Weary electorate: ABH

My political mantra for the seemingly never-ending Presidential race is ABH. Most who read my blogs would probably eventually figure out that I mean ANYTHING BUT HILLARY. Polarizing isn't a strong enough word for the woman. I personally see her as a stiff Ice Woman whose mantra probably is ATGE: Anything To Get Elected.

I remember when the seed was first planted so publicly for Hillary. It was several years on a Dan Rather CBS News broadcast when he "lightly" suggested that she should run for the Senate. That was when I really began losing respect for Dan Rather as a journalist. Oh, he could spit out the colorful metaphors about as well as sportscaster Keith Jackson, but he had no business planting political seeds on his nightly broadcast.

Well, the ball got rolling, and because Hillary was married to the Champion of Indiscreet and Flaunter of Disrespect, she apparently possessed the divine right to be President of the United States. She's been running ever since Bill left office, apparently cuz they liked co-existing and socializing in the White House so much.

I have tried really hard to find a reason to like Hillary. Naturally, because I'm a woman, I'm supposed to like her because we're all supposed to be happy that a woman could finally be elected President of the United States. Well, there are several million of us out there, and I believe there could possibly be one other woman who might fit the bill (no pun intended) better than Hillary.

Yesterday, I received a call from the Idaho Chairman for the Obama for President campaign. He's a very nice guy from Boise---a retired Presbyterian minister. He told me he had been involved in the civil rights movement a few decades ago. He also believes that Barack Obama could lure a few of Idaho's Republicans. I tend to agree with him.

I told him also that if he ever got a chance to pass along a message to Obama, mine would be to stay away from the Hillary bandwagon, should she win the Democratic nomination. For Obama to play the usual politics and sidle up to Hillary would disappoint me greatly.

I think he does offer a breath of fresh air, and that's what America needs after the past 15 years of nothing but nastiness. We don't need any more doses of syrupy, sincere Bill melting women's hearts, and doing whatever else he does in the back rooms of the White House, or maybe even the Oval Office---while that cold, cold wife of his basks in her long-awaited dream of almighty power.

In my mind, Hillary is and always has been all about Hillary. I doubt she could care less about the American people's wishes or needs, except for right now, of course, when her wishes and needs demand their votes. A lot of other women in politics have done a lot more for their constituents than Hillary On the Democratic side, for example, I can name Sen. Diane Feinstein of California. She's powerful but palatable. She's a proven effective and sensible leader.

On the Republican side in this 2008 election, I'm still looking at the Presidential candidates, trying to decide which one might be my choice. I do really like this election for one reason; we finally have an opportunity in either party to effect a fresh outlook and to rid ourselves of the weariness we've felt toward the political system for far too many years.

To those Hillary supporters out there, please accept my apologies if I seem too judgmental toward this candidate. The feeling, however, has never changed in all the years I've watched her cold, calculating demeanor in the public limelight----confirmed all the more in the past two weeks as she has claimed so arrogantly that "I'm going to win . . . they're attacking me not because I'm a woman but because I'm ahead . . . I don't even consider the possibility of my losing . . . . "

Nice to be confident, but what happened to even a touch of humility? ABH! ABH! ABH!