P.U.M.A

Today a certain glass ceiling has been broken, and for the first time in this great nation’s history, someone other than a white male is going to be the Presidential nominee of a major political party.

Barack, against all odds, you’ve done it, and we recognize this historic achievement.

For years to come, people shall be inspired by the your feat.

Tonight, we say congratulations, tomorrow we promise to keep fighting the good fight to ensure that you don’t win in November.

Posted by GrandPUMA

This is GrandPUMA, and I am speaking for myself. Not for P.U.M.A and not for any of the other coalition groups or other members of P.U.M.A.

Apart from being a devoted and dedicated PUMA, I am also the webmaster of this site. Consequently, I get to see the hundreds of reader posts and comments which come our way. Yes, I read them all, and it seems the coherent albeit negative ones all center around a few things… I am going to respond to the main themes in them:

Firstly, as PUMAs we are united in our belief that Obama is an usurper who used less than stellar / transparent / fair play methods as a way of clinching the nomination of the Democratic Party. We believe that if a free and fair primary election proccess was held, Hillary Clinton would have emerged as the party nominee. While all this might be water under the bridge, and Obama is now the nominee, his ascenscion to that distinction is not one we can or shall support. An illegality can never bring forth a legality. Breaking into someone’s home and stealing their belongings still makes you a thief, Obama stole my vote, and 18 million votes that came with it. That is personal, and cannot be undone.

Secondly, not all PUMAs support McCain or shall be voting for McCain in November, nor is PUMA a covert GOP operation. Many of us who are PUMAs are undecided voters, and shall probably remain so till election day, on which we shall either vote for McCain, Write-In Hillary Clinton, vote for a Third-Party or Candidate, or just not vote for President at all.

Thirdly, and this is addressing the McCain issue head on. Based on his track record in Congress,  and not mere political rhetoric typical of an election year, John McCain is as centrist as can be when it comes to political ideology. He has crossed the aisle many times to support positions the GOP was against and the Dems were for. While I understand he has to do what he has to do to get elected, based on his track record, I have no doubt that he will continue taking a bi-partisan approach to issues if he is elected. While it is not my intention or desire to play his advoctate, the hundreds of letters we get saying he is some variant of the devil’s apprentice are pure balderdash.

Those who want support Obama are free and welcome to do so, but I was brought up believing that America is the land of the free. I was brought up to believe America was a land where as a citizen, my vote counts for something, a land where the people control who gets to lead and not a cabal of opinion makers plotting and scheming behind closed doors.

The proccess which brought George Bush to the White House in 2000 shook this belief to the core, the proccess which has taken Obama to the democratic nomination injured it. If trickery, intimidation and the race card are the method by which one gets into higher office in America, I want no part of it.

In March 1775, Patrick Henry stated inter alia: It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace– but there is no peace. … Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! Well, in 2008, the imposition of Barack Obama on the Democratic Party is no different from the impostion of the authority of the crown of England on the 13 colonies in 1775. In the interest of “The Party” and retaking the White House we are all supposed to forget that we were robbed of our votes?  We are supposed to forget that chains went out with slavery? No way.

Apologies to Pelosi, Reid and Obama, but not this time. If it takes another 8 years of Republicans in the White House to teach the powers that be in the Democratic Party that those of us who vote for the party’s candidates are Free Citizens and not mere pawns, then so be it.

If only 10% of Hillary’s 18 million voters stay true to course and show the Party that we are NOT for sale, Barack Obama would not be elected President in November, and that in itself would be a fitting coup de grace for those of us who refused to be bamboozled by an Obama candidacy.

Posted by GrandPUMA

Tonight Zeus Obama shall be performing in front of an audience of 80,000 people, 80,000 angels, and 800,000 blades of grass.

Having been elected selected in a primary process that has all the hallmarks of a 3rd World Election, we were pleasantly surprised to get an advance copy of Obama’s greatest hits.

Here they are for your viewing pleasure.

Where is Waldo? Just kidding, two of our very own P.U.M.As are on the show… Guess which ones…

Here is the clip, just in case you can’t view it in your browser, click on the link here

PS John Oliver, we DON’T need a child psychologist, but “Obama” being chased and brought down by a brown dog… hmmm

Reuters reports that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s big speech on Thursday night will be delivered from an elaborate columned stage resembling a miniature Greek temple.

George Washington was definitely a much greater man that Obama could ever be, yet, even he did not have delusions of grandeur of this magnitude.

Anyway, here’s part of the story from Reuters:

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s big speech on Thursday night will be delivered from an elaborate columned stage resembling a miniature Greek temple.

The stage, similar to structures used for rock concerts, has been set up at the 50-yard-line, the midpoint of Invesco Field, the stadium where the Denver Broncos’ National Football League team plays.

