Hillary Calling Squeaky Fromme

I'm trying, really trying not to write about Hillary Clinton. Everyone in America knows Obama is the nominee and her shrill insistence on carrying on is a joke. Even the media has pretty much written her off. But just when you thought you'd seen the worst of the Clintons, she reaches further into the gutter. This time she is attempting to justify staying in the race by saying Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June 1968. The none too subtle mesage is "Hey, you never know, he gets shot and I'm in." Maybe she's the 2008 Hubert Humphrey, the establishment candidate who wasn't going to beat RFK in '68. Here's what I really worry about now. There's no question in my mind Hillary Clinton is willing to do just about anything to win this nomination. And the math tells you it would take an act of God to stop Obama... or the act of a madman or madwoman. While Hillary is busy clarifying her remarks, the damage is already done, much like a lawyer poisoning the potential jury pool. Because here's what could happen. There are enough angry Clinton supporters, particularly older women out there who think she's been screwed. My concern is one of them hears Hillary's RFK comment and thinks she's been chosen to remedy the situation. I don't want to see a Squeaky Fromme or Sarah Jane Moore emerge from the shadows blasting away in some delusional belief she's helping Hillary become President. Comments like Hillary's can be interpreted by zealots as a call to action. Hillary knows exactly what she said and why. Again, shame on her.

Geraldine Ferraro At It again

According to an interview in the LA Times, failed 1984 VP candidate Geraldine Ferraro says she might not vote for Barack Obama because he's a sexist. Note to Geraldine: You're a bitter loser and if you weren't sporting a vagina in '84, you wouldn't have been Walter Mondale's running mate. Like your pal Hillary, one of the many reasons you were rejected was because you were married to a dirtbag. As for Obama, kicking Hillary's rear-end doesn't make you a sexist, it makes you the nominee.

Kennedy Story Buries Hillary Tonight

As if things couldn't get any worse for the delusional Hillary clinton, the news that Ted Kennedy has a brain tumor swiveled the media spotlight away from tonight's primary results. The Kennedy story will be page one tomorrow and for days to come. Nobody will be listening tonight as Hillary tries persuading viewers she's ahead in the popular vote because she's counting Michigan and Florida. But I'm sure the 500 angry old broads in the room will love it!

Ted Kennedy

Having just heard the news that Ted Kennedy has been diagnosed with a brain tumor, I remembered a conversation I had with him on an airplane years ago. I had spent the weekend at his home in Hyannis and we were both headed for New York. I remember the turbulence was fierce and given I'm a nervous flyer, I guess I looked it. Sen. Kennedy kidded me a bit and seemed to be enjoying my discomfort. At that point I asked him how he could be so relaxed since he broke his back in a plane crash in 1964. He was very philosophical and said when your time is up, it's up. I was hardly reassured. As we hit another violent air pocket, Teddy nudged me and said "I want you to know what the NY Times will have as a headline tomorrow if this plane goes down. It will say last Kennedy brother and 110 others die in fiery plane crash." Then he laughed and so did I. I suspect we'll see some more humor and grace under pressure in the coming months.

Hillary's Special treatment Should Offend Women

Think about it. Hillary Clinton has absolutely no chance of getting the Democratic nomination yet the press and Sen. Obama pretend she does. Everyone is talking about letting her leave on her own terms. Someone used the analogy "They're giving her time to get her coat before she leaves." Which is code for "when they would normally show her the door immediately." I find this preferential treatment incredibly sexist and wonder why more women aren't having a problem with the double standard. I hear people saying because she's a woman, the rules are different. Well they shouldn't be and she shouldn't be taking advantage of it. Every other candidate bid a timely and gracious good-bye when it was clear they couldn't win. Why should a woman be treated differently than all those failed male candidates? Hillary's insistence on hanging around looks and feels like a crazy ex-girlfriend who just can't take a hint. When it's over, it's over. Sticking around only makes everyone uncomforatable. Leave gracefully Hillary and you might get another shot.

The Sunday Papers

Let me save you a trip through the Sunday papers. Ted Kennedy is alive and I feel 100after seeing pictures of his children arriving at the hospital. When did everyone get so old? My man, Congressman 'Cheato" Vito Fossella, high stepped it through a Memorial Day parade in Staten island minus the missus. You don't think she's pissed, do you? Big Brown won The Preakness in a snoozer. Hillary's still out there pretending she's still in it. She's beginning to get the "crazy Aunt in the basement" treatment from everyone. I'm already over 'Sex in the City." Could somebody put a bag over Sarah Jessica Parker and call it a career.My Red sox won two yesterday and the Yankees continue to stink up the joint. Yeah! That's all you need to know.

