Gary likes Obama — WHY?
I visited my friend, Jane, at her site (http://seejanemom.com) today and a regular contributor named Gary wrote the following:
I myself am supporting Obama at this point, unless Gore jumps in. The next President, however, will probably be Hillary, which should be fun for conservative bloggers.
This got me thinking, so what I want to know from Gary is this — just what about Barrack Obama do you like? Is it because he’s younger? Because he’s Black(ish) and (I’m told) good looking? Because he’s had exposure to the Muslim religion? What is it about this guy that makes the Left orgasmic about his candidacy?
I’m from Illinois and to me, he’s just another fake Liberal suit playing the “I’m from the Government and I’m here to fix your life” card. Illinois politics is SO F**KED UP that I probably wouldn’t vote for ANY Illinois politician for national leadership (Democrat or Republican) right now! Here’s the run down on Illinois politics:
We have Rod Blagojevich as Governor. He’s the guy who insists on living in Chicago instead of the Governors Mansion in Springfield (the state capital). He’s the typical “spend more, tax more” liberal. He always has an affable smile on his face while he’s taking your money and your liberties…
We have US Senator Dick Durbin. The liberal Democrat who follows the leftist mantra — gun control, universal health care, American soldiers are like the Nazis of Germany, blah, blah, blah… He’s SO PREDICTABLE that I can reliably predict his voting record within 5% points.
We have Emil Jones, Jr. as the President of the Illinois Senate. He’s the jerk visionary leader who “coerced” the University of Illinois into dropping its Native American symbol (which was favored by 80% of the IL population) by saying he’d cut the funding to the state’s flagship university if they didn’t. That’s blackmail and typical Chicago politics. it should be noted, at the same time, he dramatically increased the state funding (to the tune of $200 million dollars) to a smaller university (Chicago State University) in his home district. Coincidentally, Chicago State University is now home to the Emil and Patricia Jone Convocation Center. He also blocked a rate freeze on electrical rates (which in some cases resulted in a 55% rate increase) for ComEd customers in Chicago. Is it coincidence (again) that Jones had something to gain from the deal? It turns out his stepson has a consulting contract with ComEd at the same time. Emil Jones
We also have Michael Madigan, the leader of the Illinois General Assembly. He’s a liberal Chicago Democrat who’s looking downright “conservative” compared to his contemporaries on the scene. His daughter, Lisa Madigan, is (again, coincidently) the Attorney General for the State of Illinois. He has aspirations of her being the next Governor of the State and that puts him at odds with both Blagojevich and Chicago’s ultimate power broker, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. Ultimately, this adversarial role between the various liberal Chicago Democrats is good for Illinois is some respects — they often times keep each other from passing ridiculous bills and extraordinarily expensive budgets.
Although Gov. Rod Blagojevich wanted to pass a $5,000,000,000.00 tax increase on business this year to fund “health care reform”, it was defeated in the legislature. It took the liberal Chicago Democrats several months into the next fiscal year to pass a new budget… and what did the Governor do? He summarily cut $500 million dollars of “pork” from various programs (Boys and Girls Clubs, literacy groups, etc.) using a “line item veto” and then budgeted that $500 million dollars into a scaled down version of his health care package. Now, you can imagine, that didn’t sit well with anyone (well, except the health care providers I suppose). Here’s a Governor bypassing all legal protocol and claiming he has the executive privilege to craft whatever budget he wants (AFTER the General Assembly and Senate passed a compromise budget!). Law suited have been filed… stay tuned on this situation.In other legislation, Illinois leads the way too. I just last night heard an interview with the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), Michael Chertoff, who said that Illinois has recently passed legislation which PROHIBITS business leaders from using the new DHS tools to combat illegals from getting American jobs. This encourages illegals to apply for jobs in Illinois. We also have (legislation referred to as) the “Acevada Act”. This allows illegal immigrants (or a portion of them) to obtain in state (resident) college tuition.
I just don’t get Illinois politics anymore. It has become SO SCREWED UP that it’s almost comical… why would you want something that’s a part of this mess to be your new leader in Washington, DC?
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