The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns

There is a lot of talk amongst political strategists on both sides of the fence that the Democrats have more to offer as far as viable candidates go. It is being touted that the Democrats can set you on fire with their candidates and that the the Republicans barely have a spark going. I can't figure how that could be true, but to each his own. I believe this is one of those times you would really have to be a Democrat to get that one.

Blaming Dick Cheney as some have is lame no matter how well you spin the political jargon with "sound good" intellect. Cheney will not make or break the Republicans. I would on the other hand be willing to bet that the President Bush's lack of popularity and having crossed his own political base - to the point they want nothing to do with him - will hurt the Republicans far more than anyone or any one thing. Bush is like what the new agers refer to as "bad Karma."

As for the candidates themselves, I take issue with Ron Paul. He comes across like a Democratic mole.

I am not fond of John McCain for matters that go beyond the politics of the day. My issues with McCain deal with how he teamed up with John Kerry in the early 1990's dismissing a bill that would have kept the search alive for missing POWs in Vietnam.

McCain having once been a POW shocked many with his decision to abandon the search, calling it futile. He proved to many that his loyalties lay with politics, not the American people and the families that lost loved ones in another one of America's huge debacles.

I personally have been backing Rudy Giuliani - not because he is some saint - he is far from it. Ronald Reagan once said, "If you can agree with a candidate 80% of the time then you can support that candidate." That is where I stand with Giuliani - right now he is our greatest hope or our worst nightmare. Having said that, it could be worse.

Fred Thompson is a bust - plain and simple. His wife, Jeri, is a real piece of work. The fact that his campaign strategists had to tell her to back off and stop trying to run the show and call the shots was quite enlightening. She is also not First Lady material - far from it. The only thing Jeri has going is being Fred's trophy wife. Thompson himself still has not officially announced that he is running and from the look and sound of things - it is best that he just stay out of the race while he is ahead - and that is saying very little of his weak character.

As for the remaining GOP candidates there is not much to say either way, they are slowly fading out. I will add here, however, that there is a real possibility Newt Gingrich could get into the race this fall. Now that is something that could excite me. It would make for intelligent politics and force the Democrats to use their brains instead of their backsides.

Many of my readers as well as those in the media have been predicting that many Republicans will not come out to vote for the 2008 Presidential race if their candidate of choice is not picked. To not vote, because your candidate of choice was not picked is sheer lunacy.

You have the right to vote as an American citizen - it is a privilege. You cannot decry that the Democrats are insane and then turn around and not vote. This would make you crazier than any Democrat walking.

Not voting in 2008, to prove your disapproval of the GOP's final pick is paramount to giving the White House to the Democrats. All I have to say to you is that if you do not vote, and the White House goes Democratic - I don't want to hear one peep out of you, not one peep. You got what you deserved.