This election cycle, I discovered that we have something in America called a superdelegate.

Republicans don’t have them - yet. Only Democrats have these “special” delegates who are not chosen by the people but by the party.

Unlike most convention delegates, the superdelegates are not selected based on the party primaries and caucuses in each U.S. state, in which voters choose among candidates for the party’s presidential nomination. Instead, most of the superdelegates are seated automatically, based solely on their status as current or former party leaders and elected officials (”PLEOs”). Others are chosen during the primary season. All the superdelegates are free to support any candidate for the nomination.

Superdelegates are party hacks. The position is given as a reward for servicing the agenda of the DNC. Superdelegates do not represent any particular group of Americans. They are not voting for those Americans. They are voting on behalf of themselves and whatever they think will grow their own political power and prestige.

Politics is by its very nature a business of corruption. Power over people and their pocketbooks tends to stain the soul of the wielder. It may well be that the next President of the United States will be chosen by politically savvy individuals who are thinking only of their own wants and desires when they cast their votes.

That makes me very worried.

I’m glad the media is at least acknowledging that Hillary has honesty problems (and that is a nice way of putting it.)

In the waning days of the Democratic presidential nominating contest, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) finds herself battling two opponents: Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), and her own words.

The truth about Hillary is that she can’t remember the truth. This happens to anyone who makes a habit of lying by exaggerating the facts, twisting the truth and bending reality to suit his or her dreams of how things ought to be.

A person who cannot keep track of the truth or be bothered with facts should not be considered as a potential leader for 300 million people. That doesn’t mean such people have not been in charge in the past, or that such people will not lead us in the future.

All I mean to say is that I will never ever follow such a person. I might tolerate him or her but I will not honor, respect or pay homage to an individual for whom lying is a way of life. We all lie. We all have secrets. No of us is completely honest 100% of the time (at least not the successful people among us.) I have no problem discussing that rationally.

On the other hand, when a person lies so much that it becomes publicly obvious the person is habitually bending or misrepresenting the truth and cannot keep straight the lines between reality and made up stories, well that person loses credibility. Hillary Rodham Clinton lost her last shred of credibility years ago, while her husband Blowjob Bill was still the liar in chief. Now she wants to become the next liar in chief? I think not.

Barack Obama may also be a habitual liar. Most politicians have to be to survive in our current political landscape. He has not yet proved himself to be the disappointment I think he can be though. Perhaps America will give him that chance. In fact, I’d almost be disppointed if she didn’t. On a ship of fools, the captain might as well be another fool. When the wind in your sails consists primarily of empty promises Obama is as good a choice for Democratic nominee as any other and maybe a slightly better choice than Hillary because more people can still share the Democratic dream of making the world a better place by stealing from the rich and giving to the poor without fully understanding the long term consequences of such a policy.

Meanwhile:

In a March poll by Gallup, only 44 percent of respondents agreed with the statement that she “is honest and trustworthy,” compared with 63 percent who said that about Obama and 67 percent said it about the Republican nominee-to-be, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).

If only 44 percent of respondents think Hillary is trustworthy why is she still a U.S. Senator? Take that question a step further. Only 3% of Americans fully trust Congress. Why the hell are we still putting up with them then? Our system is clearly broken. The next question should be, what can we do to fix it?

Electing Obama or McCain can’t be the answer, since both of them come from the same august body of career liars as Hillary Rodham Clinton.