Funny, I thought it was an accurate comparison to how politically staged events work, especially in Europe. It was no different when Pres. Kennedy pandered to the world press with the “Ich bin ein Berliner” remark. All it proved is that people will attend a free event on their way to the gasthaus.

Let’s see – we have one Senator who agreed with the DNC that Florida and Michigan should be punished for not recognizing the DNC as the controller of all elections and not genuflecting before the Altar of Howard Dean; and we have another Senator who is being ridiculed for having lived as long as he has.

Personally, the arrogance of the DNC and the obvious acceptance of its candidate-to-be of the Florida/Michigan snub shows me that Sen. Obama will not be a person of conscience should he be elected, but instead be the puppet of the DNC – doing what the committee tells him, appointing who it tell hims and acting according to the committee’s instructions.

Whatever anyone may claim about Sen. McCain, he has shown the RNC many times that the RNC does not own him in any fashion and that he is his own man. That may be old-fashioned to some, but is in high fashion to me.

As an Independent (yep, sure am!) I’m concerned whether the candidate is truly who and what s/he claims to be, or is a walking-talking Ken or Barbie. There have been the complaints that Pres. Bush is in the pocket of Wall Street and the Houston Oil Network – and that seems to indicate the complaintants want a President who will operate independent of special interests, and that includes the most obvious of special interest groups housed at 430 S. Capitol St. SE and 310 First Street, Washington, D. C. 20003.

So, when these well-choreographed media events are staged, all trying to depict the candidate as the Second Coming in wing-tips, just take a look at who is doing the staging, writing the script, applying the make-up and pulling the strings.