Our choices for 2008

... can be summed up as "Damned if you do, and damned if you don't."

Consider Obama. Here's a smooth-talking politician who barely conceals his contempt for the majority in this country. His close association with his "mentor" Reverend Wright will provide plenty of ammunition for the Republican smear machine (a formidable weapon). The race hustlers will insist that any attack on Obama, or even failure to support him, HAS to be due to racial hatred, which will further confound those who are concerned with issues, and not race:

Pollsters have found it difficult to accurately measure racial attitudes, as some voters are unwilling to acknowledge the role that race plays in their thinking. But some are not. Susan Dzimian, a Clinton supporter who owns residential properties, said outside a polling location in Kokomo that race was a factor in how she viewed Obama. "I think if it was somebody other than him, I'd accept it," she said of a black candidate. "If Colin Powell had run, I would be willing to accept him."

And Obama's left-wing policies will most assuredly repulse most Americans...

...except for his stance on Iraq and the economy, that is. Obama is perceived as the anti-war candidate (which he is certainly not), and as the economy continues to tank, due in large part to the strain of borrowing billions to finance the democratization of the Middle East, anyone who isn't associated with the Republicans will look good.

Then there's Mad John McCain. This hotheaded, foul-mouthed globalist will continue the Bush regime's policy of "Invite the world, invade the world" that has not only weakened this country's security at home and abroad, but poisoned its reputation. Bet your bottom dollar (which shrinks in value every day) that McCain will find a way to grant amnesty to his new amigos from south of the border. Bet on it.

Add to this volatile stew an increasingly rebellious electorate that overwhelmingly feels "the country's seriously off on the wrong track."

So who knows what will happen? When the media-savvy insurgency in Iraq turns up the heat to influence the election, will Obama's fortunes rise? What happens when there's another terrorist attack on US soil? Will that help or hurt McCain?

Who knows? All we can be sure of is that things are getting stickier every day, and there's no sign things are going to get any clearer. We're in a political pea soup without a GPS. Talk about interesting times ...