Ted Kennedy Not Only one Having A Siezure

Word that Sen. Ted Kennedy may have suffered a siezure or stroke today has liberals around the country clutching their chests. If anyone personifies the agenda of the left in this country, it's the senior Senator from Massachusetts. His recent endorsement of Barack obama had put him back on center stage for a while even though the Kennedy endorsement had little or no value at the polls. (Hillary smoked Obama in Massachusetts) As someone who knows Ted and has stayed at his home on the Cape, I wish him well. I couldn't disagree more with him on most issues but I admire his willingness to fight the good fight when he could have been tootsies up on a beach in the Bahamas for the last 40 years.

California Supreme Court To Rule on Same Sex Marriage

It what is likely to be a watershed legal decision, the Supreme Court of California will rule shortly whether or marriage is a civil right only extended to the marriage of a man and woman. While I certainly get the "marriage is only between a man and a woman" argument, I'm unwilling to deny that right to gay and lesbian couples. And if you're not affected by this i.e. you're not gay...why do you care?

Angelina Jolie May Have Twins In France

Serial child collector actress Angelina Jolie has told an anxious world at the Cannes Film Festival that she's considering having her twin children born in France. She and her idiot husband Brad Pitt are, of course, making some sort of anti-American statement. My question is who cares what these two lightweights do or say? But if American isn't good enough for these two nitwits, may I suggest they move to France. But then they'd have to pay confiscatory French taxes and live in a country where nobody works anymore.

Does John Edwards Endorsement Matter

The big news tonight is John Edwards has finally decided to endorse someone. After dithering like a latter day Mario Cuomo, Edwards has endorsed Barack Obama. But like Hillary's win in West Virginia, does anyone care? Edwards was always a phony who couldn't deliver a quart of milk. He didn't even carry his home state of North Carolina when he was Kerry's VP. His electoral needle was always stuck on 10-11% as a candidate this year. I doubt he brings anything other than his skin color and good old boy accent to the Obama table. But at least we've found one white guy this week willing to vote for Obama!

Mountain Mama Bringing It Home

Finally a primary tailor made for working class Mama Hillary Clinton. Exit polls show 50% of West Virgnia Democrats earn less than $50,000 and only graduated high school, 25% are 60 or older and they're all pretty much white. No pesky Negroes, intellectuals or fire breathing college kids. Let's hope Hillary doesn't show up on stage in a sheet and pointy hat.

A Foreclosure We Can Get Behind

Former NBA thug and all around jerk, Latrell Sprewell, had his house foreclosed on yesterday. The man who made his name by choking his former coach P.J. Carlissimo, couldn't pay his mortage even though he made tens of millions as a player. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

Obama Playing His Bench

Now that Team Obama has clinched the Democratic nomination, it looks like they're starting to play their bench. That's an old athletic term referencing the tendency of managers to rest their starters while they look ahead to the playoffs. Often teams clinch a playoff spot before the season officially ends and there's no point in getting anyone hurt or wasting energy on contests that no longer mean anything.
Team Obama knows the primary season is over and they've won the pennant. The smart thing to do is rest and conserve resources for the November election. And as often happens in sports, teams that lost during the regular season still try to rough up the pennant winners just for bragging rights. But beating them in a meaningless game can't obscure the fact you still lost the pennant. Hillary's kidding herself if she thinks beating Obama's bench warmers in West Virginia means anything. He's already focused on John McCain. Hillary's close to irrelevant.

James Reed Langan Has Arrived

Happy to report my second grandson has arrived safe and sound in LA. He's 7lbs.11oz. and is 21" long. Everyone is doing fine. There are conflicting reports about whether he told the doctors he was voting for Obama. May he have a long and happy life!!

Awaiting The Phone Call

I've been a bit lax today in the blogging department but I have a very good reason. I'm awaiting a call from my son Jay in LA to tell me my second grandchild has arrived. His mother is currently in labor and I'm too distracted to worry about Hillary and the gang. Speaking of Hillary, I'm expecting a congratulatory call from Mrs. Clinton later today since she knows he'll be a white baby! I'll let you know.

