They Need to Quit

As I read the Dallas Morning News I see this image with the following story. I laugh in my mind about all of the Black people that want to call themselves Republicans, and I then look up the website for this company Republican Market.com and saw these:





At this point I become a bit enraged. Hopefully by now you know me well enough to know that my rage is not directed at a bunch of ignorant rednecks. My rage is with the Dallas Morning News. I am disappointed that a newspaper that calls themselves an endorser of Senator Obama desires to fan the flame of Black-White hatred. I have absolutely no problem with them covering the "black house" button, but is there a reason they did not cover the button that is misogynistic, or the one that would offend Hispanics, or the one that makes fun of fat people, or the one that basically says anyone that does not vote Republican is not a true American?????

Instead of trying to continue this unrelenting banter about racism towards Blacks, lets take a look at all of the issues that illustrate the type of attitudes in the Republican party that show lack of respect for Women, Blacks, Hispanics, and basically anyone that has a differing opinion.

As we have heard over an over again about the 18 million people that voted for Senator Clinton I would think they would take issue with the dozens of buttons slamming her, or maybe this large group of women voters would have issue seeing a woman with a strong personality being labeled as a "B". Or maybe the 51% of Americans that did not vote Republican may take issue with being told they are not REAL Americans.

I am just disappointed with the Dallas Morning News, Obama's message has been to actually dig into the root of the issue, not just to try to find the best sound bite to incite some emotion. Read more!

Daily Observations, Pt III

Third edition of this series. This one is simply called:

"Where did they come from?"

So I went to the local theatre in my neighborhood to see "The Happening" the latest movie by M Night Shyamalan. I try to refrain from doing movie reviews on the blog so I will simply say I thought it was pretty good. I like it, if you like his other movies you would like this one, if not you will probably not like it. It is an anti-Hollywood movie, not conforming to any of the typical cliches and plot lines of your typical movies.

When we entered the theatre there were almost no seats left. So we went back out to get tickets to another show. My wife was set on going to see Sex and the City, and as we walked to the customer service desk to exchange the tickets I must have had quite the look of despair; because the manager says to us, "You may just as well wait for the later show because Sex and the City is so long that it will end about the same time anyway." This guy is my HERO, this guy gets my nomination for the "Band of Brothers" award for 2008.

So we get our tickets to the later show and this is where I get my 2 observations for this blog:

The 1st, since we have an hour wait before the next movie begins we hop across the street to a restaurant and hit the bar, so we can grab a drink and I can catch the highlights from the US OPEN! As we are sitting at the bar a girl walks in and asks me, "Is she (the bartender) taking a long time to get orders?" I tell her not too long, and why do you ask. She says, "Well I was watching a movie and I went out to get popcorn and I thought why not just go grab a couple of shots before I go back in." As you can imagine that was a little tough to absorb so I had her repeat it to me again. She did, and then she placed the order. The bartender asked her if she wanted the same thing she got earlier? She nodded, got the drinks, paid for them,,downed them back to back almost all in one motion and she was out!!! Everybody at the bar was in a buzz, laughing and discussing what we all just saw. The bartender hears all of the discussion and says, "Yep, she came in right before the movie and ordered the same thing." Something tells me she was not done drinking that night. If alcoholics go to AA this girl needs to go to AAAAAA.

The 2nd, when we got to the theatre still laughing at the story above (but only slightly as technically we had just done the same thing, only more tastefully). There was a theatre filled with Black people. Keep in mind the demographics of Blacks in my neighborhood is so small that on a bar chart you would not be able to even read what percent we make up because it is so small. So seeing Black folks at the movies is pretty rare. Seeing a lot of Black people at the movies is very rare, and seeing them in a M Night Shyamalan movie is even more confusing. Down right shocking! I couldn't figure out if there was some attraction or rapport that he (Shyamalan) has built up among Blacks with his movies? I mean I can't say I have ever discussed one of his movies with another Black person.

I asked a friend about it, and he says he would not have called that one? Maybe it was just because there was just nothing else out that WE wanted to see at the theatre??? Read more!

Daily Observations, Pt II

This is the second edition of this series we will call this one:

"Just Trying to Eat"

I stopped by a local fast food chain early Saturday morning to pick up some breakfast after coming from the barber shop. When I pulled up the drive-thru the line was wrapped around the building so I parked and went in.

