HOLD-YOUR-NOSE.COM: (X-beatjohnmccain.com) Inspired by Momma McCain: Obama speech analysis below: way ahead of media.

Well, probably not...but Ms Mills has put former Democrat nominee John Kerry to shame in one key liberal category....gold digging. As you might remember, Kerry built his financial empire by marrying one very rich and then one extremely rich woman. (I vaguely remember something about serving in Viet Nam also...). The second woman, Teresa Heinz, was loaded thanks the to the free market capitalism efforts of a Republican famiy, the Heinz's of Pennsylvania.

Apparently not burdened by the philosophies and beliefs of her husband...but nontheless drunk with political power bestowed on wives of Senators...Teresa agreed to a merger with Kerry after Senator Heinz was killed in a plane crash. And Kerry, more skilled in social climbing than wind surfing, used that fortune built on conservative principals to elevate his liberal career to new levels. (not sure which of John Edward's Two America's this fits....)

But Kerry has been shown to be no more than rank amateur status as far as gold digging goes as of this week. It has been announced that Heather Mills will unburden the Paul McCartney empire of some 108 million dollars. Now in socialist Europe, that's a HELLUVA LOTTA after tax dollars.

The breakdown of this haul works out to about 75 thousand bucks a day for Mills for the duration of the marriage. Sounds like a good reason for a Cayman Island trip to me. Also reminds me of something Ronald Reagan said about politics and it's stunning similarities with the oldest profession....

So media maven Mark McKinnon, he of "Maverick" Media Consulting (literally) will not campaign against B. Hussein  Obama. Well that's just great. Actually, it is great since McKinnon has never been involved with any Republicans before his work with George W. Bush and then this year with McCain. Before that, he was a media guy for many Democrats including Ann "Ma" Richards in Texas and some other very partisan and very liberal Dems. I imagine it would rather damage his delicate sensibilities for me to have used B. Hussein Obama above. Certainly he would think I was referencing the rather striking similarities between the Illinois Senator's name and those of numerous terrorists and mass murderers..but I was simply paying homage to the American Bar Association by doing what all lawyers do...us the first initial and middle name. (Then again, I am C. Edmund Wright and not an attorney or American Bar member).

But back to McKinnon. Other than some work for Bush, he has done PR consulting for "foundations and the like." Foundations being non commercial enterprises who get their money from taxes or from donations. "The like" being non commercial enterprises that get their money from taxes or from donations. Am I spotting a trend here?

Like all in the McCain camp, this is not a guy well versed with the nuts and bolts of the free enterprise system. George Bush, John McCain, a bunch of "foundations" and a bunch of liberals. Not exactly conservative base central. While we're at it, why not the city of Berkely... heading up their PR as they fight to keep the Marines from recruiting in their corporate limits. He can also represent terrorists against water boarding....then come back and work for Republican nominee Olympia Snow in 2012. (the thought gives me the shivers)

Actually, McKinnon...and the hiring of McKinnon...represent how far out of touch with the base voters the Republican establishment is. Mr Establishment...McCain..is counting on one of the long time Democrat establishment types...McKinnon.. to run the campaign. With all due respect, tying Al Gore and nipping John Kerry by a few percentage points is not all that impressive to me and does not give McKinnon street cred...except on M Street. 

The GOP hierarchy has no idea why someone is, or should be, or could be, a conservative. These are people not of American heartland...not of the free enterprise system, not of small businesses. Taking money from foundations that they took from taxes or donations to produce some PR pieces is not exactly like running a contracting business or a retail store or an insurance agency. It's inside the beltway hobnobbing and cocktail parties. Running a campaign for Ma Richards sure as heck doesn't qualify anyone about real life conservative America and how to represent them and handle PR for their interests and candidates.

So it's no surprise that McKinnon won't fight Obama. BeatJohnMcCain predicted that McCain himself won't fight Obama...not really. At least McKinnon is admitting it. McCain won't admit it. He won't fight. He'll ride off into the sunset like Bob Dole did...a gracious LOSER....who took "his turn" at losing because he was of the GOP establishment and it was "his turn."

Obama will win the Presidency. McCain will become a lobbyist (McCain-Find-Gold, you know) and McKinnon will make more money representing some liberal foundation's PR effort after Obama and the liberal congress triples the domestic budget for all liberal foundations. Won't that be fun? More fodder for moving the RNC out of Washington! LINK HERE

It was announced today that since the year 2000, government benefits for senior citizens has grown 24% per year ABOVE the inflation rate. It is now above 27 thousand dollars per year per senior. Now we know that 70 is the new 50, which means 65 is the new 46 (or so)...and that means that we'll basically pay seniors a zillion bucks for many many moons. Sounds like we need a smoking epidemic to break out.

Anyway, add that to what we found out a couple weeks ago...that government workers now make more than those in the private sector. Let's boil this down. We are all (those of us with jobs where productivity is a component) working to support seniors and bureacrats. This, BTW, is not to slam seniors. The system is what the system is...and this commentary is pointed at the system and the liberal policies that define it.  I'll only blame seniors to the extent that many of them propogated this system through the support of idiotic AARP political positions. In that, some are complicit. But that 27 thou per year includes the sensible and the liberals.

Now, government workers should be tweaked a tad. I mean, who are we kidding. We all know friend or family who we hoped would get "a government job with benefits" because we knew that person needed that kind of situation to protect them from themselves. And we have ALL know folks like that. Admit it. And we all have joked about the fabulous and inspired postal workers and DMV workers and IRS workers and the like. That is who we are talking about here...and they now make more than you do (as collective average).

