“So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. ” Franklin Delano Roosevelt First Inaugral Address.

Over the weekend I read on Twitter that we can not be frightend of the Republicans. That we need to stand up against them. Where do these people live? Are there armed blackshirted groups standing on corners watching your every movement, listening to every utterance. If the people in this country truly fear that deeply their neighbors, sons and daughters then I might have to ask, What are you ashamed of them finding out about you? Pretty much everyone believed that the Republicans would not win the Whitehouse this November, so is there fear that the Democrats might lose? They have the poster children for the ideal candidate in Hillary Clinton and Barrack Obamma, so pick one and get on with it. But maybe they are seeing thier saints have clay feet. Everyone thought Senator Clinton would walk away with the nomination, and then came Senator Obamma. We all started to see a side of the Clintons that no one wanted to admit had always been there. There is something sleazy about an 18 year old worried about his viability to run for President if he avoided the draft. Senator Clinton appears like a deer in the headlights. There seems to be some deep seated desparation within her that does not want to admit defeat. They both appear to be a husband and wife wrestling tag team when the one on the outside of the ring obviously pretends not to notice the out stretched hand for the switch. Well both Clintons come with a complete book of misspeaks, lies, nitpicking legal wording of an answer instead of a clear resounding yes or no. Now along comes Senator Obamma, who no one took seriously because of his lack of experience until they remembered that William Clinton was elected as a former governor of the State of Arkansas, not a glowing recommendation. Senator Obamma comes with his own baggage in the form of his minister for all intents and purposes appears to be a Black Racist. There is also the lingering shadow of his and his wifes friend Jesse Jackson. Where are the rest of the Congressional leaders? Everyone seems to be hiding in the shadows. Opra Winfrey supports him what about Bill Cosby? Barrack Obamma seems to be saying that he will provide the tools but he cannot work them as well. John McCain or George Bush III as they lable him. Here is someone that did his duty during Vietnam, survived as a prisoner of war, is admantly independent, yet he knows the president and tells a probable outcome that once we committed to the war we will be there in some form or another for many years to come. A reluctant but pragmatic statement.

So here we are, only a few months away from picking someone with an inordinate and unreasonable need to be president, a possible black supremacist, and a war monger. What are we to do? Ignore our real external enemies for the made up terrors we paint our opponents to be. Possibly ignore the propoganda  and chose the candidate that best fits our ideals. This country is too large and powerful to make a mistake that would destroy our futures forever.