As I am walking up to the door past all of the big, nice, new Pickups and SUV's (one of which was my own so I am jabbing myself too) you could not help but notice a hoop-d parked right at the entrance. This car was in dire need of paint, it had no front bumper, major damage on the left front passenger side, and the back bumper was hanging. Inside the car was a middle-aged White woman that appeared to be styling her hair as if she was coming in for an interview.

So I went in and placed my order, and shortly after she entered, she had a noticeable limp, and the little bit of styling she was tyring to do in the car appeared not to have helped much at all. She walked up to the counter and asked to speak to the manager. I was assuming she was inquiring about a job, but she started in with this crazy story about what had happened to her the night before, and how she did not get all of the food that she had ordered, and she had called numerous times to talk to someone about it. It was more than obvious a fabrication, and the manager asked if she had her receipt. Of course she was unable to find it.

At this point between the fact that they were very busy, and he probably really didn't care he went ahead and gave her what she asked for without argument.

The woman looked relieved.... The 2 things I found interesting in this observation:

1) The fact that I am in a neighborhood where the average household income is above average, a parking lot full of expensive cars, and this woman would rather come in here and tell this crazy story rather than ask for money so that she can get some food to eat. This is our society, your odds are better making up a lie to the restaurant manager than asking your fellow neighbors for money to buy some food.

2) The fact that her order was filled was a testament to the difference in service that you get in more affluent areas. Just in an effort not to cause a scene he gave her what she wanted and sent her on her way. In the neighborhood I grew up in, or the one I moved from a couple of years ago, there is no chance they would have gave her that food. They would have made a point to cause a scene and publicly embarrass this woman over $3 worth of food........ Read more!

What is a MAN 2 do?

One of my good running buddies is having some deep marital problems. To the point that they have now separated and he has moved out and got his own place.

It was to the point where even I (Mr. pro-marriage) had to say you 2 are so fixated on how great life would be apart it is virtually inevitable at this point that you separate for a while. Of course the look my boy had in his eyes could tell you, if she wanted to keep him at all she best not to let him move out.

So now he is OUT. I stopped by his house last week, he already has it set up, 2 bedroom townhome on the side of town where all of the beautiful people live, 5 minutes form work. He has both bedrooms furnished, got his wi-fi and cable hooked up, got a plasma screen hanging on the wall. I mean the house is fully furnished and he even has it setup nice for the weekends when he has his 2 girls. This by no means appeared to be a temporary arrangement.

So when I asked how things were going between him and the wife (since there was obviously no need to ask how he was doing), he said everything was great!! He said they talk to work out the bills, he gets to pick up the girls and keeps them regularly everything was all good, but not in a getting back together way.

So later that week after sitting through his wife and her friends (of which my wife is one) having yet another "he aint sh*t rap session." My wife is like, what you described doesn't fit my expectation. Well, she was right! The bottom fell out real fast on the Bachelor. The next time I talked to him he tells me that his wife will not let him see the girls and is not responding to his calls....

I say to him that she must have asked him for some money and he refused to pay. Man, the dude blew up on me! He was like, Oh she told you that! Well did she tell you she forged one of my checks that came to the house too.....

OK, always cool I look at him and say you know damn well I have not talked to your wife. Ya'll are predictable dude, ya'll don't have a patent on dysfunction. It always comes down to the dollar. I tell him wives sign checks for husbands all the time, it's no big deal when you are together.

Then I went Dr. Laura, all that aside here is what you need to do. First get a PO BOX and get your business straight. Next, you guys need to settle on what you are going to pay her to support the children and the household. None of that I'll buy them what they need when I come get them. You need to set an agreed upon amount and you need to get that money together immediately and regularly. You need to record every penny you give her and ever dollar you spend on the children and to support the household, and I mean tangible records not quoting amounts from the top of your head.

Lastly, if you are not going to make any attempt whatsoever to mend your relationship then you need to file for divorce. Not just be out here running around having a good old time. As of now you still have a wife and 2 kids, and 2 households to support since you moved out..

He argued a bit, but I was not up for much debate, as I am not trying to be a marriage counselor. I don't need to be convinced. Then of course we went back to my favorite subject, S-P-O-R-T-S!I left feeling blessed that I was on the outside looking in at this situation.

I haven't heard from him since? Read more!

We have been Enlightened!

