Sabotage Of Presidential Hopefuls And Horse Racing

Does anyone else think that Obama and Clinton have been sabotaged by people close to them since their campaigns started? I honestly have to say I have never seen two more ineptly run campaigns in my 38 years.

With Friends Like That, Who Needs Enemies?

On Hillary’s side, you have Bill Clinton running off at the mouth, making chauvinistic comments, contradicting comments, disagreeing on policy issues, and in general not keeping his mouth shut when he should. Then there are her staffers and campaign workers who have engaged in they usual muck-raking and dirty politics, and her own trips to Fantasy Island…like the one where she dodged sniper fire on a visit to the Balkans.

On Barack’s side, you have the Reverend Wright with his racist statements. He just won’t go away and keep his mouth shut. If Obama loses the nomination, it will likely be because of Wright. How ironic that the first viable black candidate for President with a real chance of winning is getting sabotaged by another black man still living in the past, dragging down a younger man looking to move the nation forward. It’s even more ironic since it was the Democrat party that undid what anti-slavery progress had been made under the Missouri Compromise by passing the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Compromise of 1850—and which was supported by northern and southern Democrats alike.

Push Until They Die: There Is Profit In Death

Horse racing. Must not forget that. Today’s Kentucky Derby took the life of yet another horse, Eight Belles. The filly broke both her front ankles and was euthanized on the track. You know, I like horses as much as the next person and we had horses while I was growing up. Given the chance, I would rather ride one than miss out on an opportunity to do so.

I understand wanting to demonstrate and take pride in the prowess of one’s animals—be they pets, livestock or family members. However, to push and punish animals so that humans can make money and gamble on them does not sit well with me. Horse racing needlessly imperils the health and lives of magnificent animals whom I would rather have around me than the majority of those people who go to wager on them and watch them (like Chelsea Clinton, who was there).

Don’t get me wrong, I think there are hobbies and sports and animal trials that are just fine—most in fact. Horse racing though, is something altogether different. It is rather like dog fighting, without the fighting but based on the same principle, to push an animal to its physical limits for the enjoyment of people and gambling. One component of sports is excelling and being the best you can be, but when you put that onto an animal without choice and who cannot voice their health or pain and push them until they break and die for entertainment and money, it is no longer sporting at all.

I call that shameful and think it seems abusive as well.