Given the absolute lunacy of the 2008 election cycle and the fact that it’s just been dragging on and on for months now, I have tried to avoid any commentary unless something really got me fired up. However, things have recently taken a turn for the weird (and relatively absurd) so I thought it was about time to jump into the election fray. Trust me, it’s not that I’m excited about things; rather I’m so disgusted that I just can’t stay away any longer.

So just what are “the terrible twos?” They are the number two candidates on the both sides of the divide (according to RealClearPolitics). On the blue side you have Obama. On the red, you have Huckabee. Quite frankly, both of these two scare the hell out of me, and there is a possibility that one or both of them could make it to the top before all is said and over…

So here’s the scoop on the terrible twos:

Barack Obama:

Obama is pulling one of the worst moves imaginable as far as I am concerned. While partnering with Oprah is a smart way to gain popularity, it is a method that exploits a weakness for celebrities that all too many Americans possess these days. There is a sickness that is plaguing Americans these days - and it is celebrity fever. It is the bizarre assumption that when a celeb speaks they know what they are talking about. However, the fact of the matter is that they are simply giving their opinions, the same as any of the rest of us… And they have no more credentials than I do when it comes to giving an opinion. The only difference is that they have hordes of sheep that are willing to blindly follow them to the ends of the earth.

So now you have Obama hitching his campaign to the Oprah train and is riding it to rallies that need to be held in sports stadiums to accommodate all of the drooling zombies who are flocking to see the new dynamic duo.

So why does this concern me?

Obama has a wickedly far-left platform that he is running on. It makes the likes of Hillary and Edwards look moderate, which is really saying something. So does that mean that a) Oprah supports such things, and b) do her sheep support such things by default?

Or what about option c, which is the worst of all. Is Oprah supporting Obama because he is black (and blacks should support one another)? She has claimed to have never “officially” supported a candidate before, so what make Obama so special? He isn’t an outstanding candidate and he isn’t terribly experienced. Some of his policies are way out there. He even supports partial-birth abortion. So what has he done to woo over the Oprah powerhouse? Of course, this is pure speculation on my part, but I can’t help but to wonder if this is simply a case of racial cohesiveness.

Mike Huckabee:

I may vote Republican, but if Huckabee wins the nomination my vote will be going to a true-conservative third party. I will not dutifully vote for somebody because they have an (R) next to their name. I’m a far better conservative than I am Republican.

Huckabee has some interesting points, but most of those points are only interesting because he is a decent speaker. While some people find his self-deprecating manner endearing, I personally find it annoying. I strong leader must have a good sense of humor, but not necessarily at his own expense.

But I digress. I am personally offended by the fact that Huckabee seems to think that we are electing a “pastor-in-chief” as a president, and he seems to be intent on hiding his liberalism behind a guise of religion. As a nation, we do not need, nor should we want a “pastor-in-chief.” We do not want somebody who says that it is our “biblical duty” to fight global warming. We do not need somebody who entitlements are a moral obligation. And we certainly don’t need somebody who thinks it is our duty to provide for the children of illegal immigrants.

Mike Huckabee is exploiting the unfortunate ties between the GOP and religion - which may at one time have ben useful, but now that religion is leaning more to the left than the right is not an ally that conservatives should be seeking. Romney has it right when it comes to religion, but thanks to Huckabee and the narrow-minded mainstream Christian base, Romney is being hammered by religious bigotry which is something that should be below the GOP. After all, isn’t this the same behavior that Republicans accuse the secular left of using against them? In 2008, there should be no talk of religion in a presidential race, and if there is there certainly should be no talk of “my religion is better than your religion.”

Huckabee may be strong on crime, but he’s taking the religious left path on many other issues. This new concept of a “pro-life liberal” is not a direction that the GOP should be going because it has nothing in common with conservatism. Religion should not dictate one’s political party. You don’t have to be secular to be a liberal.