As a Delegate representing my Senate District and Precinct in Tarrant County I traveled to Austin to vote my support for Barack Obama for President for the 4th of what will ultimately be 5 times (Primary election, Precinct Convention, District Convention, State Convention, and of course the General Election in November).

When asked what made this one of my most memorable experiences I can name more than a few. To see thousands of people excited about our candidates not only for President, but for Congress and other state and local elections as well. To meet and hear speeches from well known Democrats mayors, state representatives and senators, and even nationally recognized figures like Chelsea Clinton and Tim Kaine Governor of Virginia who may very well be our next Vice President. To see friends and family most of which I had no idea would be attending. To see almost 30-40% of the attendees were Black people excited about Obama and getting involved in the political process.

Let it be said Black people in Texas and across this country have been ENLIGHTENED. Even deeper than what Obama has accomplished. You could feel the impact of Blacks in every aspect of the convention. When I watched Texas become a laughing stock because of the kaos and dysfunction of the Precinct Conventions I thought this process needed to be abolished immediately, but after going all the way to the State Convention I now understand this is the way we get people involved in the process.

The convention is where candidates are selected, it is where the party rules are written. If you ever wondered how it is that the Democratic Platform has seemed to go astray from the fundamental beliefs of Black people. It is easy to understand, we have not been participants in the development of the platform. Black people united at the Convention and we now have a number of Black people on every Committee that sets policies and makes decisions on behalf of the Democratic Party in Texas. We voted out people that have been doing the jobs forever that have ignored our issues, and have watched the party reach an almost dismal state to the point we barely had a gubernatorial candidate in 2006.

It really makes you sick to the stomach to think that we have not had a voice in this process for many years now. Many say this is all about Obama and we'll be lucky to see 1/2 as many people as we did this year at future conventions. That is undeniably true, but that is still twice as many than we have ever had in past years! This year we set forth a new generation of leaders for the Democratic Party in Texas!!! Read more!

Monica Lewinsky's Ex-Boyfriend's Wife for President

After attending the Texas Democratic Party Convention there was definitely a lot of discussion around Hillary Clinton. I actually witnessed firsthand what the media has presented as a deep division in the Democratic Party. After a long weekend, in which Chelsea Clinton gave a speech to all of the attendees on the importance of unity, a live web stream of the Clinton "so-called concession speech," and just a lot of time spent talking amongst each other. You could definitely see things falling back into place as we were reminded that fundamentally we all agree on how our candidate should address the issues of greatest concern.

What was very noticeable is some of the misconceptions of Hillary Clinton's base. You always knew with Blacks making up only 12% of the population that Obama had to carry a lot of White voters to win the nomination. The interesting fact was how even the spread of support for each candidate is among women. The media would have you believe Hillary controlled the woman vote like Obama carried the Black vote, but on the floor of the convention you could see this was not actually the case.

Why didn't more women vote for her? Clinton overwhelmingly won with older women, Obama resonated strongly with younger women. What happened to the professional, well-educated women who came of age during the modern women's movement? Why were they not moved overwhelmingly by the opportunity to put one of their own in the White House? It maybe unreasonable to expect for her to sweep 90% of this demographic, but 60% would have been enough to claim the nomination.

Unfortunately, Obama was the "girl" in this race with messages of bringing people together and offering hope and reconciliation. Clinton came out as the tough guy! Clinton failed to demonstrate many of the resounding qualities that resonate with many women voters. Clinton has come to believe she and only she can adequately represent them. Clinton and her supporters have charged that sexism is responsible for her loss of the nomination, but it seems more likely that women themselves cost her the nod......... Read more!

Soaking it all in!

I have not done a blog on my Cowboys since they loss to the Giants in the Playoffs. That game really hurt, I knew the odds were slim to beat a team 3 times in one season, but I was hurt that hosting our first playoff game in years we were still unable to get out of our drought of winning in the playoffs. To make matters worse the Giants won the Super Bowl! Ugh!

So as the summer settles in, the Stars and Mavs are at home watching the finals in their respective leagues, and the Rangers are peddling false hope again. So my attention has once again focused in on the Cowboys. OK, maybe I have been following all along!

So I start getting excitement when I realize this team was arguably the best in the NFC for most of the season last year. A record of 13-3 brought a lot of joy, and gives me a lot of excitement about the year to come.