Bobby Kennedy

It's been almost 40 years since Bobby Kennedy was assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after winning the California primary. I remember him and that campaign well. I just finished reading a piece on Bobby in this month's Vanity Fair magazine. It's a thoughtful and provacative look at Kennedy and his tortured path to running for president. But it still leaves us with the one question nobody can ever answer to everyone's satisfaction. Was Bobby the wistful heir to Camelot intent on finishing his brother's work and ending the Vietnam war or simply a ruthless opportunist who only got into the '68 race after Gene McCarthy almost beat LBJ in New Hampshire. What are your thoughts?

Vito My Vito

It just gets better in the Vito Fossella story, the Staten Island congressman busted for drunk driving on his way to visit his "sick child" at 1AM the other night in Alexandria, Virginia. Not only was this dirtbag living a double life but his father and uncle were subsidizing the mistress and the love child behind Mrs. Fossella's back. Could be a little dicey come Thanksgiving.
Don't you love it when people call a child out of wedlock a "Love Child?" I call it a huge mistake! Lust child would be more accurate. So if any of you on Staten Island have been harboring dreams of a plush congrssional job, this is your chance. Vito will be gone by Memorial Day.

Don't Forget Hillary Contest

Remember to enter our "When Will hillary Hang up the Pantsuit" contest. Winner gets collectible Hillary Nutcraker. When hell freezes over is not an acceptable guess.

Let's Hear It For This Bush

As you probably know President Bush's daughter Jenna will be married tomorrow in Crawford, Texas. Regardless how you feel about the Bush family, here's a Bush you can love. Not only did she eschew the whole White House wedding thing but she proudly announced there would be NO WEDDING PLANNER. Thank you Jenna!!!

Hillary Throws Blacks Under The Bus

Hillary Clinton on May 8, 2008. “Sen. Obama’s support among working, hard working Americans, white Americans is weakening again and whites who had not completed college are supporting me.” Remember, this isn’t a quote from some jacked up surrogate or supporter, this is straight from the candidate’s mouth. It’s on tape to a USA reporter (or the Clintons would be claiming she was misquoted) and was intended for public dissemination.
There is no question in my mind this ugly observation is a last ditch appeal to superdelegates and it is intended to convey the following. Barack Obama will lose to John McCain in the fall because a significant number of white people will simply not vote for an African-American for president. White people who have not completed college are mostly red neck bozos and are even less likely to vote for a black man, so deal with it. Also please note the reference to …”working, hard working, white Americans” I think it’s fair to say Clinton is attempting to play to some ugly stereotype of welfare queens and freeloaders. (Nice view of the great unwashed from the bell tower at Wellesley, Hillary).
The very same dumb, bitter white folks clinging to their guns and bibles are much more likely to vote for me in November than Sen. Obama. So unless you want to see the Democratic Party kick away another election, disregard the fact Obama has won this thing fair and square and think electability. Any questions so far?
There’s no question here Hillary and her advisors are playing the race card. Thanks to Bill Clinton’s Jesse Jackson remark after South Carolina and other gaffes, the Clintons have lost the strong support they once had with blacks while Obama has successfully made his case. On average, African-American voters have been 90-10 for Sen. Obama.
But here’s the question. Does Hillary playing the race card make her a racist? Or has she simply identified her electoral strengths and weaknesses and is attempting to make them work for her? Yes and no. Her statement has clearly offended blacks and white liberals weary from years of Republican efforts pitting racial and economic groups against each other. Clinton is also arrogantly assuming African-Americans would support her in the fall in the very unlikely event she is the nominee. I’m hear to tell you they will likely vote Democrat in the fall but not if it’s Hillary. They’ll sit it out.
But here’s where it gets a bit tricky. Is it fair and even expected when minorities vote their race and consider it the primary factor in evaluating a candidate? Is the fact that a white person would have absolutely no chance of being elected to anything in cities like Detroit or Newark any different than the exclusionary voting patterns in the South only a few years ago? When does racial pride become racism? Never apparently in the African-American community but it is quickly flagged in certain white enclaves. Putting it another way, it is rare to see a white candidate prevail in a minority community but many blacks are elected in white communities. We need no better example than Obama’s success this year.
When this primary season officially ends, there will be certain lingering images and observations. On the positive side will be America’s embrace of the inspiring black Senator from Illinois. Less than inspiring will be Hillary’s willingness to throw her black constituency under the bus in a pathetic attempt to convince the superdelegates it’s still a white man’s world.