Think about it. Our country cannot be supported by retirees and DMV employees. Someone HAS to do the work of creating the wealth. And for the life of me, I don't see any help coming via this Presidential election. All three viables are life long government employees.....two of the three are seniors. Think I'll go join Huckabee in the Cayman Islands. I think Huck saw these two surveys...saw the writing on the wall...and took his money over there with him and I don't think he's coming back. And who could blame him?

Pennsylvania Governor Easy Ed Rendell has now taken normally twisted liberal logic (oxymoron if ever there was one) to even new heights...or lows...of oxymoronicness. (that is a real word and if you disagree I'll tell the teacher you hurt my self esteem!).

Rendell has now proclaimed that Clinton will do well in Pennsylvania because that state has "conservative whites here, and ...some whites who are probably not ready to vote for an African-American candidate." Well blow me down and take off your hood. Thank God Rendell isn't a reporter for the golf channel or talk show host turned commentator on ESPN....or they might want to lyn----no, can't say that....how about han----no, can't say that EITHER...or maybe crusif---no, can't say that for sure..... Well hell, lets just say it might not be good for him.

But back to the major point. And that is, the REAL RACISM in this country is in the north. And it's among LIBERALS...not conservatives. And Easy Ed knows this....because sure as heck it won't be "conservative whites" voting in a Democratic primary. They may be white. They may be racist. They may be Democrat or they may be "independent." Perhaps a tiny smidgeon of them will be Republicans.  But they will sure as shootin' (a little 2nd Amendment lingo there) will NOT be conservatives.

But knowing this...and admitting this...are not the same thing for Democrats. You know, when a Republican makes a gay proposition in a bathroom, he is run out on a rail. (and an unsuccessful effort at that).  When a leading Democrat uses his congressional office as a booming gay brothel with a large carbon footprint, he is called Mr. Chairman. Tit for tat, I guess. Or tat for tat.

But I digress. Rendell has to avert attention to the issue of racist liberal Democrats in his beloved state...being racists on HIS WATCH...by blaming folks who aren't liberal or Democrat for this behavior. Kind of like blaming the stockbrokers in Manhattan for 9-11. (which Rendell might have done also....)

When you hear a Republican strategist these days say that they would "rather face Obama" than Hillary Clinton, you need to hold your wallet (and your breakfast for that matter.) Right.

Just like, say, a Savings and Loan in the 1980's telling you their "check was good." Thus the old joke from the traditional banks..."come in and buy a toaster...and we'll give you an S&L." (for those of you who think recorded history started with American Idol, S&L's used to give away toasters to new savings account holders).

But back to strategists and their lack of value. The GOP is using the same tired old cadre of consultants that brought about the disaster of Bush Quayle 92, Dole Kemp 96, congressional disasters of 92, 98, 2006...etc. They have been paid a zillion dollars to be wrong almost all the time. And they LOVE McCain as a candidate. (they should read this link) And these guys are still giving...er selling...this worthless advice based on their faulty template.

And the S&L debacle of the 1980s? And McCain? Yes indeed. McCain knows virtually nothing about the free enterprise system...except that it can be good for donations. McCain has the only "Republican seat" on the infamous Keating Five (rhymes with cheating). Those were five corrupt congressmen who accepted bribes to keep quiet so S&Ls could hide their shaky finanical status related to, of all things, inflated real estate collateral and bad loans. (sound vaguely familiar?)

McCain, S&L scandals, worthless real estate and worthless consutlants. Hell, I'm excited. Are you?

Tonight in the District of Columbia (that's Washington DC for those of your educated in our government schools), some 100 thousand Democrats cast votes in their Presidential primary. About 4 thousand Republicans voted.

In Virginia, which includes most of the greater Washington area, about a million Democrats casts votes. About 400 thousand Republicans voted. And in Maryland, kind of like Virginia but for some reason much more "blue statist," the count will be about 650 thousand to less than 200 thousand.

In other words, it is not safe to be a Republican, let alone a conservative, in the DC area. The culture just moves way too hard in the other direction.

And the GOP cannot represent their base as long as the entire party apparatus has to live and exist and get along in this environment. The RNC MUST be moved. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS EXCITING IDEA--CLICK HERE

Yes, it's true....The Reverend MLK was more conservative at his core than John McCain. How you say? Take the timeless statement MLK is famous for...which is also the underlying belief of everything he did for civil rights. His "dream" was that one day we would be judged "by the content of our character" as opposed to the "color of our skin."
Friends, that is the quintessential CONSERVATIVE doctrinal statement. It is brilliant, honorable, and totally counter to what the modern day "Klan with the tan" would have govern our society...where I have a nightmare that we will be "quota'd according to the color of our skin and sexual psychoses...and our character or abilities will not have diddly squat to do with it." MLK's dream is much more in line with conservatve principals than anything the so called civil rights movement is doing today.

Now, to McCain. McCain has taken away some of our First Amendment Rights (CFR). McCain does not want us to be able to water board terrorists...in spite of the fact that it works, is NOT dangerous...and oh by the way...did I mention they were TERRORISTS?! McCain does not believe that cutting taxes will increase government revenues (tho JFK and Reagan believed it and proved it)so he voted against the Bush tax cuts (before he was for them I think). McCain and his gang of 14 stood in the way of Bush getting his judges confirmed with classic DC maneuvering. McCain gets up every day dreaming of getting in front of a TV camera to slam conservatives. McCain thinks that the quickest way to energy independence (and the resulting economic advantages) is by going green. And on and on it goes.

So you tell me....who is the conservative? Martin Luther King....or John McCain? (Hint, it ain't the lilly white Arizona Senator....)