Hillary Rodham Clinton's Defeat: Sad Day for Women

I just sent a message on Hillary's website asking her to take her fight to the convention, if at all possible. I watched every minute of Saturday's coverage of the Rules Committee meeting. I was appalled at the outcome. As a Floridian, it did not sit well that we are only worth half a vote. A lot of people here are talking about that. Gosh, under the original Constitution (Article 1, Section 3) our founding fathers counted women and slaves as three/fifths of a person for apportioning Congress. It's hard to believe that the Democratic Party of 2008 would be so regressive as to give certain citizens less representation than they had in 1788, 240 years earlier.

It upsets and saddens me, as a woman, that we are not yet ready for a woman as President. I find it unbelievable that any party would choose such an inexperienced man as Barack Obama over an accomplished woman to lead the U.S. Although it is highly unlikely I would have voted for Hillary in the Fall election, I would have considered it. I am no fan of John McCain. But there is no way -- not a snowball's chance in hell -- that I would ever vote for Barack Obama, even if Hillary is on the ticket for Vice President. He is far too radically left in his voting record and, with no real accomplishments, too inexperienced. It offends me that he and the media were successful in their race-baiting and latent sexism. I fear that if Obama is elected, we can kiss America good-by. Thus, I closed my message to Hillary with "God bless you and God Save the U.S.A."

If Only I Drank: Boycott Absolut Vodka

If I were an alcohol drinker, I could boycott Absolut Vodka and buy American-made SKYY Vodka. Alas, medications keep me from enjoying cocktails these days. However, I can urge anyone who does drink to reject Absolut and switch to SKYY Vodka.

Swedish-made Absolut ran ads in Mexico that showed maps of the United States in which Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and large parts of Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California were part of Mexico. Somehow the company must have imagined that U.S. customers would not hear about this affront to our sovereignty. They claimed it was only a joke and not meant to offend. Well, it did, especially in the Southwest where radical groups, like La Raza (the Race), support a reconquest and return of land to Mexico. It is called the Reconquista Separatist Movement.

"Like SKYY Vodka, the residents of states like California, Texas and Arizona are exceptionally proud of the fact that they are from the United States of America," said Dave Karraker, SKYY Vodka. The Absolut ad was absolutely insulting to them. It suggested that in an absolutely perfect world, a large chunk of the U.S. would be ruled by Mexico.

The National Illegal Immigration Boycott Coalition (NIIBC) and Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) have joined forces to boycott Absolut. Go to www.boycottabsolut.com for more details. "We are launching a formal, national, and sustained boycott against the Absolute Vodka corporation for promoting, encouraging, and pandering to separatists that threaten the territories, sovereignty, and national security of the United States of America," according to their website.Besides Vodka, Absolut manufactures Aquavit, bitters, rum, gin, and wines. A complete list of products can be found at www.boycottabsolut.com .