Say Goodnight Vito

As if it wasn't tough enough being a republican congressman in New York City, Vito Fossella fessed up to a five year affair with the mother of his love child after being nabbed for drunk driving. Unfortunately for Vito, he's not a democrat. If he were, a quick stint in rehab follwed by announcing he intended to focus on doing the peoples business would have him back in the game. Then again, he could trot out the Ambien defense!

Pick Hillary's Withdrawl Date and Win A Nutcracker

Now that most rational people understand Hillary Clinton is not going to be the Democratic nominee, the only thing left is to figure out when she tosses in the pantsuit. So in my infinite generosity, I am offering a true political collectable for the reader who picks the date Hillary withdraws. In the event no one gets the exact date, we'll abide by The Price Is Right rules...closest without going over.
The prize is a The Hillary Nutcracker. It's still in the box and will be worth it's weight in cattle futures on e-bay some day. It's Hillary in full with stainless steel thighs capable of cracking even the touhest nuts...and it's made in China. What could be more American than that. It's right up there with the John Kerry dog chew of 2004.
So send me your pick and I'll keep everyone posted. You can't afford to wait. The Wicked Witch could go any day now making this a contest where everyone wins in the end.

Shut Up Rush

Could somebody hit the mute button on Rush Limbaugh and his blowhard claims of winning the Indiana primary for Hillary. The numbers say Limbaugh's Operation Chaos charade had virtually no impact on the results. This is just the latest effort by Limbaugh to stem the significant loss of listeners and ad rates in recent years. His act has grown tired and stale and his self-congratulatory rantings have turned off a lot of listeners. I've tuned him out.

The Mask Comes Off

It took a while and a few more electoral thumpings but I think the real Hillary Clinton is emerging from the shadows of feigned progressive ideology. Here's what she had to say to USA Today.
"Sen. Obama's support among working, hard working Americans, white Americans is weakening again and whites who had not completed college were supporting me."
Gee Sen. Clinton, what do you mean by that? Could it be you're telling the superdelegates and delegates pledged to Obama that he's going to get beaten like a bed wetting step-child in the fall and you better nominate me before it's too late. It's a shame George Wallace and Lester Maddox are dead. You could be pre-announcing one of them as your running mate. Maybe someone in your posse has David Dukes phone number.

Hillary's Sundowner Syndrome

Last year I was involved in having a cousin confined to an Alzheimer facilty. He was near 80 and had clearly reached the point where he was no longer capable of fending for himself. What I remember most about the experience was how animated and angry he became as we transitioned him from his home to a facilty. Even in his diminished state, he raged at everyone and even attempted to hit one of the nurses. It was sad and horrifying to witness and completely out of character.
I asked one of the doctors if there was some medication which might calm him down. He said medicine would help but I should understand my cousin was experiencing "the sundowner syndrome." In short it means people react violently when they are required to leave their home as they see it as the sunset of their life. They know there's only one step left in the process after that.
Which brings me to the otherwise inexplicable behavior of Hillary Clinton. Everyone knows it's over for her yet she insists on hanging on to the presidential drapes. I'm guessing she has the political equivalent of "Sundowner Syndrome." She knows if she leaves the stage, her presidential dream is dead. Like my poor cousin, no amount of reasoning or good intentions is getting through. Hillary is raging against the inevitable but the sun has already set for her.

The Hillary for VP boomlet

I'm hearing some of the Hillary crowd are floating a possible VP nod as the price Obama will have to pay to get her out of the race. She's also hoping to get Obama to agree to pick up her campaign debt. Let's swat that down right now. First of all, Obama would be an idiot to put her on the ticket. Imagine having her and Bill watching your back! Obama would have to triple his secret service detail just to get through his first term. Secondly, Obama doesn't need the Clintons politically. They're yesterday's newspaper and have proven toxic in destroying the long relationship between the African-American community and the Democratic Party. I think he'll pick an experienced hand like Bill Richardson. He brings foreign policy and relationships with foreign leaders to the ticket. He's also Hispanic.