Some 80,000 supporters will see Obama appear from between plywood columns painted off-white, reminiscent of Washington’s Capitol building or even the White House, to accept the party’s nomination for president…

Once Obama speaks, confetti will rain down on him and fireworks will be fired off from locations around the stadium wall.

I have an idea. I think Obama needs to go one step further and fly in on a jetpack, circle the stadium 3 times, and then land on the designated spot, the moment his feet touch the ground, fireworks should still go off,  but 20,000 children should also run onto the field waving the flag of the USSR, Old Glory … I mean if we are going for the ridiculous, we might as well go all the way.

Only in Obama’s America folks, only in Obama’s America…

Posted by GrandPUMA

You’ve probably heard of Soccer Moms, but this time around, this election shall be determined by PUMAs… We might not be as organized as the GOP or the DNC, but by golly, whomever has our vote shall be in the White House come January 20th…

Hint, it isn’t going to be Osama Bin Laden, I mean Obama and Biden

In his coverage of Hillary’s preview speech for the LA Times, Peter Nicholas reports that Hillary never asked her audience to support Obama, however, she did urge support for “all our nominees”.

I guess it might play out like the 1976 GOP Convention with Regan and Ford all over again.  As George Stephanopolous  notes over at ABCNews.com:

Sore losers cripple Presidential nominees. Think of what Ronald Reagan did to Gerald Ford in 1976. After Ford crushed Reagan’s late challenge and refused to offer him the VP slot, he had to beg Reagan to speak at the convention. The 798 words he got were no help. Barely a mention of Ford, not a word of praise. While Reagan’s ringing defense of the GOP platform laid the groundwork for his 1980 campaign, it did nothing for Ford — who barely lost to Jimmy Carter come November.

Here is part of what Peter Nicholas wrote:

She never spoke his name.

In a seven-minute speech to women supporters, Hillary Rodham Clintonurged voters to get behind “our nominees’’ but did not specifically mention her old rival, Barack Obama.

Clinton’s appearance in an outdoor courtyard here was a kind of time warp. Hundreds of supporters wore Clinton buttons and T-shirts and said they were heart-broken about her defeat in the Democratic primary. During the event, loudspeakers blared theme songs from her unsuccessful primary bid, including Tom Petty’s “American Girl.”

She previewed the speech she is to deliver later tonight, saying, “I believe with all my heart that the Democratic Party represents a much better future for everything we believe in and care about and I will be making a very strong case tonight that we stand behind our nominees in order to keep pushing progress forward.’’

Clinton also made reference to a sore point during the primary: gender bias. Commending the hosts of the event, an organization called WomenCount, she said, “I urge all of you to support women running at all levels of government, but also on behalf of other concerns that were raised during the course of the campaign. WomenCount will continue to stand up against the pervasive bias we saw in the media.’’

Of course this is NOT in reference to Obama, although this PUMA is 100% in agreement with what our beloved former Commander-in-Chief (and honorary PUMA-in-Chief is implying here…

Taken from TheHill.com

He said: “Suppose you’re a voter, and you’ve got candidate X and candidate Y. Candidate X agrees with you on everything, but you don’t think that candidate can deliver on anything at all. Candidate Y you agree with on about half the issues, but he can deliver. Which candidate are you going to vote for?”

Then, perhaps mindful of how his off-the-cuff remarks might be taken, Clinton added after a pause: “This has nothing to do with what’s going on now.”

Well, he did say “he” not “she”, so maybe he isn’t referring to Hillary… yeah right…!

Here’s the vid:

This is a new ad being run by Johnny Mac… Nothing has changed except the passage of time… Obama is still NOT ready…

CLINTON AD: It’s 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep. Who do you want answering the phone?

ANNCR: Uncertainty. Dangerous aggression. Rogue nations. Radicalism.

HILLARY CLINTON: I know Senator McCain has a lifetime of experience that he will bring to the White House. And, Senator Obama has a speech he gave in 2002.

ANNCR: Hillary’s right. John McCain for President.

Debra Bartoshevich made national headlines when she publicly announced her support for John McCain after Obama was declared as the “Chosen One” before the primaries even ended. The Wisconsin Democratic Party kicked her out of the state delegation for her bold statement. Well, Debra is back, and dare we say, stronger than ever. The McCain camp is featuring her in a new ad. While most PUMAs are not necessarily voting for McCain, we sure as heck aren’t voting for an Obama ticket.

AD Soundtrack:

I’m a proud Hillary Clinton Democrat. She had the experience and judgment to be President. Now, in a first for me, I’m supporting a Republican, John McCain. I respect his maverick and independent streak, and now he’s the one with the experience and judgment. A lot of Democrats will vote McCain. It’s okay, really!