Man, is this the strangest election cycle you’ve ever seen, or what? First, on the Democrat side, we start off with what I felt was sure to be a shoe-in with Sen. Clinton. I just knew that with all the money, name-recognition (which is something money just can’t buy), and with all the influential people the Clinton’s knew, that the road to the White House would be a cake walk for Hillary.

In all sincerity, who would have thought that at this point in the game, there would even be a contender still standing? Much less one that could “KO” Sen. Clinton at any moment.

And what about Barack Hussein Obama? This guy spends a little time at the U.S. Senate, and before the paint on his “This space reserved for Sen. Obama” sign in the parking lot is even dry, he’s running for president. The nerve of this man!

I would have never guessed in a million years that this guy would be running for president, and I certainly would have NEVER seen him winning it. And no, for all you liberal talking heads out there, I don’t say that because I’m a conservative redneck. I say that because it’s true. Here is a man who is brand new to the national political scene, has no national record on which to stand, and he’s flipping winning. It’s just incredible!

And on the other side of the aisle, things are equally as strange. We had a strong field in the Republican party this year. The only problem is, you can’t elect them all, and there hasn’t been a single candidate that could unite the party enough to really rally the troops behind him.

For this Christian Conservative, I would have liked to have seen Fred Thompson in the Oval Office. Sadly, though, it seemed like everybody except for Fred Thompson wanted Fred Thompson to be the president.

So, looking down the list, yes, Rudy Giuliani appeared he would be tough on national security…but that was it. He reminded me of John Kerry running against Bush where whenever things got tough, he would always come back to “but I fought in Vietnam.” Except Giuliani always came back to, “I was the mayor on 9/11/01.

So I went on down the list, and I finally found one that I was reasonably happy with: Mitt Romney. Here was my hope. I knew he had some changes of positions in the past, but I felt he was sincere, and I knew he was confident in what he was doing.

He had both the government background and the business savvy to make things happen. I felt that, regardless of the rumors of his church, he had the moral fiber to lead our nation. What’s more, I knew he had the strength of his convictions. Yes, he was THE man.

Gov. Huckabee was one that I never really gave a lot of serious consideration. I was, at best, skeptical of his social conservatism. And I was convinced that he was not a fiscal conservative.

So, I immediately set to work on getting Gov. Romney a new address: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. I started writing all kinds of articles praising his good works and dedication to the preservation of the United States Constitution. My writings on Romney, and on most of the 2008 presidential field, can be read in my new book, “Mr. Right Opinion- Unplugged and Unashamed” which should be available within the next week at: http://www.51756.authorworld.com/. I hope you’ll check it out.

Anyway, I, and a whole slew of other folks, are hard at work trying to get Romney nominated when…BAMN! In his most Reagan-esque way to date, The Governor from Mass. Drops out of the race for “the good of the party.” I was disappointed by his decision, but I could respect it.

This news kind of knocked me back on my heels, as I’m sure it did many Republicans. It took me a while to figure out what to do next. I was not very impressed when the “Governator” Arnold gave John McCain his endorsement. Quite frankly, I don’t see Arnold as a Conservative. However, I knew if the Republicans didn’t do something, and do it pretty fast, we were going to be in trouble (ala today’s Democrat party). So I decided it was time to “rally round the flag” and support the man who would undoubtedly be our nominee: John McCain.

Since then, I have tried to point out positives about the Arizona Senator. You can go back to previous posts I have written about McCain, and you’ll see that I’ve said that even if you have to hold your nose to do it, if you are a republican, pull that lever for McCain.

But, John, you are NOT helping me here. Going to speak before a conference of La Raza, the pro-Aztlan and pro-illegal immigration group is not exactly a way to shore up your base.

And what about this little speech on global warming. Have you picked up a Science magazine lately? We are in the middle of a five-year cool down. Senator, I have honestly been telling people to hold their nose and vote for you because it would be better than a vote for Hillary or Obama, and it would.

But, sir, it is now reaching the point where we are not merely looking over a few disagreements. We are fast-reaching a point where, for me to tell my fellow conservatives to vote for you, even if they are holding their nose, crossing their fingers, standing on their heads and doing a jig, is for me to tell my fellow conservatives to vote against their own consciences. And I simply cannot do that.

