I am so thankful that McCain picked now to announce his choice for vice president just in time for my first post on me and Cheeks new blog. As Cheeks would be sure to point out to you this chick (yeah that's her in the middle of the picture with the rest of the clan of Vikings???) is kinda hot in a "milf and cookies" sort of way. She has five kids, the youngest, Trig Paxson Van, that’s his goddamn name, I ain’t shitting you, has down syndrome. So the kids messed up and you give him that fucking name. Nice one. Ever hear of the Melendez brothers? They wrote their parents names on the bullets before they shot them dead with them. If he didn’t have a disability enough you go and put him through this kind of torture and name him Trig (Norse word for strength) Paxson (an area of Alaska, wonder if that was where they popped the bun in the oven?) Van (yes it is a reference to Van Halen, guess we know what was playing on the radio when her husband put the sticky creamy hot white icing on the bun!) Jesus jumped up Christ I mean really what the hell? Now I say all this and I add that this is going to be something we will all deal with for a few years because I am calling it right now, she is going to be the vice president after this election is over.
What? You think he’s gonna win? First, before the hate mail rolls in, I am voting for Obama, okay. Shut the hell up and listen for a minute. Obama may be leading in the polls right now, “they” say by seven points. This of course has a plus or minus accuracy rate of five points. So he is leading by anywhere from two points to twelve points. Not going to claim I even know how many votes a point comes to, don’t really give a shit. It’s all a mirage. The thing everyone keeps shoving down our throats is that this is not going to be a racial issue. How can it not be? There’s a pink elephant in the room, but let’s not talk about it. Well guess what, we’re talking about it. I know he’s half black, I know about his white mother and maternal grandparents. I also know that he made a quote on radio station 610 WIP ( a Philadelphia sports talk station) a few months ago during the Pennsylvania primary about his maternal grandmother. During the interview Angelo Cataldi, the radio host interviewing him, asked Obama about being raised by his grandmother and during the conversation he said about his grandmother: “She‘s a typical white person.”. Pardon? He was speaking about the fact that when his grandmother sees someone (usually a black person) on the street she walks to the other side. A lot of people around the Philadelphia area were up in arms that he would say such a thing. I chalked it to as he really needs to prepare for any and all public speaking engagements. See what happens when you don’t have a speech prepared ahead of time? Even if he was on a sports talk radio station. He called to talk local sports and make a public, albeit on radio, appearance trying to endear himself to the locals that are huge sports fans. Cataldi,who is not known for his couth was very well behaved and to his credit, actually asked some sports questions as well as political ones. Cataldi and the rest of the radio staff were very shocked at the comments which were brushed aside at the time as Obama just trying to be funny. Clinton won the primary by nearly ten percent of the vote. Now I know I am interpreting what he said my own way. Yes, it was at the time a knee jerk reaction and I was offended and am less so now. Still offended but just not so much. Still voting for him. And when I say I am voting for him I really will. Cause I sure can’t vote for this guy:
Holy shit! This can’t be the next president can it? It could happen, very easily. See, lots of us "typical" white folk, say we’re going to vote for Obama when we get asked on the street, by the water cooler, at the doctors office, or wherever we get asked, but to be honest, some of us are not really going to. If you ask minorities if race relations are getting better or worse, most of them will probably say better. I ain’t buying it. It’s not getting better, it’s just being hidden better. I hope I’m wrong. I might even be but I don’t think I am. Let’s break this down a bit. There is, according to the US Census Bureau, about 305 million people living in the US. Of those people, approximately 217 million of them are of voting age. If previous trends are correct, a little more than half of them, or 120 million will actually vote in the election this November. The winner and next president will need around 61 million votes to win the election if my skewed math is correct. Let’s break it down even more now. Again, according to the US Census there are 225 million whites, 40 million African Americans, 3 million Alaskan or Native American Indians, 15 million Asians, the rest of the population, 22 million fall into the other or mixed category. The population of the races that will be voting and of legal age to vote is something like this (again it’s an approximation don‘t get crazy on me): 87 million votes will be cast by whites, 18 million by African Americans, 1 million votes will be cast by Alaskan or Native American, 6 million Asian voters, and 8 million will be cast by the “Others”. “So what the hell does all this mean you long winded fuck wad?” you might be asking yourself. Well here’s what needs to happen for Obama to win: He needs and will get approximately 14 million votes from African Americans, 2 million from the Asians and the Alaskan/Native Americans combined, (how the hell do I estimate the “others” votes?) I will say he gets 6 million of the others and mixed votes. Add that up, he’s got 22 million votes. Now we add the white votes. He’s 39 million votes away from winning if my 61 million votes to win mark is right. He needs 39 million votes from white voters. If half of the white voters vote for him that’s about 44 million. He ain’t getting that many votes from whitey. He won’t get 40 million “typical” white people to vote for him. He will get, I’m guessing about 38 million votes from the white voters. Which is about 3 million less than the straw polls are predicting he will get. So you think there’s 3 million liars out there? You better believe it. My predicted presidential election results are: 61 million votes for McCain and 59 million votes for Obama. So get ready for four more years of republican bullshit. Right now, these old white guys run Washington and they are going to run the country, again, for four more years. Unfortunately! I just hope it will be better than:
