Chicago Daily Observer

Experience?

Hillary touts hers: A term and a half in the U.S. Senate; then smudges a year of screwing up both health-care and the White House travel office—plus a couple of decades playing First Enabler to Bill’s chronic case of satyriasis.

Now—you want to talk serious experience?

How about: twice elected governor of New Mexico, 14 years in the U.S. House, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, U.S. Secretary of Energy, international nuclear negotiator with North Korea, liberator of Saddam Hussein’s and other hostages and key negotiator in Sudan obtaining the recent release of Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Paul Salopek. Nominated several times for Nobel peace prize—and he’s barely 60.

Good grief! If experience is what we’re looking for Bill Richardson should win by a landslide. Wouldn’t even have to hold an election.

You say you want change?

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The lack of response to globalization by Black America is frightening and troubling. While much of the world has adapted to the new-world economy and new-world standards of existence, most of Black America is still operating much the same way it did in the 1950s and 1960s. But now, throughout Black communities in America, there is a whisper campaign by Black people who don’t know each other and Black people who live in different parts of the country, saying to each other, “We are in trouble!” We know it and the rest of the world knows it! Black America, as we know it, is in danger of not surviving globalization.

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Now that his first debate is over, as far as I am concerned Fred Thompson will be the next GOP candidate for President.

No matter what others say Fred was the focus of, and winner of the debate. I know people say Rudy was outgoing and Romney was the candidate from central casting but the debate was all about Fred. Would he be able to stand up to the attacks from the rest of the candidates? Would he be able to answer questions on current issues and not make a gaff? After waiting for so long to get in the race could he get people excited? On all these questions the answer was a clear Yes!

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