Superdelegates Will Stampede to Obama

A lot has been written about the so-called superdelegates and the crucial role they have and will play in the nominating process. Less than a day after the latest primary contests, three more superdelegates have announced for Obama. They will be the start of a stampede toward Obama and away from Clinton. Most of these people are political hacks and make their decisions based on one important factor... How will this affect me and what can I get from Obama if he becomes President? They don't want to be the last person seen entering the winner's locker room. Declaring for Obama after he clinches it won't pay any dividends for these clowns. Helping banish The Wicked Witch will.

George McGovern Switches To Obama

Former Senator and 1972 Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern has withdrawn his early endorsement of Hillary Clinton and thrown his support to Barack Obama. This is very significant because if anyone knows about losing, it's George McGovern! Who's next...Walter Mondale?

If This Were A Golf Match

If you're still having trouble getting how over the Democratic presidential race is, think of it as a high stakes golf match. Obama is four up with three to play. The normal protocol at this point is for Clinton to shake hands with Obama and they walk off the course with class. Well, Hillary's obviously not been in many match play events. By insisting on continuing with no hope of winning, she's simplybeing a bad sport and compromising his ability to win the next one.

Ding Dong, The Witch Is Dead

If there was ever any doubt Barack Obama is going to be the Democratic nominee, it went the way of all flesh last night. Only an idiot or an angry ideologue can deny the math. At this point continuing only embarasses Hillary and weakens the Democratic party in the fall. The revelation this morning that Hillary was forced to loan her campaign $6.4 million only underscores her desperation. She's out of electoral running room and money. One aspect of last night's results gives me hope that the American voter isn't a complete moron. Voters apparently saw through Hillary's gas plan pander and regarded Obama's refusal to pander as a sign of real leadership. Maybe there's hope after all.

Could It Be?

It could be the vino but I'm beginning to think Hillary could lose Indiana!! There's 400,000 votes left from college towns and urban areas. If he wins 50% of that, I could be running down the street in my underwear. I suspect Obama loses narrowly but a narrow loss is a win for Obama!

No Game Changer For Hillary

Early returns point to an Obama win in North Carolina and a close one in Indiana. The headline is Hillary has failed to make the kind of electoral statement necessary to confound the delegate math. She's done and no amount of spin can put her anywhere near the nomination. If she were ten years younger and had any class, she would graciously fold her tent and await another day.

Another Marker on Oil

Little noticed outside of Wall Street is yet another hysterical doomsday prediction on the price of oil. A genius at Goldman Sachs is saying oil will hit $200 a barrel shortly. This asinine prediction is yet another indication oil is topping out. Given there is an increasing supply of oil with more on the way at these prices and a slowing international economy, oil has nowhere else to go but down soon. The amateurs always show up at major tops and bottoms.

Decision Day Again

Another Tuesday, more primaries. Today the good folks of Indiana and North Carolina have their opportunity to weigh in on the Obama-Hillary contest. The pollsters are predicting a split decision with Obama winning North Carolina and "working class" Mom, Hillary Clinton taking Indiana. How much do you love Hillary reinventing herself as a blue collar gal? Just how dumb does she think people are? Really, really dumb if her campaign blather is any indication. The word shameless doesn't come close to doing her justice but then again her whole life has been one delusional lie after another. If Indiana buys her baloney, they deserve what they get and it won't be lower gas prices!
But here's my secret desire and it doesn't involve the Bunchen sisters. The voters of Indiana will have seen through the Clinton misrepresentations and will join their fellow democrats in North Carolina and put us all out of our misery by making it a clean sweep for Obama today. If they do, I promise to run down my street in my boxer shorts tonight. My dignity is a small price to pay for my country.

Can Obama Play The Victim Tomorrow?

So far in this tumultuous democtatic primary season we've seen two candidates wear the inevitability tag. Early on it was Hillary Clinton buoyed by big money and near universal name recognition. To be sure, she came into the race with high negatives but it did not appear anyone else in the field could beat her amongst democrats. That all changed when Barack Obama began raising awesome amounts of money and attracting millions of new voters and independents to his campaign. At one point, Obama reeled off 11 straight wins sending Hillary down for the mandatory eight count. All of a sudden Obama was the inevitable nominee.
But every time Hillary looked like road kill, she slipped into her victim costume or cried. It worked. Women particularly older women rode to her rescue. They related to a woman of a certain age getting tossed aside by the good looking young guy down the hall. Obama started looking a little smug and entitled. Then, of course, enter Rev. Jeremiah Wright and his one man wrecking crew. Obama has been forced to spend the last few weeks distancing himself from the venomous preacher. It's been painful to watch.
Here's what I'm wondering. Has the pummeling of Barack Obama reached the point where he's now the victim? Is the media seen as piling on? Has Hillary overplayed her hand by keeping Rev. Wright alive? Will the voters in Indiana and North Carolina untie Obama from the railroad tracks? If they do it's game over for Clinton. I think Obama will do much better tomorrow than people think.

