Super Tuesday – Elections 2008

Super Tuesday: The Deceptive Race

By Diana Lee
February 7, 2008

It’s almost predictable what the outcome would be at the primaries for the US presidential race on Super Tuesday. Although the mainstream media has declared John McCain a clear Republican winner and a neck-to-neck tie between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic Party, the final outcome won't be drawn until sometime in March or April when election tallies are accounted for in all 50 states. Most Republican contests are winner-take-all, while most Democratic contests are awarded proportionally, based on the number of congressional districts won. However, as any observer who has been following the presidential campaigns carefully, the final outcome is predictable - McCain for the GOP and Obama for the Democratic Party.

Why? The 2008 primaries have been carefully staged and rigged, as in step with all the rigged elections held since 2003 with the proven easily hacked Diabold and other electronic voting machines installed in many states, especially in 'swing' states. Then there is the real Republican contender, Ron Paul, whose name has been left out of some states' ballots, and the concerted efforts of the mainstream media to sabotage his growing popularity by ignoring him.

It’s not at all shocking that McCain is ahead of his rivals Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee since the self-imposed fraudulent Bush administration favors McCain to continue the neoconservative's foreign policies.

Even among conservatives, McCain has been criticized for his support for a comprehensive immigration bill amounted to citizenship for illegal immigrants. Radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh accused McCain for betraying GOP principles by not supporting tax cuts and a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. And former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania questioned McCain's credentials and temperament.

The fact that McCain was far behind in polls throughout 2007 but ended up on top just this January, 2008 should raise suspicion of his miraculous climb. "When voters were asked who has the best chance of beating the Democratic candidate in 2008, 34% said Mitt Romney, 28% said Rudolph Giuliani and 10% named John McCain."

For the Democrats, Hillary Clinton is destined to lose as a presidential contender for the White House - not for the reason that she'd be the first female president if elected but for the possibility that she could beat McCain if she ran against him. To some Americans it’d be a choice of lesser of two evils.

Here are three possible reasons for Americans to vote for Clinton rather than McCain for president:

Voting for McCain would conjure up his ties to Bush, whereas, voting for Hillary Clinton would be reminiscing the "American prosperity" under her husband, Bill Clinton. Without a doubt, Americans want change - a new direction to resuscitate a failing state in the world.
Voting for McCain is to continue supporting a neoconservative front that has brought nothing but ruin to the U.S. Constitution, economy, environment, and the lives of so many Americans.
Voting for McCain is a guarantee to continue waging illegal wars in the Middle East. Although Clinton hasn’t been outspoken about supporting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, or perhaps Iran in the near future, but her actions tell otherwise – she voted for both wars and she has ties to the Israel lobbyists.

With Obama win in the primaries, McCain would be in a better position to challenge the would-be first black president on Election Day. Although race shouldn’t be an issue, it is certainly unavoidable. Looking at the statistics for Super Tuesday elections, these figures could help McCain when he challenges Obama later this year.

Black voters of either gender went overwhelmingly to Obama and Clinton drew more Latino votes. (Most likely McCain would pick up the Latino vote since he supports granting citizenships to illegal immigrants.) Clinton and Obama were about even among white men, with both getting just under half their support. As expected, Clinton got about six in 10 women, giving her a near 25 percentage point edge with them. (If he runs against Obama, McCain is at an advantage to get more votes from white men as well as from white women.)

Working in his favor, McCain has honed an image of being an anti-Bush maverick and presented himself as an expert on defense and foreign affairs. Although Obama is regarded as an intelligent, determined leader, he lacks essential experience in world politics. Unfortunately, the United States is floundering in the global arena, Americans would most likely consider voting for a candidate that has some experience in dealing with the world's turmoil.

The presidential race is being set up with all the odds against Obama - essentially to guarantee a victory for McCain, not to mention with the probable help of the right-wing smear campaigns and the cheating electronic voting machines.

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By Diana Lee

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