US Sen. Barack Obama and US Sen. Hilary Clinton share a look while campaigning on national television.

Again we are confronted with the most important of responsibilities, the national election for the President of the United States. This is neither a time to be foolish nor is it a time to allow those who are the power brokers to sway your vote towards the inane and the ineffectual.

We are seeing those, who wish to be the head of this nation, use strategies and ploys to sway our votes. The tactics used by the underhanded are many and subtle; they will steal, buy, and use subterfuge to acquire the votes of the popular and the electoral at large. We cannot allow these criminally inclined politicians and their behind the scene advisors to gain an unfair advantage when it comes to gaining access to these most sacred of public offices. I have been watching these people who are interested in these positions manipulate the press and strategize the outcome by using tactics to move the nation's voters towards a desired end. A tremendous amount of money is being used to change the course of this important election.

Pockets have been lined egregiously during the last eight years and many American lives have been destroyed because of the unscrupulous and the greedy. Much has been lost since the year 2000 because of the power brokers and those who have no moral compass to guide their actions. We all know of whom I am speaking and I have condemned those people and their actions in past essays.

The Kennedy name (who are, by the way, a group of closet Republicans) has been evoked recently to force a nomination. By doing this the strategists have come up with a plan that will be used, in essence, to defeat the Democratic Party. If Obama becomes the party nominee then he will be easily defeated by the Republicans. He is not a contender. He is the one that the Republican Party line knows they can defeat. Mr. Obama and Mr. Kennedy are the weak links in the chain that will be used to lift this country from the mud and the mire. They both represent secret special interest and its continuing hold on the purse strings of America.

Hillary Clinton on the other hand is a powerful candidate and represents hope for the future of this nation. Her nomination will mean a sure victory for her and the nation as well. She will not be defeated by the warmongers in the Republican Party who tout the party line and wish to extend the war in Iraq indefinitely. She is the voice of reform and the hammer that will straighten the course of this fair nation we all know and love. She is the most qualified and she has the most loyal of hearts when it comes to what is best for the nation.

Do not allow the ‘Meat Puppets' to maintain their hold on this country, do not allow those who have no concern for our well-being to keep their hands on the wealth and power of The United States of America. The front men have been dictating to America for far too long. We must stop the hold special interest has on our country. Most of our nation has been run from behind the scenes and we must stop these manipulators from running our government in the future.

McCain represents the old guard and the continuation of this horrid war in the Middle East. The war profiteers and the greedy are enjoying the greatest win-fall of American taxpayer dollars in our history. Do you wish to be duped for more years to come? I hope not. I think America is much smarter than they give us credit for being. We do see through the haze and smoke when it comes to the tricks they have been playing on us in Washington since George W. Bush has been at the helm.

This is a dangerous game they have been playing and it may result in the further degradation of our standing in the world community. Our affiliations with Israel may cause us future harm from those who hate the detestable inhuman treatment forced upon the sad people of Palestine by the Israeli government. Look in your history books and see where all the trouble began.

If you believe that war is a good thing and you do not see the problems plaguing this great nation of ours. And if you do not know of the various conspiracies that have been perpetrated in the name of democracy during the last eight years; then foolishly cast your vote when it is time to make a serious change in America. You will be allowing the old guard to further destroy our great country.