They Shoot Horses Don't They

Like everyone else I was horrified to see Kentucky Derby runner-up Eight Belles break down after the race and be euthanized on the track. The incident has ignited a firestorm of discussion about horse racing and it's place, if any, in our society. Most argue horse racing is a noble sport where owners treat these animals like family members. Owners and trainers constantly refer to the horses as athletes who can't wait to compete. My question is with the obvious exception of Mr. Ed, has anyone really talked to a horse about this? Others consider it a cruel sport intended to amuse and financially benefit their insensitive owners and the dolts who bet on them.
Here's my take racing fans! Any "sport" where the participants are unwilling competitors is not a sport. It's an exhibition of forced labor. Sure, if you're a $10,000,000 foal or Triple Crown winner, life is pretty good but that's only because someone has a lot of money tied up or is expecting a big return. But if you're a $1,000 claimer, you're one race away from the glue factory or a riding stable. In addition, the financial pressures to produce increasingly prompt trainers and owners to fast forward schedules of many of these young horses resulting in injury or death. Can't we find something else to amuse ourselves?

Gotta Love The Times

On most mornings my wife can be heard wondering why I continue to read The New York Times as it makes me so crazy. It's almost laughable socialist agenda usually has me fulminating over my coffee and referring to the paper as Pravda. But today's edition is just another example of why I soldier on reading their leftist drivel. It's because of their great obits and unintentionally hilarious cultural pieces. Today their was an obit about a 90 year-old German officer who was the last surviving member of the group who tried to kill Hitler during the war. Great history you'll not read anywhereelse. He escaped capture but always carried a cyanide capsule on him until the end of the war.
Then there is the dance review of "Chimurenga" , Nora Chipumire's translation of her youth during Zimbabwe's second war of liberation. Here's what The Times has to say:
" Tall and muscular, with her head shaved bald save for a tiny patch toward the front, Ms. Chipumire is capable of devouring the stage....In one repeated motif she mimes throwing a stone, only to arc her body backward and around violently, as if the forces she is battling have swatted her away like a nettlesome fly."
It gets worse or funnier. "Ms. Chipumire gently crouched and balanced a large gourd on her head, or softly reciting a list of remembered pleasures." Who writes this crap? You can have my tickets to this riveting performance!

Oil Prices Have Topped Off

There’s an old stock market saying attributed to the late financier Bernard Baruch that goes something like this. “When I see it on the front page of The New York Times, I go the other way.” Today “it” would be the price of oil and the attendant hand-wringing that goes with it. Naturally politicians particularly Democrats are out in force calling for an end to this outrage. Some like New York Senator Chuck Schumer see collusion by the big oil companies and are calling for a windfall profits tax. Give it a rest, Chuck.
Needless to say the presidential hopefuls have gotten into the act. Hillary Clinton staged a photo-op at an Indiana gas station the other day excoriating the oil companies and calling for a summer suspension of the federal gas tax. By all estimates such a move might amount to a savings of about half a tank of gas for the average consumer. But it sure sounds good doesn’t it, Senator? You also had to love the Clinton entourage showed up at the gas station in eight Chevy Suburbans.
For his part, Republican John McCain chimed in with his belief it was time to give Americans “a little relief.” Well, he got the little part right. That’s the John McCain who has conservatives questioning his Republican credentials. Sen. Barack Obama, on the other hand, denounced the tax ploy as pandering and pointed out we should be looking to address energy dependency in the long run. He’s right of course but until the Democratic Congress does something about drilling for the oil we have, building new refineries and putting nuclear power plants back on line, we’ll still be at the mercy of the Saudis and whack jobs like Hugo Chavez.
One thing that will change in the short run is the price of oil. Remember oil is every bit a commodity as pork bellies and subject to the law of supply and demand. Currently everything that can go wrong is baked into the price of oil. You have political instability to put it mildly in the Middle East. The dollar’s plunge has driven oil higher while the burgeoning economies of China and India have created a strong demand for energy. On top of that a lot of hedge fund money, burned by the meltdown in the stock market, have found their way into oil futures and created a speculative premium.
Well kids, much of that is changing. To be sure The Middle East remains a cauldron but the oil continues to flow. Who else are they going to sell it to if not us which is why they’re cranking up production to cash in on the high price? The dollar has stabilized and is creeping higher. Demand is falling at these prices which guarantees a lower price shortly. The hedge fund boys will find out the commodity pits can be unforgiving in a pullback. When the oil fever breaks, it will look like a thousand elephants trying to get through a key hole.
It’s all very similar to the tech bubble of the late 90’s and the real estate bubble. When both were hitting record prices, there were a million reasons why the prices would never come down. I remember reading some genius in 2000 talking about “a shortage of equities.” I assume he’s driving a cab these days.
So if I’m Hillary Clinton, I’m on the phone to that commodities broker who turned her $1,000 into $100,000 years ago and telling him to short oil. She might be able to buy a few super delegates with the profits.

