DEMOCRATS LOOKING FOR THE "CROSS YOUR FINGER" VOTES TO WIN

How many people reading this would enjoy finding someone who is not a yellow dog Democrat that voted for Barack Obama and asking them how they feel about their vote now that we have had a year and a half of his leadership?

Thinking back on that election I doubt many Texans were all that pumped up about a President John McCain either. But I really would like to ask those voters who normally don't vote for wild-eyed liberals with little or no political experience what they were thinking when they cast a vote for Barack Hussein Obama. Did they close their eyes and cross their fingers as they bubbled his name?

We have a Governor's race coming up that in some ways reminds me of the OBama-McCain race. An experienced conservative Republican Governor Rick Perry vs a liberal Democrat former Mayor of Houston Bill White (who has never run for statewide office.) I sure hope we don't have a repeat from those who voted for Obama. I can understand a Democrat supporting their party voting for Obama (or Bill White), but the wishful votes Obama received from Independants and Republicans is perplexing. Will Bill White, Obama's candidate running for Governor of Texas, experience the same phenomena?

We can all agree Obama is a better speaker than John McCain and that he had less baggage. But anyone who has gone almost nowhere or done much of anything but "organize" the neighborhoods of Chicago is going to have less baggage than someone like McCain. As weary as some of us were of McCain, we saw the type of baggage the inexperienced Obama had and we refused to be drawn into the "promise of hope" campaign.

Bill White has tried to manage his image from day one as he sought to become Mayor of Houston a few years back. He has promoted himself while his party has pointed out every possible negative Perry has. But White's chance of winning in Texas is based on the same kind of thing. Are some voters just tired of Perry and are willing to disregard all of the self promoting silliness White did as Mayor and elect some reinforcements for Obama? Are some voters sold on the "message of hope" we were all suppose to get when we saw Mayor Bill Bill with his bike helmet on riding through the streets of Houston? Are we so sick of politicians and full of desire for change that we will hand over our vote and send to Austin someone who is in agreement with the man we hope to endure and survive in Washington DC?

We should all still have hope and a belief that "yes, we can" restore America. But it won't be by crossing our fingers and allowing these people to wear us down so much we are willing to try the liberal policies that have failed all over the world. Our hope should be that we are now determined to vote against everyone in this party that seeks to change those things that have made this country great. It is time for Liberty County to let our voice be heard across this great state and all of the way in Washington. We will not support this Democratic party any more in any way.