Obama Takes Public Speaking Lessons From George Bush

I have been waiting for six and a half years now for George Bush to leave the White House. Back in 2004 I thought that the voters of America had seen the error of their ways but alas, we were not that lucky. Granted, John Kerry was nothing to write home about but I would of rather seen Mr Ed as president then to see George Bush get reelected. Eight years of Bush administration policies have left the economy in shambles and our reputation around the world badly damaged, perhaps permanently. So far I believe my feelings are being proven right. With an approval rating of just better then Twenty percent Richard Speck was probably more popular then George Bush is at the present time.

I had not been this excited about a candidate for any political office as I was for Barack Obama. He represents a drastic change from this country's political dark ages of the last eight years. Don't get me wrong, I do not think, like many others seem to that Obama can walk on water but to me he represents change at a time when this country and the world need it most desperately.
Obama is charismatic, intelligent and articulate. Then came the moment when he took the oath of office-

I had a laugh, A nervous one. I fear that in the last several weeks he has spent too much time around George Bush. Hopefully this will soon wear off. I don't mind telling everyone that I was disappointed. The last time I felt that letdown was when a girlfriend I once had told me it was the wrong time of the month for her to start a romantic interlude with me. Obama however is entitled to his mistakes just like everyone else. As far as I can tell he has honestly admitted to his shortcomings and for that I give him much credit.

Make no mistake. The job that the American people have in trusted him with is a formidable one. There is not one area of the world today that does not have a political hot spot. I just hope that he can get the best out of himself when he needs to. The future of this country and the world may be riding on it-

What's next in Illinois politics ?

I am sure that all you bloggers out there have heard about the on going scandal brewing about our Governor Blagojevich and how he has attempted to sell president-elect Obama's vacant senate seat. This latest attempt at the Governors dive into creative entrepreneurship was only one of a long line of abuses by his administration over the last several years. The FBI has been keeping close tabs on Blago's ( As we like to call him here in Illinois) administration for three years now. The feds had" bugged" his home telephone and the phones in his office and have tapes of him working his many deals. Everything from attempting sell Obama's vacant Senate seat to extorting 50,000 Dollars from the CEO of a children's hospital here in Chicago.

I never did think that Blagojevitch was the sharpest tack on the board, but I did think that he was at least honest and a nice guy. A major reason for his being successfully elected governor is that he is the son-in-law of influential Chicago Alderman Richard Mell whom he now has strained relations with. The last thing that Illinois needed right now was another scandal involving an Illinois governor. Our former Governor, George Ryan was convicted several years ago of what became know as the "license for bribes scandal" In which commercial vehicle licences were handed out in exchange for cash.

Still, to this day George Ryan has not admitted to any wrong doing and the present Governor seems to be so far taking the same position. He is repeatedly ignoring calls him to to step down. So far the Governor has been coming and going from his home on Chicago's Northside with nothing to say about any of this. How in the face of everything that the feds have on him can act as though nothing is wrong?

This to be sure is only the beginning. It is still early and all of the facts have not yet been reported. There will be other people either directly or indirectly involved. Jesse Jackson Jr. has already been implicated as he was number five on the Governor's short list of six people as possible choices for Obama's senate seat.

In all of this. nobody will ever admit to any wrongdoing. They just don't get it, do they? And they probably never will!

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