MORON PATROL

Here's my favorite story of the morning. It appears a 21 year-old Fort Worth, Texas man named Charles Ray Fuller (how did I know he'd have a hokey middle name) has been arrested for attempting to cash a check for $360 billion. According to police reports Mr. Fuller claimed his girlfriends mother had given him the check to start a record company. The police went on to say "tellers were immediately suspicious." Sign them up for a guest shot on Walker Texas Ranger. And how's this for a stunner? Old Charles Ray had 2 ounces of pot on him when arrested!

The Barbara Walters Book Tour

Like it or not Barbara Walters is about to arrive on a TV screen near year touting her new autobiography. I was hoping to avoid the lispian TV newswoman altogether but I've already been blindsided. In a nauseating early revelation, Barbara Wa-Wa tells us she had an affair with former Massachusetts Senator Ed Brooke back in the 70's. Not only am I profoundly disappointed the married Senator would be sharpening his pencil with the ambitious Walters, I actually knew Sen. Brooke back then and have a fabulous photo with him. I was running for office in Massachusetts and Brooke endorsed me and appeared at a couple of fundraisers for me. Why Babs thinks the world needs to hear this now escapes me. Ugh!

Hillary Passing Gas Again

I'm sure most of you saw Jeremiah Wright's favorite candidate, Hillary Clinton, opining in front of a gas station yesterday about the high cost of gasoline. Her solution is to suspend the federal gas tax for the busy summer travel season. Two things wrong there Sen. Liar, liar, pants on fire. One is you have absolutely no authority or control over the gas tax. secondly, if you did the savings would be miniscule and the proposal is a transparent attempt to exploit people's economic fear. How about addressing the long term or would that interfere with pandering to the uneducated masses who so love you? It's only fair to point out John McCain agreed with Hillary (shame on him) but Barack Obama called it the publicity stunt it is. Score another for Obama.
Then, of course, as the intrepid Jack Fitzsimons told me, Hillary's entourage at the gas station included EIGHT Chevy Suburbans! I guess conservation isn't part of the Clinton energy plan.

Happy Immigration Day

It used to be May 1st was the day the former Soviet Union celebrated communism with a march and show of force through Red Square. The idea was to taunt the U.S. and make it clear they felt they had nothing to fear from the paper tiger that was America. Ronald Reagan put an end to that nonsense.
Now May 1st has become Immigration Day. A day when millions of people here illegally can flaunt and taunt with impunity. As I write this, the good folks of Los Angelos are hosting an immigration rally through downtown LA. Now in a world where the rule of law counted for something, these people should be marched right into a holding pen and sent back to their country of origin. But as long as liberals like Ted Kennedy and Hillary Clinton look at illegals as possible democratic voters,illegals have nothing to fear from the paper tiger that is the INS.
Here's my suggestion. How about we pick another day, say Ted Bundy's birthday, and have National Wanted Felon Day. On that day the hundreds of thousands of wanted felons could gather in front of the Supreme Court and complain about what a hassle it is to avoid contact with the judicial system. Like the illegal alien, it's no fun thinking a routine traffic stop could have you eating baloney sandwiches in the pokey. Both groups are operating under the radar and it's time we cast off their shackles and gave them a place at the table with folks who play by the rules. POWER TO THE PEOPLE.