Reporting from Washington.



Most contributors to the Independent

Media Centers are of two types: Those

here for experience and others to make

a difference. First, to those who are

only for the experience. You do yourself

some good by hitting two birds with

one stone. For example, this years

2008 election, which will include voting

for President of the United States in

the Democratic or Republican nomination,

will be significant. Many Americans want

change. The war in Iraq reflects that

anger, including the slipping economy.

Mainstream press has already

dropped that voters are more

concerned about their personal

finances than the conflict in the Middle

East. I, on the other hand, know that

the public is more intelligent than

that. For it is the taxpayer---the public---

who is footing the bill for the war in

Iraq, not withstanding Afghanistan,

and this is with no exception to a current

temptation to do the same with Iran.

Rival news agencies to the Independent

Media Centers have additionally

endorsed two candidates for the

presidency---Senator Clinton of New

York for the Democratic nomination

and Senator McCain of Arizona in

the Republican slot. Some have even

gone onto pick Senator Obama of

Illinois on the Democratic ticket.

Though all three candidates do not

sit well on the IMC platform, and that

is anti-war. Unlike his collegues

who voted for war with Iraq in

2003, Senator Obama voted for the

Patriot Act, which Senator Clinton

slammed him for during debate in

New Hampshire. Regardless of

that, as a 42 year old Black man

Army veteran and Independent

voter, Iam not going to vote, nor urge

anyone with brains to select Obama

for the Democratic nomination. His

entry into this race disrespects the

sanctity of this process. He just got

elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004, and

all of sudden wants to be president.

Federal lawmakers in the upper house

are obligated to be in office for six

year terms, not three. That is by law.

And this includes other members of

Congress, as well as Senator Clinton

who was re-elected to the Senate in

2006. Obama's entry into this

campaign as a freshman senator is

too ambitious. And the organization,

Unity '08 needs to be ignored. That

group of people, hoping to vote online

bipartisan candidates to the White

House is another shameful disgrace.

The public does not need more

contenders shoved down it's throat.

Either way, when the November election

comes down to it, there will either be

a Democratic or Republican victor.

It will be in the proper interests of voters

in these United States to endorse, like

mainstream media has, to send a

message. Front runners Romney and

Edwards are the only two clear choices

who are not using current public office

to get elected.