forsyth | Iowa

Well, the very first state in the presidential primaries is over. Mike Huckabee, preacher and proponent of the bullshit "Fair Tax" scheme won the Republicans, and Rudy Guiliani, who's quite possibly more authoritarian and scary than George W. Bush came in last. Even behind Ron Paul.

On the Democratic side, Barak Obama won, and John Edwards edged out Hillary Clinton, and most everyone else was distant.. I can't say I'm upset by this. Hillary Clinton is better than any of the Republicans running, but I get the feeling she'd be the one most likely pushed to start a wa if she was President. And we don't have enough of an army for the occupations we have, much less another war.

Of the other two, I lean more towards Edwards, because Obama's given too much play to some of the bullshit right-wing talking points about things like health care, and because Edwards is more willing to speak up and take on the corporate assholes who are helping ruin the country.

That said, I'd be more than happy to support either of them as President. And Obama makes a mean speech, but Edwards is no slouch himself. See for yourself.