PLEASE Sen. McCain, give us the kind of leadership we need so we can get behind you. If that’s not possible, then it looks like the Republicans are just going to have to miss out on a golden opportunity to keep the White House, even at a time when anti-Republican sentiment is so high that the cake walk that almost never happened may happen after all.

I know I’m a few days late in getting the jump on this story, but so much has been going on, and it’s just hard for one man, even one as good as me, to do it all! But, I try.

It seems that our “friends” at Absolut vodka have chosen to market to Mexicans in a very unique way. They have chosen to go for the heart of Mexicans. Am I talking about Mexico City, the capital? No. I am talking about Aztlan. Aztlan is the part of Mexico that was sold to the United States in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

It is also a subject which I cover in great detail in the second “chapter” of my upcoming book, “Mr. Right Opinion-Unplugged and Unashamed” (soon available at: http://www.51756.authorworld.com/). The United States of Aztlan, as I call it in my book, consists of the United States of America giving back to Mexico what they truly feel is theirs. That is more than one-third of the U.S.. States include: Arizona, New Mexico, California, Texas, Utah, Nevada and Colorado. That’s just working from memory, but you get the idea.

This is a total slap in the face of Americans by Absolut vodka, and it deserves an immediate boycott of the alcoholic beverage. If you must drink vodka, try SKYY Vodka. In an email from ALIPAC (Americans for Legal Immigration PAC), they say of a SKYY vodka press release, “History was made when American-made SKYY vodka sent out a press release proudly supporting the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and criticizing Absolut for their offensive advertising in Mexico.”

A Newsmax article, “Absolute’s ‘Mexico U.S.’ Map Angers Many,” on April 14, 2008, quotes SKYY vodka spokesman Dave Karraker as saying, “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. To imply that they might be interested in changing their mailing address, as our competitor seems to be suggesting in their advertising, is a bit presumptuous.” Well said, David!

This United States of Aztlan is real, folks. It’s time to wake up to what’s going on around us. Yes, we need to be involved in our political process and learn what our candidates are all about. However, you are not going to get that in these loop replays of he said-she said stuff that the media feed you. You have to go out and do some digging for yourselves.

I know it’s not easy to find the time. Believe me, I am a single father of two girls, just finished writing a book, am a guest commentator on one blog, and have two blogs of my own that I’m trying to keep up. I know it’s hard to find the time, and even harder to find the energy, to investigate this stuff. But, that is why I am here. I feel it my job to do the homework. Then you have the obligation to “trust but verify.” At least with my writings, you have a starting point at which to begin the verification process.

As I write in my upcoming book, Aztlan is what Mexicans who feel they got the short end of the stick call the land that the United States legally purchased in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. And for the past thirty to forty years, there has been a movement afoot to flood the Southwest United States with both legal and illegal Mexicans. The idea is to gain more political, cultural, and social clout. The eventual goal here is to regain what are now rightfully states belonging to the United States of America.

Just look at these next couple of paragraphs taken from my book, “Mr. Right Opininion-Unplugged and Unashamed:” Charles Truxillo, professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of New Mexico, predicts that it is inevitable that this mythical Aztlan will be created, adding that the capital would most likely be Los Angeles. He further advocates that this should be accomplished, "by any means possible."

He does admit, however, that Mexico lacks the military capability to make this happen. So he surmises that Aztlan will be brought about by political pressure from what will inevitably be a majority of the Hispanic population if immigration is not brought under control.

Now, this next part should make any American mad enough to revolt. In an interview with the Albuquerque Tribune, Professor Truxillo, an instructor at an American institution of higher learning, funded by tax dollars collected from the sweat and hard work of American citizens, who are here LEGALLY, claims that it is his "task to help develop a 'cadre of intellectuals' to begin thinking about the practicalities of how the Republic of the North (a name he sees as befitting this new Aztlan) can become a reality."

So, it’s not enough that we have fifteen-twenty MILLION illegals to worry about here, now we have to deal with some Swedish vodka company running ads calling on Mexicans to basically continue the fight for this Aztlan? I say we ban Absolut from the American alcohol-consuming community. If they think it’s so great, why don’t they rent a few hundred-thousand airplanes and bring the illegals to Sweden. Heck, just get them drunk, they won’t care!