Thank you Jivin Jehohaphat! In light of one blogger’s football analogy for the 2008 election and the possibility of a Hillary/Giuliani race (in favor of electing Giuliani), Jivin J offered one of his own.

It’s 4th and goal from the 35 yard line and we’re down by 4 points. Our chances of scoring a touchdown (electing a prolife third party candidate) are very slim. We have the option of trying to use a field goal kicker (Giuliani) who isn’t very good. If he actually makes the long field goal (vetoes pro-choice legislation and nominates decent individuals to the supreme court) – we’ll have to use him again (for another four years) to make another field goal. Or we can punt (allow a pro-choice Democratic candidate to be president for 4 years) and hope to stop the opponent’s offense and then try to score a touchdown on our next drive (2012).

In other words, electing Giuliani would guarantee a pro-choice president for EIGHT years and we may or may not get good or decent judges. A Hillary presidency would ensure a pro-choice president for four years with an opportunity to nominate a stellar pro-life president in 2012. However, we want to first hope that this scenerio does not come to fruition by nominating an acceptable pro-life candidate to begin with. To use more football talk: it’s still 1st and 10 from the 50 yard line. We still have have a good opportunity to score a touchdown (nominating and electing a pro-life candidate) and leave our field goal kicker (Giuliani) on the side line.

Btw, I LOVE football! The Gators have been having a rough couple of weeks, but that’s what happens in the SEC.