So as I read through my many daily reads, there were too many stories I wanted to talk about to do them all, so here is a quick mask up.

Suppression of free speech in New York?

Apparently.  Specifically this is a buffer zone for protesters, and mandatory prosecution of harassment.  Of course this is all those rabid anti war nutbags protesting the Military recruiters, right?  No, it is to praying abortion protesters at abortion clinics.

You can stand in front of a church yelling “Mormon scum,” but if you pray in front of a taxpayer-subsidized abortion clinic, watch out.

Emily L. e-mails:

I thought you might find this interesting. NYC is considering legislation to create a 15 foot buffer zone between abortion protestors and the clinics. The legislation would also enable the clinics to press harrassment charges against protestors, even if the patients don’t wish to pursue charges. This is one opinion piece about the proposal: link.

Even more interesting was the flurry of Letters to the Editor sent to the Daily News today. This is from Planned Parenthood:

Free choice protected

Obama and his flock of acolytes have consistently portrayed him as the younger, hipper candidate.  The candidate of change.  The fresh wind in the sour air of politics, the new voice.  Someone not a part of politics as usual.

They have charged that John McCain is the old man, the voice of stagnation.  An old hide bound white guy in a sea of politics ruled by old white men.  A guy who has made a career out of politics as usual, and partisan bickering.

So it comes as no shock to learn that Obama has taken the fresh, bold and utterly hipper step of choosing a running mate who is an old white man, who has made a career out of politics as usual and partisan bickering.

Finally:  Change we can believe in. 

Why?  Frankly, because he wants to win.  Now, granted that Hillary has more support, and a ticket with her might be the golden ticket for a sure win, but imagine being president and constantly having to watch your back, waiting for the chance for her and Bill to stick a (figuratively speaking only here) knife into it.  Hillary is just too ambitious.

All along the Obama-maniacs have used racism as their trump card.  Any criticism of him was racist, pure as simple. 

So according to this piece at the NY Daily News, that is also why Hillary won’t quit:  Racism and bigotry.  So be happy all you non Obama-maniacs, according to this, the secret is out and the only reason you do not like him is because you are a racist bigot.

 Ugly truth why Hillary Clinton won’t quit (emphasis mine)

While the case for Hillary Clinton to stay in the race is shakier than ever, one ugly reason for staying in could be found Tuesday amid the ruddy, sun-kissed Hoosiers who cheered her on to victory at the Indianapolis Speedway.

With Clinton posing alongside pioneering Indy speedster Sarah Fisher,

…a young white girl…

there were almost no African-Americans to be seen. Many in the white, working-class crowd were simply not ready to back Barack Obama - for reasons that are disturbing.

“I’m kind of still up in the air between McCain and Hillary,” said Jason Jenkins, 32, who cited information from a hoax e-mail as a reason to spurn Obama.

His recent comments about how middle class America is a bunch of bitter gun crazed religious bigots is revealing, even as it is not a shock.

Unshockingly we discover an upper class politician is out of touch with the people he claims to represent.  Unsurprisingly we discover that the liberal elitism we have all remarked on in the past is just as ingrained in Obama as any other liberal. 

For all his claims to be just a middle class guy who did well, his success, like so many others who claim to have that connection, has left him out of touch.  His claim to being a 2nd Amendment scholar has left his no idea why Americans love guns. 

Most revealing is that his roots in his church have left him clueless about how many people rely on their faith as an integral foundation in their lives.

Maybe that is the most revealing aspect, and one of the sources of the greater points of hypocrisy.

Obama’s church and his mentoring by Rev J Wright have left Obama with a very cynical view of religion.

With so much attention on Obama and his church, we cannot ignore Hillary and her mouth….

Saw this first one at Whatbubbaknows.com

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After stating something everyone knew, Geraldine Ferraro was skewered as a racist, and has quit from Hillary’s campaign.

Breaking: Ferraro steps down

Geraldine Ferraro has stepped down from her role as a member of Hillary Clinton’s finance committee.

In a letter to Clinton obtained by CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux — who spoke with the former vice presidential candidate shortly after she sent it to Clinton — Ferraro said she is stepping down so, “I can speak for myself and you can continue to speak for yourself about what is at stake in this campaign.”

In a phone conversation with Malveaux, Ferraro said she was not asked to step down by Senator Clinton or her campaign

Ferraro said thousands of people are part of the finance committee, saying it is not a staff position, but a voluntary one for those who raise money for the campaign. She also said she has raised $125,000 for Senator Clinton.

When asked if she had any regrets about what she said, Ferraro replied, “absolutely not.”

So here is what is going on.  Ferraro, the 1984 Democrat Vice Presidential nominee, has come under fire for essentially stating the truth.

Ferraro’s Remarks About Obama Decried

Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday she disagrees with Geraldine Ferraro, one of her fundraisers and the 1984 vice presidential candidate, for suggesting that Barack Obama only achieved his status in the presidential race because he’s black.

In a brief interview with The Associated Press, Clinton was questioned about Ferraro’s remarks. The Obama campaign has called on the New York senator to denounce them.

Ferraro told the Daily Breeze of Torrance, Calif.:

“If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept.”

Ever since the DNC suspended the Florida and Michigan Caucuses, it was almost a sure invitation to litigation and controversy.

And who else would we expect other than Al Sharpton to make an issue of it.

SHARPTON THREATENS LAWSUIT OVER FL, MI

Al Sharpton is in Florida and said he is prepared to sue if Florida and Michigan’s delegates are seated as is. He said there are people who didn’t vote because they knew their vote wouldn’t count and “there must be a formula to factor” them in.

“There were many people that did not vote, because the DNC said their vote did not count,” Sharpton said on MSNBC. “Whatever way this is resolved, they must be factored in.”

Sharpton instead called for a re-do of the voting in both states. “There must be a way that people can exercise their right to vote who did not vote.”

Called it “absurd” that Michigan where uncommitted was on the ballot, would get their delegates seated as is.

”If they try to seat as is,” Sharpton said, he and the National Action Network are prepared to file suit.

When it comes to voters, elections and all the tricks in that trade, there is little to nothing I will not believe where Democrats are concerned.

Whether it was Al Gore in Florida crying “Every Vote (for me) must count” to Christine Gregiore who won with 1800 illegal votes after recounting until she won.

Now, Hillary has joined Al Gore with the “every vote should count” mantra as she tries to back door the delegates for Florida and Michigan with, of all things, a do-over:

Do-Over in Michigan and Florida?

Officials in Michigan and Florida are showing renewed interest in holding repeat presidential nominating contests so that their votes will count in the epic Democratic campaign.

The Michigan governor, along with top officials in Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign and Florida’s state party chair, are now saying they would consider holding a sort of do-over contest by June. That’s a change from their previous insistence that the primaries their states held in January should determine how the their delegates are allocated.

Clinton won both contests, but the results were meaningless because the elections violated national party rules.