Girl In The War

Peter said to Paul: “you know all those words we wrote,
Are just the rules of the game,
And the rules are the first to go."
But now talking to God is Laurel begging Hardy for a gun.
I got a girl in the war man - I wonder what it is we done.

Josh Ritter
http://www.joshritter.com/
Girl In Ther War (iTunes)

Can Hillary stay in the game?

Tuesday was a great day for America and the world we still influence. We are officially caught up in a close Presidential election contest between a Woman and a Non White Man. The last time the world looked like this the (ex) Cowboy was two, and even Doonesbury had to wear a helmet to the Democratic National convention.

McCain was in the Hanoi Hilton about that time. He is officially irrelevant now. A token white man in the new blended soul of America's great dream. The rich white guys have shown themselves to be a failure at protecting the emotional security of anyone who is not white, or male, or stupidly rich. Unless Wall Street makes a raging comeback in the next few months, we will have a black man and a woman in the White House before Martin Luther King Junior’s next birthday (celebrated or actual). Hillary Clinton is fighting tooth and nail to be that woman.

But will she be?

Clinton just threw down with a very strong comeback in Ohio and, a survivor’s victory in Texas. The media buzz today is all over her new statement that she would consider a Clinton-Obama Ticket if she wins.

People suggest she is offering to allow him to be her Vice POTUS. Your humble (ex) Cowboy sees another meaning in her words:

Hillary just offered the biggest olive branch possible in this contest. How Barrack Obama (not the campaign, but the man himself) responds is nothing short of THE STORY OF THE ELECTION OF 2008. And maybe the most important moment in American Political history since the man called “Throat” met the Washington Post kids in the underground parking lot at 1401 Wilson Blvd in Roslyn VA.


Your humble Cowboy thinks Hillary’s comments are not at all an offer to put Obama on the "Hillary for President" Stickers. They are a last ditch plea agreement, that she will concede the nomination fight if Obama agrees to put an H. on His signage.

Obama may have pressure to put Hillary on his ticket, due to the votes she has gotten, but it is not a rule that he must. Barack has a much better woman for his ticket. She is strong; confident; experienced; a Washington outsider; a conservative Democrat; and, a popular Western governor to top it off. She is waiting in the wings to stand next to him for a few months on stage and then be the first woman elected to the White House. (And then, in 8 years be elected the first woman President). She is removed from the contest enough to actually serve under his authority. Yet she also has the ability to excel independently in overseeing whatever portfolio the next VPOTUS is responsible for.

The Cowboy thinks Obama may have answered Hillary’s proposal on Monday, in West Texas. That being a region deeply loyal to Hillary on the Democrat side and considered critical for yesterday’s Texas primary. It was important enough that the Clinton campaign sent former POTUS Bill himself to make last minute appearances. Obama’s surrogate to oppose the Great Bill Clnton? A woman you've never even heard of. Who recently enjoyed a landslide re-election. To her second term. As Governor. Of a heavily Republican state. A Western State. That happens to be represented in the Senate by John McCain……


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