Virgie Bell's View: Shunning

The really good news is that Hugo Chavez has achieved his goal. He has grown to be much like his idol, the leader of Cuba. He has lost the love and respect of the people of the country for whom he represents. He lost by a small margin of the vote to become president for life. I withhold judgment on this victory of the democratic election process until he steps down in 2012. It has never been the way of dictators to let an election get in the way of their ambitious desire for complete rule. I am not completely sure of what other countries can or cannot do in such a case. The whole premise of his rule was to spew forth hate and rage for the USA, in particularly our President. I cannot see old Hugo fading into the sunset, but hopefully I am wrong. We have seen dozens of dictators leave in the middle of the night to seek refuge in some foreign country, taking with them the wealth of the country they left behind. I had wondered if the people really believed the rants and raves of this petty bully. I would imagine that the tripwire was the takeover of public access to TV for the masses. Take those soap operas away and people have a way of getting in a very bad mood in a hurry. Sean Penn and Cindy Sheehan did nothing for his image. There were several movie celebrities who ran to Chavez to offer love and support for him and hate and disgust for the United States. Yesterday there was an article on the Hollywood worthies and the wisdom they possess. It seems they tally out to come in with most 5th graders in the old brain department of the USA. That is not my figure, but is that of a recent study. Remember that the next time they step up to tell you how you should vote.

I could hardly believe my eyes when I read of two journalists who’ve always been among the harshest critics of the present administration talking down Slick Willy. The ‘first black American President’ has run out of steam. I wish it was a shunning of this man, by people who find his actions while in office deplorable. I do know there was an outcry when he picked out a prime place in New York to practice whatever he professes to profess. The prime Manhattan property holders did not want this man to tear down the value of the neighborhood. At least one of these journalists finally calling Bill Clinton on his sleazy ways is a black journalist. My guess is that it is a racial response and not a response of a patriotic love of the country where I live. The reason that I fear this is because so far we know zero about Obama and his half-white heritage. His mother is white, his father is black. His mother is an American citizen and his father is from Kenya. Why this little bit of truth is being hid in the secret room in the attic has me wondering if this is a new low in politics.

I think back to the night that Halle Berry won the Academy Award and with tears in her eyes thanked her colleagues as the first Black Woman to receive this award. She went on to say that she has unending love and support from a mother who supported her every move. The camera then did a quick shot of the mother and she was more Scandinavian White than I am. She could almost glow in the dark. If a pick of the president turns into a racial issue, then it is doomed to be a failure. All people of the United States are for their country. That is first and foremost the prime reason to vote. The average American voter, no matter the race, wants to see us prosper and to raise the standard of living for our children. The Al Sharpton’s and the Jesse Jackson's have sort of sullied the liberal cause and made it vastly unpopular. Hate is like sand when you try to build a foundation upon it. The rains come and the wind blows and the structure is ruined forever.

Obama did beat Hillary in the resent election in Iowa by a small margin. I really want to know just what Obama is all about. Why does this man have so little regard for his own mother and her family? He saw his father once in his life, yet he embraces the heritage that betrayed him. This is not something you see in the African American mother and their sons. Mother is to most black sons the great love of the sons’ life. At least in the sports world. I have always admired that in the sons of the black mothers. I have never understood why so much regard is given to the Al and Jesse crowd. Not when someone like me is just as crazy about Terrell Owens as I am about Tony Romo.

Truth be told, I am just a little put-out with Romo over the Jessica Simpson dating. She is as close to being a pop tart as one can be while still wearing panties. She is gorgeous and appears to be made of the same material as the popular Barbie Doll. She looks as plastic and unreal as one could look. So for today, I am more of a Cowboy fan for the guy that wears the pearl earrings that match his gorgeous smile. They are both hunks, but Owens is just a little more so. At least he is able to keep his romance from taking over his fame. A bimbo is a bimbo is a bimbo. Of course she will let it out to the news media. Jessica Simpson is even jealous of her own sister if she receives a headline. Watch it Romo. Don't let your talent and good looks be over-shadowed by those who are known to be of a 5th grade mentality. I truly hope that the Cowboys get to play for the Super Bowl and I hope they win. I am so looking forward to something like that. A challenge from the very top against another at the very top. I am so tired of the Clinton’s, Oprah and her book club buddies, and I am very weary of the pious and the liars known as the Edwards’ who feel your pain. I am so ready to see a little something that transcends politics and race. Something that all Americans can get together on. I hope the day comes that we can shun Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton just as we have O J Simpson. Just as I hope we do Bill Clinton.

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