Albeit I'm a registered Republican (more like a law and order Democrat), for all intents and purposes I'm an independent voter.

Just as I had my mind made up in an instant about Sen. Kerry when he was asked at a news conference bashing President Bush in the last campaign, "Don't you drive a Lincoln Escalade" to which he answered "No, I don't drive one but my family does," the Dems wunderkind Barack Obama in one short passage has showed what a moron HE is.

In a campaign swing in Milwaukie, he gave a 23-minute interview, which, among things, he compared the Don Imus rant with the horrific massacre at Virginia Tech. Between Hillary saying that she is afraid of a new Republican conservative conspiracy and Mrs. Edwards' statement that she is terrified of her "rabid, gun toting, Republican next door neighbor" shows that the latest crop of Dem candidates are as weak as the last. They will pander and say anything just to stir up the political lemmings.

All said, however, comparing Don Imus with the murder of 32 and severe injuring of 28 students just shows that this guy is no different from the rest of crowd of political Washington politicians. What has Barack Obama -- his real name is "Barry" -- done to make our lives better as a Senator. The answer is NOTHING. He is just another windbag.

So far Rudy Guiliani is the only viable candidate with at least some brains and who wouldn't be going around making moronic abstractions.