Election, election, election day's a-comin! Will you be ready?

Jelly cannot help it - election day is in the forefront of thought. On the Right - there is Mitt Romney and his Mormonism OR Mike Huckabee who just happens to be an ordained Southern Baptist Minister. On the left - there is Barack Obama and his Muslim faith, or is that his Christian faith (who knows at this point?) OR Hillary Clinton who just happens to be the reverse cuckold of a well-known, philandering, adulterous ex-President and is now pointing out that the Christians supported her through the Monica Lewinsky situation - ok, alright ... what is there to say after that? (Jelly wonders if anyone else remembers the days Old Hillary tried to convince us that she was the 'co-president.')

Now, Jelly realizes that there are still a lot of political jockeys on the track for both the Left and the Right. And one day, perhaps Jelly will feel motivated to comment on some of those jockeys. For today's exercise though, Jelly is choosing to just think about Mitt Romney (Mr. Mormon); Mike Huckabee (Mr. Southern Baptist); Barack Obama (Mr. Mustian (Muslim/Christian)); and Hillary Clinton (Ms. "really I was Bill's co-President!).

In any case, Jelly thinks that no matter what political jockeys get plugged into your algorithm the question on Jelly's mind is ... "Will this be the election that puts the or an Anti-Christ into the White House?" Jelly knows that there are some who speculate that Mr. GB, Jr. is that entity but Jelly is not buying that. Yet others believe the Pope is the anti-christ. Jelly thinks - probably not. Jerry Falwell seemed convinced that the anti-christ is a Jewish male. Jelly does not agree.

Jelly does not know who or what the anti-christ will be. Jelly is using this forum to help illustrate the 'thin veneer' mentioned in the Live and Let Live post given a few e-mail exchanges over that posting. Jelly suggests you read this blog as it does a great job of poking fun at the different candidates as they vie to prove to Americans at large that "He or She is the Christian Candidate" - Jelly especially loves the "Annie Get Your Gun" nod ... well played.

Here's what confuses Jelly: Why isn't the Mustian and the Southern Baptist under more fire than the Mormon? It seems to Jelly that given the situation with the Middle East and the religious right extremism and intolerance in America that the Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee deserve a deeper scrutiny.

Jelly wants to know what you think - speak out ... share with the class. (You know you wnat to.)

All tongue-in-cheek aside, Jelly has questions regarding these candidates:

Mitt Romney:
What possesses this guy to seek the White House? What is the real motivation for his run? Also, while Mitt gives lip service to his Mormonism, Jelly wonders ... how committed is he to it? Does he attend the temple, e.g.? Is Mitt's candidacy due to vanity? Jelly really wonders about the motivations.

Theory: Mitt Romney's days are numbered. I suspect Mr. Mormon will not last too much longer given the chatter surrounding his recent politics/religion speech.

Mike Huckabee:
Mr. Southern Baptist is now pulling ahead and is rumored to have a 22 point lead over Mitt Romney. Jelly thinks one could conclude that Mitt Romney's Religion Speech now being compared to John F. Kennedy's (JFK) speech has backfired on him.

Jelly does not care why Mike Huckabee wants to be President. Jelly will not vote for any Christian Fundamentalist or Religious Zealot. Intolerance - not acceptable. Extremism - not acceptable. Mike Huckabee is scary and yet he is gaining ground. Jelly says, "step away from the jockey, put down the Jesus-Crazy juice, and just say no."

Jelly thinks - a Mormon in the White House would be better than a religious right zealot ala Pat Robertson, Tim LeHaye and/or Ken Hutcherson.

Barack Obama:
Jelly thinks Barack is in denial about his ability to effectively solve America's problems. Why has Oprah endorsed Obama? Really ... seriously ... why? Jelly is not convinced that this man really wants this job. Jelly is not convinced that this man can handle this job.

Hillary Clinton:
Jelly does not think anyone can be surprised by Hillary's attempt to be President. Jelly is convinced that Hillary has been frustrated most of her married life by Bill's charisma, charm, and good-ole-boy Southern charm. Hillary comes across as mean. Hillary comes across as bitchy. Jelly thinks that Hillary will finally divorce that philandering, adulterous Bill should she fail to get into the White House. Jelly thinks she's kept Bill around to grease the wheels as she makes her run at the Commander-in-Chief job.

Jelly is not convinced that Hillary can pull off the Democratic nomination. At best, Jelly suspects, she'd get the VeeP nod but even then - Jelly suspects Hill would pass on that. In any case, Jelly agrees with the 'enough already' mentality in this - please ... would all the Bushes and Clintons stay the hell home, thinks Jelly!