Mark Knows It All

PLEASE VISIT MARK KNOWS IT ALL, THE WEB SITE One of the problems I am having with this year’s presidential campaign is the media’s refusal to properly do its job and vet Barack Obama. They aren’t doing the American public any favors by treating him as Christ’s Second Coming; and ironically, they are not doing Senator Obama any favors either. He now runs the risk of being blindsided as the traditional media has left the job to bloggers and talk radio hosts and people like me who often don’t get the facts right…well, I do. I can guarantee you that the Republican Party, John McCain, and Hillary Clinton have done their homework, and issues will arise causing Obama’s usual “how dare you ask me those things” smarmy attitude to finally fail him. There are two areas that can be fatal to his campaign. Here is the first. Over the course of his campaign, Senator Obama has raised in excess of a quarter billion dollars (that’s with a “B”). He has set all sorts of records, and the media has gloated...

Please Visit: Mark Knows It All, the Web Site This past week I have had to deal with a series of deaths of family members, clients, and family of friends. It began with my uncle, who went in for heart bypass surgery and never regained consciousness. Louie was a sweet, gentle man who was always front and center to help anyone in need, never lost his temper, and always was ready to forgive the frailties of those around him. Although he and his wife never had children of their own, they were blessed with a host of nieces and nephews who stood by, ready to help in any capacity they were able. Although Louie was 80 years old and led a full life, his death was untimely as he never exhibited any symptoms other than some mild chest discomfort, and we just weren’t ready for him to go. He will be missed. Next to go was Fran, my 96 year client, who isolated herself from not only her family, but the world in general. She was a corker, feisty to the end. In one way, it was sad. On the other hand, ...

Please Visit: Mark Knows It All, the Website The Democratic Party, over the past several years, has done a good job in teaching me about acceptable standards of behavior in two important areas. 1) I have learned that the standard of acceptable sexual behavior by which our public officials should be measured is oral sex performed in the oval office by the President with a 21 year old intern. That is what I had to teach my 12 year old son as we learned about Bill Clinton’s indiscretions every morning on the Today Show as we drank our juice and coffee. If a public official’s behavior is anything less than that, hey…its OK!!!!! 2) I have learned that the acceptable level of racism and hate speech has been defined by Jeremiah Wright, as originally sloughed off by his congregant, Barack Obama. As a garlic nose Italian who apparently is responsible for killing Jesus, and a member of the KKK of America who believes in white supremacy and supports a government who invented aids to kill the bla...