Our Billion Dollar President

So far it has cost nearly one billion dollars to get Barack Obama elected and inaugurated. That has to be a record breaker. Think how much money that is per vote for him. Whew! And with the stimulus package he is proposing, he won’t be in office a week before he is nearly a two [...]

And to the republic…

I am reminded of the picture painted by Jacques-Louis David of the coronation of Napolean. The general who was to become emperor placed the crown on his own head, Charlemagne be damned, and thus the first French Republic was gone. France was the sister republic of the United States, which resisted dictatorship. Haiti, another republic, [...]

Obama denied job in his own administration

In a surprise announcement today, Joe Biden, Vice President-elect, and Obama’s White House chief of staff-select Rahm Emanuel announced that Barack Obama could not have a job in his own administration, because of a questionnaire the President Elect was using to vet potential candidates for the bureaucracy. “Our questionnaire is very thorough,” Biden said. “We want to [...]

The Fix is In–Will Democrats Stand for It?

Democrats are almost evenly divided between Sen. Obama and Sen. Clinton, and yet the media would have us believe Obama is a “juggernaut.” Now the DNC expects us to take lying down a clear fix in Obama’s favor. Who ran the rules committee–the Chicago machine?
Any Democrat ought to be outraged by the way the Michigan [...]

Hillary too boring to be president

Yahoo Headline from the Wall Street Journal today: Hillary to Boring to be President. Dammit, why didn’t I see that? Of course she is too boring. Bill was not boring back in the day, but there hasn’t been one boyfriend or girlfriend, one indicted crony, or one crazy minister. No early coke habit to make he [...]

Obama Chooses Alexrod, Beyonce et al for White House Posts

Now that I have helped Obama pick his cabinet, I would like to help him with other problems he is going to face in his First Hundred Days. He needs the right press secretary and there are a lot of gay guys or guys on the down low vying for that job: Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, [...]

Obama Cabinet Picks

Now that the Obama presidency is all but inevitable, he needs to get a head start picking his cabinet. I am not speculating on the Vice Presidential position yet, but Bill Richardson, I would not hold my breath. It won’t be Hillary Clinton.
Here are my bets for the cabinet:
Secretary of State: Fareed Zakaria (Madeleine Albright [...]

Endorsements we’d love to have…

Now that Jenna Bush has weighed in, we need to know…Will they go for Hillary or Barack or John (McCain)? I am going to offer my predictions, but we gotta know:
Elvis (because we know he is out there somewhere): I think he’ll be an Obama guy, which pains me a little. I know Elvis was [...]

Clinton leading…

58% to 42% amongst gun owners? What gun owner would vote for Obama? Leading among church-goers, I totally get; she leads among them too. I think she leads well, which is why I am all for her and not for him.
I am predicting she gets him by 12% points just because I have a gambling [...]

Weathermen, Terrorism and Illinois: What’s wrong with this picture?

This is a post about nothing except my mood. Why should you care about my mood? Fair question. You shouldn’t. In fact, don’t keep reading.
Lately I have been a political junkie and I think I have finally reached the limit of satiation, where eating more will only make me ill and anxious. The point came [...]