wrongful decisions on foreign policy.

Then you have the Demos and I'llbe quick since their record speaks for itself. Bill Clinton, two terms and just a great and smart President, who did make some personal decisions that we could question and paid for it. Jimmy Carter brought us peace in the Middle East, at least for awhile,
but he might have been the weakest of our recent Presidents Democratically. Lyndon Johnson was a powerful leader, who gave us the "Great Society" and made civil rights a reality, rather than a talking point. Medicare--Great! So many sensational programs. Then there was the only four time elected President FDR. We can only say: THE GREATEST PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY. Woodrow Wilson took us thru WWI! FDR took us thru WW2.

Enough Bear: How any independent, how any laborer or middle class individual could even think about giving Repubs another 4 years to destroy our country, infrstructure, foreign policy,
energy and economy boggles my mind. I probably didn't really say what I think: THE BUSHIES SHOULD BE INDICTED AND SENT AWAY AND MAY EVEN HAVE TO FACE THE INTERNATIONAL COURT AT THE HAGUE FOR THEIR INVASION AND OCCUPATION OF IRAQ! One of the biggest jokes was Bush's comment about bringing a divided country together. He not only made this government the bain of every joke but ordered his Attorney Generals to
violate the law time and time again in their relations with the United States Congress. This Repub run bunch of outlaws ignored the US Constitution time and time again! Of course they were aided six of those eight years by a shoddy Republican Congress.

The Bear wants Barak Hussein Obama to fight with every weapon in his arsenal to counter the dirty, ugly, false, profain, TV ads, E Mails, he will encounter. One last item: This guy Obama is just as much a hero when it comes to his attitude about war and the military as would be hero McCain! The Bear served his two years and he's patriotic too. So are his counterparts who served in Korea, Afganistan, Iraq, Europe, the Pacific and at home. This is not true of Bush. The worst criminal act is to take a country falsely into war, knowing young men and women are going to die and innocent civilians will be slaughtered! Especially when he and his vice president (had at least five deferments I'm told to keep him out of service) wave the flag! When I think of WWI and WWII and compare them to the weenie wars of Grenada and Iraq, I ask you, who was called upon to fight for our country and who led our country in these major catastrophic battles! I ask you!

So come November please, I ask my fellow Democrats, don't be lazy and stay home, my friends who are Independent, be especially independent and "throw the bums out." And then my fellow Dems, it will be up to you to fly into Washington and begin to work extra hard to clean up the crap you will see waiting for you left behind by the most inept, decrepid, stinko, phony, crooked bunch of bad guys our beloved country has ever had lead them! For the people of New Orleans and Mississippi this the Bear has to say: "No Brownie, you and your lazy boss did not due a hellova job!"