To begin, I am overjoyed we were able to retain our Offensive Coordinator Jason Garrett. This is a guy that was basically offered 2 head coaching jobs on the spot, so his football IQ is certainly impressive. I am assuming he is the Coach in waiting here in Dallas, I hope by that time we still want him to be the head coach!

After "The Coach" made a run on our coaching staff, front office, and some of his old players. We were able to fill in with a number of top notch coaches. Many who have been head coaches and coordinators at previous stops.

Then came the draft. I must say this was the first time in years where I left the first day of the draft excited. We added Felix Jones at RB to replace Julius (coach made me run like a robot) Jones, Mike Jenkins, and Martellus Bennet. Then on the 2nd day we picked up Tashard Choice form GT who at one point was rated one of the Top 5 backs. As an Aggie fan I have a question mark in my mind about Bennett, as he seemed to disappear in games last season. I'll credit that to Coach Fran's poor use of his talent and just hope to see him reach the potential of all of the hype he has received.

I also was terribly disappointed in our lack of drafting a WR. I see that as a huge concern, considering the 3 top receivers have all missed a fair amount of playing time over the past few seasons. Heck we are still not certain Terry Glenn is even coming back. Patrick Crayton who predicted we would make the Super Bowl dropped the pass that may have got us there. The back-ups are all unproven to say it nicely. I actually have no issue with not drafting a WR in the first few rounds as they made a run on receivers in Round 2 of the draft and to select one would have been a reach, but somewhere in the 2nd day I thought they would take a shot on someone. You still had Mario Manningham from Michigan (who went to the Giants of all teams) Marcus Henry from Kansas, and Adarius Bowman from OSU who were all big time college players, playing for big time schools, in big time games. They say few receivers make an impact in their first season, which is precisely why we needed to draft one so we didn't have to spend next season still trying to find and groom a young receiver.

What I will say is I am feeling overwhelmingly confident about our running game. Marion the Barbarian is a Pro Bowler and relentless runner. I am a little nervous about him moving up as the feature back, but adding Felix Jones who is a Home Run Hitter and brings that "wow" factor, and Tashard Choice who will make an excellent back-up as he as projected as an every down back. Playing at GT he is already familiar with Pro Sets and blocking schemes and responsibilities as he played under former Cowboys coach Chan Gailey.

The Secondary is going to be smothering. You already have 4 guys that have the ability to play at a Pro Bowl level. There are times when they were inconsistent though, as well as battling injuries, so we added 2 rookies Mike Jenkins who was rated the one of the Top 3 DB's in the draft, and Orlando Scandrick who may turn out to be the best flat out athlete on the team. Lastly, they brought in Adam Jones (he is a Cowboy now so I refuse to refer to him as Pac-Man). I recall as he spent the last 2 years embarrassing himself and the league being thankful he was not on my team. Ouch, now I have to deal with him. On the field this kid is a playmaker, I recall watching a few Titans game where he basically single-handedly lead them to victory. As a DB!! There aren't many players on defense that can take over a game like he did. So you add him to the secondary and you have All-Americans as starters and back-ups at every position.

My excitement was somewhat tempered as I realized that the Giants, Redskins, and Eagles all made significant gains in the off-season. Plus, we play the rough schedule of a Top Tier team this year. So no one is laying out the Red carpet for us, we are going to have to play every bit as well as we did last year, and get a boost from our new additions.

Lastly, we re-signed pretty much all of our desired free agents, and signed several of the guys on the last year of their contract to long-term deals. Jerry Jones is handing out so much money they need to change his name to Texas Lottery. Something will have to give, he is looking for this to pay out big over the next 2 seasons before the bottom falls out. Read more!

The Case for Obama Pt. VI

Shifting directions to get my focus on McCain. I really had intended to do so several weeks ago after the Indiana and North Carolina primaries, but anyhow... Let's call this one!

Time for Some Action?

There is an interesting problem for the democrats as they campaign against McCain. I am uncertain how much success they will continue to achieve from the McCain is Bush position that is being pushed now. Although his approval rating is low, the fundamentals of what he represents are still supported by most conservatives, Bush just failed to actually preserve, implement, or accomplish any of them. So this is actually helping McCain do what he has struggling to do himself is appeal to the conservative base.

McCain is facing the same problem that haunted John Kerry in 2004, by attempting to pander to the party base it goes against his track record and against his true beliefs. So it comes across as flip-flopping because he is trying to sell something that he doesn't even believe. The problem this presents for the Democrats is they really don't want to embrace the side of McCain that has consistently went against conservatism; because that may appeal to all of those independents that are more moderate.

