Well, it truly is amazing the things you can find on the Internet as a whole. I can remember back in the day my old English teachers cautioned the use of citing internet sources in papers because they can be bogus. Even on individual blogs such as this, people can not know what they are talking about. Today I came across an article on someone else’s blog who I have never spoken to nor met before and couldn’t help but say something.

A direct quote from Richard Cochrane: “So, the 12th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution that says, “…no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.” No non-native born person can be President. So, unless Bloomberg can somehow figure out how to get 2/3rds of the States to ratify an amendment to allow Austrian born Arnold – Arnold is aced out. But, he could support Bloomberg anad become an AMBASSADOR to say – Austria.”

Ratification of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States takes 3/4 of the state legislatures, not 2/3. You do not obviously know anything about U.S. law and should never ever talk again. Here’s the link to the entry:

http://www.hypocrisy.com/2008/01/23/mike-arnold-it-takes-a-constititutional-amendment/

But anyway, this got me thinking about the coming election between the various candidates on both the republican and democrat sides. We’ve got a little under 1 year before the next president is sworn and things are about to get spicy in the primary elections. The republican side has been fractured and confused for pretty much the entire campaign up until the last week or so when the field narrowed. The titans of the democrats Barack and Hillary have been battling it out forever, the only difference being that some newbs like Dennis Kucinich (a.k.a Frodo Baggins) and Joe Biden (a.k.a. that unfriendly looking usher at the movie theater that watches the restrooms to make sure no one hides in there to see a second movie) have bid farewell to their chances of the presidency.

Speaking of elections I registered to vote, which I figured would be a good idea if I were to continue my political bantering. That way I can put my vote where my mouth is. Pennsylvania law wanted me to pick a party in order to vote in the 2008 primary so I was torn between my social and economic ideals and eventually caved toward the Democratic side. Yes, I am a registered Democrat. I’m sure the entire blogosphere is cheering for my choosing between (R) and (D). I figured in my mind that as much as I like to think I’m going to make millions one day I probably won’t. My profession even in higher levels will never make me more than middle class. I still believe that capitalism is the best system out there, and that economic/governmental models such as socialism and communism are inherently unfair, I will probably benefit most out of a democratic government. This also has led to my choosing a presidential candidate to support. I have pondered over the presidential candidate for probably more time than could be considered healthy for a 21 year old college student. I even looked at all the fringe candidates such as Ron Paul who thinks it would be a good idea to put treasury powers back in the hands of Congress and eliminate the Federal Reserve; you know, since Congress has such a great record with the handling of money.

In the end I won’t go through my various elimination procedures for deciding which candidates are and are not douche chills. It came down to Hillary Clinton and John Edwards. On their respective websites, only John Edwards had specific ideas for education including increasing teacher pay for lower income areas and making it easier for teachers to transfer their certifications across states. While the federal government can’t technically make states accept certifications from other states because that’s just plain not in federal power, the federal government does give a bunch of money to states to make them listen, so I think John Edwards would succeed in his ideas for education. I don’t agree with John Edwards on things like attacking corporations for increasing profits but I figure I will never be CEO of a huge corporation, so I will just accept that I am motivated to vote for John Edwards solely through self interest.

Sadly because Pennsylvania holds it primaries in April, I will never be able to cast my vote for the candidate I think would be best suited. After Feb. 5, I’m assuming John Edwards is going to get creamed and drop out of the race. This will mean I have to choose between Barack Obama who has been lecturing about this crazy concept of “change” and Hillary Clinton who I can’t complain much about but has taken campaign donations from controversial, and quite frankly, inappropriate sources including several people who were pardoned by her hubby Billy Clinton. In my personal opinion I think primary elections should take place all on the same day for it to be a truly fair system. Some candidates have truly good ideas but do not raise the amounts of money raised by front runner candidates. I understand the point of the party needing to rally around a central candidate in the fall to battle it out for the White House, but I think every candidate should be given a chance to run in state primaries, even if they suck votes away from front runners. After all state primaries and caucuses are held on the same day, the one with the majority of the delegates can accept the nomination from their respective parties. That’s only fair in my opinion.

Perhaps none of this matters anyway because Hillary is going to strap on her giant dildo of power and slide it ever so gently into Barack Obama’s pooper on Feb. 5. As I’ve said before there is no doubt in my mind Hillary will get the democratic nomination to run against either John McCain who if elected has a 90% chance of dying in office, or Mitt Romney who is a conservative Mormon that overuses the argument that he is “not a Washington insider”. Seriously, if John McCain tripped down a flight of stairs he wouldn’t survive it. His central issue is that he can deal with terrorism and defense the best with his military experience. If John McCain has his way we will still be talking about our involvement in Iraq in 2024. Mike Huckabee, while having a rather silly last name, made a good run for a while but he’s losing steam and will have to face northern primaries where most of the people aren’t backwards and stupid. Mike Huckabee, being a former preacher, owns the evangelical vote with his rather stern and strict moral beliefs. If Mike Huckabee wins we will all be forced to convert back to the homogeneity of the 1950’s and girls will not be allowed to wear dresses that go above the knee. I’m sure Huckabee masturbates to the show “Leave It to Beaver”, but I myself am not a big fan. Who knows, maybe there are a bunch of people out there who aren’t big fans of progress that I don’t know about.