Today the big news was that Barack Obama is filing papers and whatever to form an exploratory committee to look at a presidential run. haha...hahahaha....HAHAHAHA! Is this guy for real??? Every single time I hear the media report anything about him, his name is always tagged with "the rising superstar of the Democratic party"...but what in the HECK has he ever done??? I was in line at a grocery store the other day, and was looking at the various magazines in the rack at checkout. One was the latest edition of Ebony. Yes, I know it's a magazine geared towards blacks, but the cover was Obama and his wife with a headline that said something like "America's Next First Couple?" My question is "Why???" Honestly, I would LOVE to know what this guy has done to qualify him for President...I really would. Now this is me thinking out loud here...for some reason the media has fallen in love with this guy when he's never done a thing. I personally think that if he gets the Democrat nomination that the media will guilt-trip swing voters into voting for this guy. I really do. His voting record shows he's pretty liberal, but he tries to portray himself as someone who will cross party lines and try to do what's right and blah blah blah. Tennessee voters heard the same thing with Harold Ford last year. Sadly we didn't end up with any better since we got stuck with Bob "I'm against amnesty but now that I've been elected I'll look at this guest-worker program" Corker. Now what I mean by a guilt trip is that in 2006 I kept up with a lot of the blogs and other various internet sites regarding the election since I was a candidate, and SO many times I would read about how people who don't support Ford are racists. To me, race had NOTHING to do with it...I know that Ford was a used-car salesman which is why I would refer to him as Harold Fraud. I don't care what race someone is...a fake is a fake. Ford is a fake and Corker is a fake. Both are "politicians" in every sense of the word and the only difference is one had an "R" by his name and the other had a "D" on the ballot. Race means nothing to me...I want someone with vision...and Obama has none. Do NOT fall victim to any guilt-trip if he runs.

I can say I was pretty pleased to see Tom Tancredo start an exploratory committee today about running. This is one guy I will take to the streets for. Yes, he is completely against illegal immigration, but there's another reason. When I hear him talk, he truly comes across as genuine. I don't think it's an act and I'm as cynical as anyone. If Tancredo truly makes a run in 2008, I will throw every bit of support behind him because he is one guy in Washington that truly gets it.

So what are my plans in 2008? I honestly don't know. I appreciate the emails saying they will support a run of mine for the Senate in 2008, but one thing this past election taught me is that an independent without millions of dollars has no chance. I did everything I could and was shut out of many events and denied a lot of media coverage. So what about forming a legitimate third party? Stay tuned.