Many thoughts have been put forth lately about the choices POTUS.

I'm told that one, Barack Obama, will bring HOPE & CHANGE. Now that's a great idea, I mean who doesn't want hope and change, but defining what kind of hope and change Mr Obama has in mind is a little difficult to determine.

What I do know:

1. Mr Obama has stated he was a community organizer. How is the south side of Chicago because of  his efforts? One of his associates, Tony Rezko, was basically a south Chicago slum lord who got sweetheart deals through his connections in, you guessed it, the south side of Chicago.

2. Mr Obama stated he wasn't bothered by the increase in the price of gas he just wished they had gone up more gradually. He says "We cant drill our way out of this" and there would be no relief for many years down the road. He says alternate methods are the answer. How many years down the road will that be?

3. Mr Obama likes to bring up race. That is he likes to point out no one should DARE bring up his race. That sounds a lot like the "when did you stop beating your wife " strategy to me. Which Republican other Presidential candidate was it that brought up his race?

4. Mr Obama has sent Mrs Obama out for a makeover. That's a problem to me. Let her say what she wants, hell give her a cable show, she is a window into the REAL Obama. Not the Manchurian Candidate Messiah constructed by the media.

So my choice is clear. Anyone but Obama.

4. Mr Obama is the preferred candidate of