So is there a strategy to present the worst of McCain from both angles, to expose him as pandering to the conservatives, but with a long track record that shows he really isn't. Yet at the same time put a question in the minds of the independents that the free-thinking John McCain that they like will have a presidency that is directed by conservatives.

I think they can, but they need to do a much better job at it. I think the primary focus should be highlighting our own candidate who is changing the entire political climate, really publicize the fundamental policy differences on key issues (a few of which I will point out in my next blog on this topic) , and lastly remind voters of the reasons when given the choice they felt Bush was a better candidate than McCain. So just imagine that McCain could actually be worse...................... Read more!

The Case for Obama, Part V

This is the last of these installments that will reference Clinton, unless she becomes the VP, which I am not in favor, but not selecting her will probably be one of the toughest sells Obama has ever made. We will call this one.

What would you say then?

As an Obama Supporter I am often asked would you be pushing for Obama to drop out of the race if the shoe was on the other foot? I laugh because I have never said that, I am being asked this purely because they see me wearing an Obama button or the one on my bag.

My response, I don't have to ponder that question because he is W-I-N-N-I-N-G!!

Since I realize that we are overall part of the same team, I add I think Hillary is entitled to continue her pursuit of the nomination. She has been a more than formidable opponent. I am still shocked that she is losing, as she was the front runner not just for the Democratic nomination but as President just a few months ago. Everybody else seems to get the blame, but to lose that much support you had to play a big part in your own demise. I believe the Democratic Primary is the Heavyweight battle, either of these candidates should be able to beat McCain. I believe that is why she is fighting so hard, if she could somehow get this nomination in hand she would almost assuredly be President.

The interesting answer to your question is.... that Clinoton is the only candidate that would be able to do what she has done. For most candidates once they got behind and started seeing significant decline in campaign donations they would have been forced to drop out of the race. Except for maybe Ross Perot there is no one else arrogant enough or that has enough discretionary cash to drop $11M into their campaign that is already $23M in debt, while their opponent has raised almost twice as much cash.

In other words, no other candidate would need to be asked to drop out!!!

I am getting reports that Obama and Clinton will speak tonight. Setting the path forward for the campaigns, so I may do one more installment that references Clinton. Barack Obama the ClintonSlayer....... Read more!

A "Delegate" Situation

I think the Wall Street Journal coined it best with the headline, "Count Every half vote."

In any realm outside of politics this would be preposterous. The Democratic Party set the rules for its primaries, barring delegates from Florida and Michigan for advancing their primary dates. The candidates agreed to abide by those rules. Clinton's chief political enforcer, Harold Ickes, helped write the original primary rules.

Yet when the contest began to look closer than Clinton ever thought possible, her campaign decided that those rules were no longer valid. Clinton kept her name on the Michigan ballot, while Obama and the other candidates took theirs off. Then after both candidates barely campaigned in Florida, she demanded that its results be counted. Changing the rules in the middle of the game.

I take strong exception to the Obama camp conceding to this settlement of the delegates, but I realize he did so as the presumptive nominee seeing it having little impact on the nomination. Although I disagree as the mere fact that they made any concession leads to support the case that the rules being non-binding would make them moot if it was to be interpreted as law.

The overall opinion of the Rules Committee and the Obama campaign is to reconcile with disenfranchised voters in these states and begin to unify the party again.

Let's examine each of these arguments disenfranchisement and unification of the party.

Disenfranchised?

1) To start only those that voted for Clinton feel disenfranchised. Every one else is satisfied with the outcome. By counting the delegates having you just disenfranchised all of the electorate that did not vote because they were told their vote would not matter?

2) The point they were disenfranchised is when the party agreed to to strip the states of their delegates rendering their primaries meaningless. Seating the delegates does not change this feeling, most voters don't even understand any of this delegate talk anyway...

3) Clinton agreed to these rules in arrogance when she thought she would win by a landslide. It also calls into question. Is her allegiance to the party platform or more to her own interests? Yes, this is a rhetorical question.

