Hey Kevin, You don't actually pay Scammer do you? If you do, it's an indication of your lack of journalistic integrity. Oh, and by the way, all those SPJ awards you won recently. Who were you competing against? The Brownsville Coupon Clipper?

Ripple is right. Name the last time Scammer had an original idea. If you can, then I will nominate you for a Noble prize in fiction.

"We allowed Bush and Cheney to steal two elections and not one building was burned or one car overturned in protest." Look, you happless dope, no one stole your precious election. Didn't you watch Scalia on "60 Minutes" last week? You lost, fool! So now are you advocating violence in the street this time if you don't get your way? Call Obama's buddy homegrown terrorist Bill Ayers and find out how it's done. Blow yourself up soon for all our sakes! Get over it, Stevie. You missed the 60s - and they ain't coming back. Maybe you should just go to Denver and set yourself on fire in protest. I"ll bring marshmellows. What a maroon! Replace this pile of excrement with a coloring page, Kevin! He draws heat, but produces absolutely no light.

Good points, Steve. Check out the differences in responses between Obama and Clinton in this issue. Clinton's are scripted, canned lines while Obama's are specific to the issue. Clinton panders with a cheap proposal like suspending the gas tax, while Obama has the guts to say "That's a bad move" and realize that transportation and natural resources are long-term issues that need more than band-aids. That's the leadership I look for. There is a clear choice between the two candidates, not necessarily in issues (although Hillary's sabre-rattling about Iran and stupid vote for the war do matter), but in style. Do you want a candidate that spends all day looking at polls and blowing smoke up people's rear ends in a time when 3/4 of us see the nation on the wrong track? If so, then vote for Hillary, by all means. If you want a candidate that will look the issue and the people in the eye and do what it takes to solve the problem, vote for Obama. And if you say "Jeremiah Wright", may I remind you of all the seamy connections the Billaries have, from Chinese fundraising to the numerous pardons they gave out, so seamy that Bush/Cheney "won" in 2000 on "integrity. (!) Add in the fact that they worked to give their daughter a six-figure job at a multi-billion dollar HEDGE FUND, and who do you trust to make policy based on your everyday lives? Actions speak louder than words when it comes to elitism. People in Indiana can allow the Swift Boating politics of fear and cynicism continue, or they can stop it on May 6 by choosing Obama. I have my doubts (Nov. 2, 2004 does that to someone who can think), but having lived in Indiana, I know there's more progressivism here than the elections indicate. You just have to have the guts to do it.

Waaaahhhhhhh......Obama, save us. Give me an education, give me a job, give me free health care. A free house would not be bad either. Only you can save us. Obama......

One point you made stood out far more than the others: "We allowed Bush and Cheney to steal two elections and not one building was burned or one car overturned in protest." That's 100 percent correct. Americans are mostly apathetic, uninformed, and indifferent. Mostly, this is due to being under-educated, over-fed, and uber-mediated. Essentially, they want someone else to think for them. This election is a popularity contest, as it was since I can remember. For most Americans, issues are too complex and glossed over with red herrings to understand the stakes. Red states like Indiana are filled with the latter.

Interesting article. Speaking of Clinton not giving a shit about Indiana, take a look at this youtube video to see what Clinton staffers really think about Indiana: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-MzByUHIzw

You know, Obama has pulled the wool over your eyes, and brainwashed the majority of all this country. The only thing that will happen when he becomes president are the watermelon meetings on the white house lawns and alot of fried chicken being served in the white house. He has made this race about color and as far as I am concerned and the loyal democrat that I am, if he is the nominee, then I vote for McCain. Get real America.

If you really thing I should have had a second term in office, Vote Obama!

Common sense? You haven't used the common sense I gave you to start with, Steve. The next time you bother me with something as unimportant as your personal muddle-headed political views, I will smote you with ugliness, ineptitude and the outlook of the fool. Oops! I already did that, didn't I? Well, don't bother me again, Hammer!

THE COMMENTS ABOUT CLINTON WILL TELL YOU ANY TO GET ELECTED IS CORRECT AND CERTAIN PEOPLE STILL BELIEVE THEM. SO I SAY TO PA, TX, OH YOU GET EXACTLY WHAT YOU ASK FOR AND THAT IS NOTHING. YOU GOT G BUSH SO WHY NOT ASK FOR CLINTON'S. IF YOU STUCK IN A DUMP IT BECAUSE OF YOU BELIEVE IN PETTY ISSUES FROM PEOPLE WHO LIE TO YOU. I HOPE YOU GOT A JOB AND YOUR MORTGAGE AND CAR IS PAID OFF IF THE CLINTON'S WIN.

I meant to say, of course, that Kennedy was 1,000 delegates "behind" not "combined." And that was behind Jimmy Carter who had won most of the primaries.

I know you probably felt just as strongly about candidates attempting to destroy the Democratic Party when Ted Kennedy continued to battle for the Democratic nomination all the way to the convention - even though he was over 1,000 delegates combined. The fact is that this is still a razor-thin margin and under "the rules" as Obama supporters seem to hold as gospel (at least "the rules according to Obama supporters") the fact is the superdelegates will decide the nominee and if I were a betting man, I'd still bet on Obama to be the nominee. Fighting on under the rules is not attempting to "steal" the nomination. And some people say that Obama and some of his supporters are politically immature. Imagine that!