That’s not my question in the header of this post, but it seems to be on the minds of others.

First from Maureen Dowd:

After saying she found her “voice” in New Hampshire, she has turned into Sybil. We’ve had Experienced Hillary, Soft Hillary, Hard Hillary, Misty Hillary, Sarcastic Hillary, Joined-at-the-Hip-to-Bill Hillary, Her-Own-Person-Who-Just-Happens-to-Be-Married-to-a-Former-President Hillary, It’s-My-Turn Hillary, Cuddly Hillary, Let’s-Get-Down-in-the-Dirt-and-Fight-Like-Dogs Hillary.

Just as in the White House, when her cascading images and hairstyles became dizzying and unsettling, suggesting that the first lady woke up every day struggling to create a persona, now she seems to think there is a political solution to her problem. If she can only change this or that about her persona, or tear down this or that about Obama’s. But the whirlwind of changes and charges gets wearing.

Then this from Eyeblast:

And more unwelcome news I am certain for the Clinton campaign:

Civil rights leader John Lewis dropped his support for Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential bid Wednesday in favor of Barack Obama.
Lewis, a Democratic congressman from Atlanta, is the most prominent black leader to defect from Clinton’s campaign in the face of near- unanimous black support for Obama in recent voting. He also is a superdelegate who gets a vote at this summer’s national convention in Denver.

In a written statement, Lewis said Obama’s campaign “represents the beginning of a new movement in American political history” and that he wants “to be on the side of the people.”

“After taking some time for serious reflection on this issue, I have decided that when I cast my vote as a superdelegate at the Democratic convention, it is my duty … to express the will of the people,” the statement said.

Lewis’ endorsement had been a coveted prize among the Democratic candidates thanks to his standing as one of the most prominent civil rights leaders of the 1960s.

All politicians (especially those running for President) make promises which as thinking Americans we understand will and are most times difficult to keep. It’s one thing to recite flowery phrases on the campaign stump quite another to work with Congress to push initiatives through.

But, (and I never thought I’d hear myself say this) I must agree with Maureen Dowd when she writes:

Voters gravitate toward the presidential candidates who seem more comfortable in their skin. J.F.K. and Reagan seemed exceptionally comfortable.

I don’t know if we are seeing the real Barack Obama. Heck, I am taking little comfort in what I know to be the real John McCain but in the case of Senator Clinton I have yet to figure out who she really is.

It seems at this point in time many voters are having the same problem.

Here’s a bit of what went on during this amazing concert.

Can you imaging our National Anthem being played in Pyong Yang and the North Koreans standing in respect?

This is the New York Philharmonic playing Arirang, a Korean traditional folk song, in Pyong Yang, North Korea.

I have seen reported that some of the musicians were moved to tears by the reaction of the audience at the end of the program, when audience members waved and some of the musicians waved back.

Music is the universal language.

I received this unsolicited letter in my email yesterday. In order to understand it you have to read the bottom email first to see what the attorney is talking about at the top of the email:

JEAN –
I’m Joe Sandler, General Counsel for the DNC. Yesterday we filed a complaint with the FEC after John McCain decided to break the law by ignoring the rules laid out as part of the federal matching funds program.
I don’t know if you saw the news, but the press covered the complaint all day. John McCain himself directly responded to Governor Dean at a press conference, saying “We’re doing exactly what Howard Dean did in a previous election and what the FEC ruled in the case of Congressman Gephardt.”
But that’s a lie — John McCain isn’t doing what Governor Dean and Congressman Gephardt did at all.
Governor Dean and Congressman Gephardt followed the law and were granted written permission by the FEC to withdraw from the federal matching funds program.
To prove it, we have a copy of the letter Governor Dean received from the FEC in 2003 granting him permission to drop out. If McCain is doing “exactly what Howard Dean did,” he’ll have no trouble producing a letter of his own.
But you and I know McCain’s lying — he doesn’t have a letter like that from the FEC. Not only has he refused to get permission, he’s been warned by FEC Chairman David Mason that he can’t unilaterally drop out of the program. That’s why we filed the complaint in the first place, and it’s why tens of thousands of Americans like you signed your support.
Read Governor Dean’s letter from the FEC, and sign your support for our complaint right here:
http://www.democrats.org/McCainBusted
John McCain abused the system to keep his campaign afloat until he could raise more money from special interests and lobbyists. Taxpayers don’t want their money to be used by Washington politicians to help raise more money from lobbyists — is this McCain’s idea of ethics and reform?
Thanks to you, this “maverick reformer” is feeling the pressure of his own hypocrisy. From staffing his campaign with a team of lobbyists to breaking campaign finance laws, his total lack of integrity has never been more clear.
Keep it up,
Joe Sandler
General Counsel
Democratic National Committee

