Here’s the woman that everyone was waiting to hear from telling it like it is in her own words. I am going to find the speeches by Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee and will add them later.

Rudy Giuliani, “America’s Mayor”, gave an excellent speech last night.

Here’s an interesting twist, McCain’s campaign put out this ad which I saw for the first time today using Hillary’s words to not only speak against Obama, but to remind us of the division in the Democratic party:

Unless you are tuning out radio and TV, you know that today Barack Obama spent a little over 30 minutes speaking out his thoughts related to his Pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

It’s interesting to me that we are focusing on the controversial Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ on Holy week, when on Friday many Christians will take time to remember the death of Jesus Christ…not just for the black man & race, but for all mankind of every color and every race. Then on Sunday we remember the resurrection of Jesus, providing a way for all who believe to experience the ultimate freedom, eternal life and freedom from the fear of death.

The timing is actually not surprising to me because I believe there is a Satan that caused the sin in our world, and personal lives, the sin that Jesus died for so that those that believe in him can be free from the guilt of sin.  This enemy has a way of bringing out the dark and twisted things of this world to distract from the beauty of the gospel in many ways, including using men who lose there way, or have never found it, to speak out foolishness that confused men take hold of as truth.  If someone is spouting words about the God and Jesus that Christians believe in, those words should be held up against what the Bible teaches about Jesus…He didn’t single out a race or color to die for, we are all special to him.

I struggle with Barack’s speech in many ways, and in many ways it must have been struggle for him to give it. That being said, only God can judge a man’s heart, so I’ll leave that to Him. If you haven’t heard the Obama speech, here’s a link to it for you.

What do you think? Has Barack changed your mind if you’ve been put off by the new revelations about his pastor and church?

Today is the anniversary of McCain’s return to freedom after approx. 7 years as a POW in Viet Nam’s well known Hanoi Hilton, I already did a post back in December with a written interview done shortly after he returned home.

I’ve tried to add a video that is great, but am having trouble getting it to work, so click here to be taken to a great YouTube by John McCain reflecting on his experience.

I want to express my thanks to John McCain and so many others that have experienced what he has, as well as those who are serving in the military today, and those families who have said goodbye to loved ones who have made the ultimate sacrifice.

I thought you might be interested in reading the following press release, it’s a new format for sharing your views, opinions and ideas about the upcoming election, read on:

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Actually, Christmas never went anywhere, and neither has Christ, people have moved away from Christmas and Christ *until up from Iowa there arose so much chatter, and everyone listened to see what was the matter*! Mike Huckabee decided to boldly proclaim his feelings about Christmas, saying Merry Christmas, and much more!

NOW, some of the other Candidates are SUDDENLY saying Merry Christmas!!! For me, this is just wonderful. By being bold and unashamed of what he believes, Mike Huckabee has moved WAAAAY over to the right, and is pulling some of those hanging out in the center over with him, at least when it comes to saying Merry Christmas. Why? Because it’s obvious that people are LISTENING, and like what they HEAR, including this blogger.

Now, lest we get caught up in the political aspect of this alone, let me just say that you can say “Merry Christmas” all you want, what is really important is knowing what is so special about the One who’s birth we celebrate on Christmas…it’s a matter of life and death…and that ain’t politics, it’s Truth.