See Full Video of John Edwards Endorsement of Barack Obama

John Edwards Endorsement of Barack Obama…

See Full Video of John Edwards Endorsement of Barack Obama - HERE

(sorry…if i could figure out how to get a video on this new editor i would have put it here)

Should Michelle Obama have the Power to Veto Hillary Clinton as VP?

Should Michelle Obama Have The Power To Veto Hillary as VP? — by Catherine Morgan (cross-posted at The Care2 Election Blog)

Michelle Obama is a strong, educated, and empowering woman, as you can see from this video. But, when it comes to deciding who Barack should choose as his VP, I don’t want to believe she is laying down the law on who is forbidden. It hardly seems far fetched that Michelle would be against Hillary as VP, and who could blame her? I just don’t think Hillary or anyone else should be taken off the table, simply because Michelle Obama has put her foot down.

What Is The Real Reason Gas Prices Are So High?

What Is The Real Reason Gas Prices Are So High?

John McCain Straight-Talk or Double-Talk on The Environment? (see YouTube video)

Would John McCain Be Good For The Environment? — by Catherine Morgan (cross-posted at The Care2 Election Blog)

Does John McCain really care about the environment? Or, is it more McCain double-talk, masquerading as McCain straight-talk?

See FULL POST and YouTube video of McCain on the Environment HERE.

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How Our Mother’s Influence Us Politically

How Has Your Mother Influenced Your Politics?

This is from a post by Erin at Queen of Spain and BlogHer. There is much more to her post, and I encourage you to go back and read the whole thing. This particular part of her post is about a Mother’s Day project that I was honored to be asked to participate in, along with other BlogHer contributing editors.

My mother’s political influence has always been one of support for my beliefs and has turned into a dual education on policy and issues. Her political world has been expanded by mine, but I am reminded at how very different our 18th birthdays were-and how far we’ve come.

As part of ACORN’s ‘I Remember Mama Voting’ project BlogHers and others are weighing in this Mother’s Day.

Contributing Editor Kim Pearson writes, “But the most important political lessons were about my African legacy. She showed me South Africa, told me about apartheid, and said, ‘Always remember, we will never be free until South Africa is free.’ She introduced me to real Africans, made sure I read about the new countries emerging, and about their efforts to press their cause at the United Nations. All of this while we tracked each success and failure of the civil rights struggle, and talked about whether black women had any business getting involved in feminism.”

Contributing Editor Suzanne Reisman says, “My mom is not as involved in political causes as I am, but my family has always been Democrats surrounded by a Republican community. I just always knew that Republicans were not for us, although when I was older, I remember overhearing my father telling our neighbor a bizarre joke about my mom voting for Ronald Reagan because she thought Jimmy Carter had bad legs. I was utterly horrified at the thought. How could my mom vote for a Republican?!?! Fortunately, when I asked her about it, she had no idea what I was talking about, but it was my first exposure to the stereotypical notion that women don’t vote on the issues, but rather on a candidate’s attractiveness. I thought that was the dumbest thing any woman could do, and swore I would follow my mom’s example and always vote for the candidate who would help ‘the people.’ Thanks, Mom!”

Contributing Editor Catherine Morgan writes, “I remember the first political discussion I ever had with my mother. We had been in a waiting room with many magazines, and I was too young to read any of them, but I did notice covers with horribly graphic photos of men at war. It happened to be towards the end of the Vietnam War, and I asked my mother, ‘Why is there war?’ She told me that people don’t want to be at war, the leaders of the countries make the wars. That was when I realized women were not in positions of political power. Then I said, ‘We should make women the leaders of all the countries in the world, and then there would never be any wars.’ My mother told me that sounded like a good idea, but it probably would never happen. My response was, ‘Then those men leaders who want a war, should fight it themselves.’ I didn’t understand then, and I still don’t understand today, how war solves any problems, neither does my mother.”