——– Original Message ——–
Subject: John McCain is breaking the law
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:50:11 PM
From: Howard Dean
To: Joe Sandler

Dear Joe,
There was a lot of talk last week about John McCain’s blatant hypocrisy on ethics and integrity in Washington.
Here we go again.
McCain is now breaking the law by ignoring the campaign spending restrictions for the Republican primary that came when he asked for federal matching funds — funds he used as collateral on a loan that helped keep his campaign going.
But now that the lobbyist and special interest money has started pouring into his campaign, he’s trying to back out of the promise he made just a few months ago. They’re feeding so much cash into his bank account, this “reformer” wants nothing to do with federal campaign finance laws anymore.
That’s why today, we’re filing a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commission demanding that John McCain be held to the campaign finance laws. Trying to back out shows a total lack of integrity and honesty — he made a deal with the American people to to abide by the law, and in return, he was guaranteed taxpayer money that he used to back a loan.
Joe, I’d like you to add your name in support of our complaint, and ask as many people as you can to sign on. American taxpayers made a deal with John McCain — now that he’s flush with lobbyist cash, he wants to pretend that it never happened.
Sign on right now:
http://www.democrats.org/McCainBusted
Here’s the background on the situation.
A few months ago, John McCain applied for and was approved to receive federal matching funds. Because he couldn’t find enough people to fund his campaign, he was also forced to apply for a $4 million line of credit, which he secured by using the federal matching funds as collateral.
By taking the federal funding, he agreed to spend no more than $57 million until the Republican convention. But so far, his campaign has spent at least $49 million — leaving him with less than $10 million to campaign with through September.
Now that he’s won the nomination and has the support of the Republican lobbyist and special interest machine, he’s trying to ignore that the whole thing ever happened. He recently wrote a letter to the FEC telling them that he was backing out, even though the FEC is very clear that any request to withdraw from the agreement must be approved; you can’t just change your mind and take it back — legally, you have to be given permission.
McCain isn’t asking because he knows he’ll never be granted permission, and he doesn’t want to have to accept the funding restrictions he agreed to when he used the money as collateral for a loan. He’s ripping a page right from George Bush’s playbook: ignoring the laws when they aren’t convenient and hoping no one will notice.
Stand up and show him that hundreds of thousands of people have noticed — he can’t change the rules in the middle of the game because he doesn’t like how things are going for him:
http://www.democrats.org/McCainBusted
Using government programs when it’s politically convenient and breaking the rules when it’s not … remind you of anyone?
Just like George Bush, John McCain thinks he’s above the law. McCain poses as a reformer, but seems to think reforms apply to everyone but him.
Time to send him a message.
Howard Dean

Here is my response that was a reply to all on her mailing list for this email and there were a lot:

They can’t get a quorum on the FEC because DEMOCRAT MESSIAH Barack Obama put a hold on one of the other four nominees. They must vote for at least 2 at a time consisting of one Republican and one Democrat. They don’t like one Republican that has been nominated, and Harry Reid has a buddy nominated as his partner. He doesn’t know what to do. The one they are blocking believes voters should have IDs when voting. It helps keep down on the dead and illegal voting. This is the only reason the Messiah is blocking him. Since then 3 more senators have joined in the block.

If he’s paying back the campaign loan why is it any skin off the DNC’s nose?

Jeanette

PS I learned all this by myself without going to the RNC site to see what, if anything, they are saying about it. It was in the Wall Street Journal over the weekend and again in the newspaper on Monday.

Now the email I sent to the lawyer for the DNC:

Joe,

How can McCain have a ruling on this from the FEC since four seats on the committee are vacant? The quorum is four people and there are only two on the committee now. That’s why he won’t have your magic letter you speak of.

As you know, the Senate votes on these candidates two at a time with one Republican and one Democrat to either be elected or defeated. Someone wants to vote on all four of them and Dingy Harry wants to vote separately, but can’t figure out a way around the rules.

Obama put a hold on the one partnered up with Harry Reid’s friend, so they won’t vote on those two. Now, they could vote on the other two so ask Dingy Harry why he doesn’t. It’s because he wants his friend to be on there now too.

The reason Obama is holding the one nominee is when he worked in the Justice Dept. he advocated having voter ID before voting.

Why are the Democrats so opposed to voter ID? Is it because you can’t have double votes, dead people voting and illegal immigrants voting to support you all?

I was born at night but it wasn’t last night. This might work on others but plenty of us know the real story.

Search the Wall Street Journal commentary page for the past weekend and you will read about the hold. Then you can tell all the story.

Jeanette

So, this woman sent a letter to the DNC after getting a donation letter, and she had in the header “John McCain is Breaking the Law”.

If this is an example of how gullible and uninformed people can be then maybe a simple test would also be in order in order to vote.