I have been lamenting for months that there was no candidate in the field of presidential contenders who inspired me. I was beginning to fear that I would not be able to bring myself to push the button for anyone come November 2008. I can now lay those fears to rest. Cynthia McKinney is running for president!  All of those evenings I spent on bended knee praying to God for a real leader to take the helm for our country have been well-spent.

I’ve never voted for a Green Party candidate before, but I believe that I am ready to make that leap.  Who could not support a politician who has spoken such true words of wisdom:

“Gore’s Negro tolerance level has never been too high. I’ve never known him to have more than one black person around him at any given time.”

Is there a meter for gauging such tolerance? Does it resemble a pedometer in any way? If so, perhaps we can affix them to people across the country and monitor “Negro tolerance levels”. I smell a doctoral thesis! Someone’s gonna get a grant!

“I see many parallels between rapper Tupac Shakur’s death and the attacks and deaths carried out by the FBI … against political musicians and activists since the 1950s.”

I’m on the highway with you, Ms. McKinney, but I’m in a different lane. I think that the murder of Notorious B.I.G. was a much better example of government assassination of a rap “artist”. Everyone knows that East Coast rap is a much bigger threat to national security than the lightweight rhymes put down by those West Coast losers.

“The Israeli occupation of all territories must end, including Congress.”

The next time I’m at one of those anti-war rallies that I frequent, I am going to carry a Congress flag next to my Palestinian flag.  I hope I can hold both of them and my drum all at the same time.  Liberation from the Zionist Empire!

“Eight generations of African-Americans are still waiting to achieve their rights – compensation and restitution for the hundreds of years during which they were bought and sold on the market.”

Wow! I didn’t realize there are still eight generations of African Americans currently alive. Has the Guinness Book of World Records been notified? The matriarch of that family tree must be really old!! As I’ve stated before, if we discover a living person who was a slave in this country, then our government should give him all he wants and more.

Thank you, Ms. McKinney, for restoring my hope for the 2008 election.  I look forward to the opening of your Nashville office so that I can volunteer.  In the meantime, I am saving a spot on my bumper for a campaign sticker.