Rontun writes, “No, I don’t have any photographic evidence to prove that Satan’s inferno suddenly has been transformed into a winter wonderland, nor am I meaning to suggest that the threat of global warming has abated. But it’s evident to me that there has been a climate shift of cosmic proportions.

Let me explain. My mother, an octogenarian who’s voted Republican her entire life except in 1960 when she elected to support JFK because he shared her Roman Catholic faith, revealed to me on the telephone yesterday that she’s voting in Kentucky’s upcoming primary for Barack Obama!

This is no minor transformation, and it began as a direct consequence of the Bush administration’s war policies combined with the emergence in power of the evangelical community.”

L.K. Campbell says, “One of the biggest political arguments that I remember between Mama and Daddy happened during the 1972 presidential campaign. Daddy never voted for a Republican. If our German shepherd dog ran against the Republican incumbent, Lady would’ve gotten Daddy’s vote.
When he announced his intention to vote for George McGovern, Mama couldn’t believe it. Even though she was a registered Democrat, she was way too conservative to vote for McGovern.
‘You mean to tell me that you’re going to vote for that hippie-loving radical?’ she asked.”

READ ERIN’S FULL POST HERE

Full Video of Barack Obama Victory Speech in N.C.

See FULL VIDEO of Barack Obama Victory Speech in N.C. HERE

Full Video of Hillary Clinton’s Indiana Victory Speech

SEE VIDEO OF HILLARY CLINTON’S INDIANA VICTORY SPEECH HERE

Do We Need A Gas Tax Holiday?

Do We Need A Gas Tax Holiday? Will We Get One? — by Catherine Morgan (cross-posted at The Care2 Election Blog)

What is a gas tax holiday? And would one help you? We have three candidates and three positions on this idea. McCain’s proposal doesn’t replace the tax revenue lost by this plan, but Hillary’s does, and Obama is against it altogether.

Here are video clips of each candidate, and then I’ll tell you what I think. Let me know how you feel about this issue in comments.  [STILL CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET A VIDEO ON THIS NEW EDITOR -- SEE VIDEOS HERE]

So, what do you think?  Who is right on the gas tax holiday?

The way I see it is…At best this would be a band-aid on a gaping chest wound, and at worst it’s simply political pandering. Either way, this gas crisis brought on by the policies of the Bush administration, is going nowhere but up. The truth is…There is no end in site, with or without a gas tax holiday. Sorry.

If we are going to get through these tough economic times, we are going to have to come together, both Democrats and Republicans (and I’m not talking about the politicians here - I’m talking about the people). Sadly, our government isn’t going to be able to get us out of this one. So if you are feeling the crunch - Come together with your neighbors (Democrat and Republican), and carpool to work, to the grocery store, to the mall, to the bank, and anywhere else you need to go. If you have to run out to the grocery story, call your neighbor and see if she needs you to pick up something, or would like to come along. Try to reduce unnecessary car rides by planning ahead and getting errands run in one or two days, rather than three or four.

Don’t expect a gas holiday…Go on a gas diet. How do you do that? If you normally fill your car up once a week, see if you can reduce your driving enough to make it to day 8 or 9 (keep track of it on your calender). Once you have done that, try to cut back some more. Put yourself and your car on a gas diet.

Look at this gas crisis for what it is…a disaster. And what do we do in a disaster? We prepare, attempt to prevent, and we come together as communities to help each other when the disaster strikes. Yes, this is a disaster (one that I expect will get much worse before it gets better). And yes, we need to come together and help each other out if we are going to get through this. You can start by organizing - The same way we do a town watch, or a neighborhood garage sale. Or invite your neighbors over for coffee to brainstorm ideas that will fit your needs. And if you are reading this thinking…”This gas crisis can’t hurt me, I could afford to pay 6 bucks a gallon for gas.” Well, if that’s what you are thinking, I would challenge you to think past yourself (as in a disaster), and see if there is someone less fortunate in your community that you might be able to help.

So…Tax holiday or no tax holiday. We all need to start looking ahead, and facing our new reality. We have been through worse, and we certainly can get through this, as long as we come together.