4) In Florida at least all of the candidates names were on the ballot, but in January with all of the candidates essentially faceless except for Clinton she knew this could work to her advantage and that she would obviously win. Clinton thought she would use it as a trump card if she needed it to clinch the nomination, but she just happens to be too far behind. If Obama had campaigned in Florida it would have been closer, but I will concede that she would win the "primary" in Florida if the election were today. Plus the 1.7M voter turnout is respectable based on the trend of voter turnout. All of the other states with closed primaries were at about 59% of the voter turnout for John Kerry in the general election in 2004. In the Florida 2008 Primary it was 48%.

5) In Michigan, we have a whole different ball game. To start she was the only one on the ballot so I am not sure how you even begin to develop an allocation of delegates. The fact that 45% voted uncommitted rather than voting for Clinton says a lot to me. In addition, the voter turnout was 600K. This is Michigan not South Dakota. This represents only 24% of voter turnout compared to the 2004 general election votes for John Kerry. When all of the other states with open primaries were at about 79% of the voter turnout for the general election. Which means two-thirds of the voters in Michigan essentially felt that the primary didn't matter and wasn't worth their time.

Party Unification?

1) The 2 parties have major differences on key issues, so it is somewhat a misnomer to presume there is going to be an overwhelming backlash from Clinton voters who in most cases are life long Democrats.

2) There is no true reconciliation for those that feel scorn, as you witnessed at the DNC Rules committee meeting. Democrats vehemently heckling their own party. These people cannot be consoled by so called "softening the blow." They are either going to take the lick and bounce back or they are gone. Better to do it now than to prolong it as they will only become more scorn the more energy they put into it.

3) You have to ask what exactly are they scorn about?

a)Clinton is being asked to play by the rules she agreed to. The person that Clinton has arguing on her behalf during the committee is the one that created the rule to strip states of delegates if they moved up their primary elections.

b) She is losing. If you would have had a meaningful election in Florida and Michigan and allocated all of the delegates in full and based it on the most Clinton-biased trend you can find she would have a net gain of 10-14 more delegates than she did in the compromise that was reached on Saturday. So she would still be losing by more than 100 delegates. So what it really equates to is a sore loser outcry.

4) Both Clinton and Obama have deeply divided this party. Obama divided the base that although not overwhelmingly excited about Clinton would have generally given their support. Problem is this is the same base that lost in 2 previous general elections. Clinton has deeply divided the party almost to disrepair with her "White people vote for me" argument.

5) I think there is a misnomer that putting Clinton on the Obama ticket brings back these voters or the base they are trying to reach out to.

a) The only satisfactory outcome for them is for Clinton to steal (I mean win) the nomination.

b) You have to wonder by the time you add up the folks you gained, if it's negligible. You must consider those that will not come back, those "independent" voters that will defect because they won't vote for a ticket with Clinton on the ballot, and the awakening of the Republican "Right." With Clinton on the ballot that may show up in record numbers to make sure she does not get anywhere close to the White House.

c) I think the demographic we are discussing will have a fundamental issue with him being over a White Woman (or a White Man if they hope having him as VP rallies support among Whites). If they do not suffer from this fundamental issue then they should have no problem voting for Obama when you consider the major differences on key issues between the parties, and the almost neglible policy positions between Obama and Clinton. Right?

So I will close with a few closing thoughts on all of this:

1)Of all the states to disenfranchise 2 swing states like Florida and Michigan. These 2 states represent 44 electoral votes. We have to win at least one of these states to win the general election. Why would you take any chance at putting the outcome in theses states at risk?? In Florida especially as the State officials are primarily Republican and have little concern to the impact this would have to the Democratic primary. Howard Dean played right into their hands.

2) The Super Delegates need to announce who they will be supporting and put this discussion to rest. By stating their allegiance they can end all of the speculation and we can reach the more than obvious conclusion. If some choose to vote for Clinton they should do so and we'll just see who wins (or who has already won) in the end...

3) As soon as Clinton concedes which I hope will be sooner rather than later to allow time for Howard Dean to be removed as the DNC Chairman. Under his leadership, by failing to control this situation he has squandered what was set to be a landslide victory by either candidate in November. In addition, while not settling this foolishness he has failed to put together any substantial campaign material against McCain. The McCain is Bush ads took 2 weeks to come up with, what the heck have they been doing since then? He has allowed this to become a laughing stock. He is responsible for this predicament, and now with this penchant for making rules they don't intend to keep. How they decide to escape this mess in the coming weeks will tell voters a lot about how they'll govern. Read more!