I know many American find Barack Obama a man of hope.  He inspires millions but I don’t think I’ve ever heard a more depressing politician in my life. Our economy is in ‘dire’ shape.  Every moment we’re on the “brink” of disaster or calamity.  The time is now, NOW, NOW!  There’s no time to wait or debate.  He has me totally freaking out every waking minute of the day.  Where’s the hope?

A typical President Obama statement on the economy:

The United States is going through a devastating time in history. Banks are failing. Millions of jobs are being lost. The Stock Market is tanking. Other nations hate us. The future is bleak. Today is worse than any nightmare we could conjure up in our minds and tomorrow only a poke at futility. The stimulus plan I and the Democratic Party are proposing will help stop the bleeding, reverse the catastrophic imminent collapse of our financial institutions and shine a ray of light onto an otherwise dismal, depressing, hopeless, awful, pathetic, never ending hell hole of a nation. We must brave icy currents, volcanic eruptions, mud slides, tornadoes, hurricanes, dust storms, blizzards, high humidities, low barometric pressures, meteor showers, and gamma ray bursts, to get to the other side – to the shore of prosperity.  That shore is beyond our sight now, as we drift on an ocean of turmoil and uncertainty. As we ride the waves and experience the nausea and discomfort of never-ending, pounding, relentless waves against our nation’s hull, we must never forget how deeply depressing and awful these times are. I will remind you day and night of just how awful these times are until our nation is again sailing on a sea of hope and prosperity. Goodnight. God bless you and I sure hope the sun rises again tomorrow – though I wouldn’t make a bet on that.

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Before I get attacked with broken beer bottles and bricks from Obama supporters, I actually like Obama’s honesty on the subject of the economy.  I complained in the past when President Bush or any other president sugar coated economic downturns but I understood why they did it.  Today, our economy is consumer-driven.  If we scare consumers to death and convince them not to spend a nickle of their money, are we not only making matters worse?

Related Articles:  http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/01/08/peek_obama_market/

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/dominic_lawson/article5733858.ece

— A Typical Sarah Palin Interview—

Governor Palin I have a few questions for you:

Can you describe the Bush Doctrine to me… and what number am I thinking of right now?

I believe that there are terrorists in the world, hell bent on killing Americans, here and abroad, and I agree with President Bush that we should take the fight to the terrorists instead of fighting them on our own soil…Uhm…I’m guessing the number 8???

Wrong!  No, the Bush doctrine, as enunciated on September 15, 2002, at 8:09 pm to his dog Barney is what I was referring to; the number I was thinking of was 2,012.

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You claim to have foreign policy experience, yet you only obtained a passport last year; how can you claim any foreign policy experience at all when you haven’t traveled the world?

Well, I’m not independently wealthy. I’ve had to work for a living and I’ve been a mayor and a governor – I’ve been kind of busy!

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Can you tell me how many states — of matter there are?

Uhm, there’s liquids, solids and gasses?

Ah, ha!  You’re not aware of the other states of matter such as:  plasma, quark-gluon plasma, Bose-Einstein condensate and fermionic condensate?

I’ll have to Google that one and get back to you.

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Do you really think you’ll have time to be vice-president, since you have SO many children?

Isn’t that kind of a sexist comment?  Would you ask the same question of a man?

So you’re not willing to answer my fair, unbiased, highly professional question?  You’re really not qualified to do anything are you?

I’m qualified to field dress a moose and I could do the same to you!

You really are a monster just like George Bush!

—End of Interview—

Recently Bill Clinton was quoted as saying, “I get why she’s hot“, regarding Sarah Palin.   There’s no point denying it…Sarah Palin is Hot!

I’m on fire—Man I’m on fire—Feeling hot hot hot
Forget the Democratic Party – I’m feeling hot, hot, hot
If she were a shoe – I’d like to be a sock, sock, sock
Barack who? – With a gal like this!
She’s too neat – I can’t resist
Man, oh, man — She’s hot, hot, hot!

Ok, that’s really bad!  But Bill Clinton referring to a woman as ‘hot’ just brings back too many old memories.  Does anybody really think Bill and Hillary are going to be voting for Obama?  This has to be one of the most obnoxious songs ever written but it fits!

• Barack Obama, an African American community organizer from Chicago’s south side is accused of being an elitist snob; Hillary Clinton, a white, privileged Wesleyan Graduate became the Coal Miner’s Daughter.
• Hillary Clinton was going to be president; Hillary Clinton isn’t going to be president.
• Bill Clinton, the first black president, was accused of being a racist.
• Hillary Clinton won 18 million votes in the primary, Joe Biden 18; Obama chose Biden for his vice-president.
• The year of the Democratic woman became the year of the Republican woman.
• The Democrats used sexism to defeat a woman; the Republicans are using sexism to elect one.
• Moose burgers and elk meat loaf were once only strange delicacies of the far away state of Alaska; they’ll now be fed to heads of state visiting the White House.
• A gun-toting hockey mom from Alaska could be our future president.
• I now like Bill O’Reilly and thought Pat Buchanan was the only rational commentator on MSNBC and that’s not good!
• FOX news was more fair to Clinton than the liberal news networks.
• I started the year watching MSNBC and ended it watching FOX.
• I started the year a Democrat; I’m ending it a strong Independent!
• I still think Rush Limbaugh is a pig; no ironies there.
• In 2008 Puma stood for more than a shoe.
• This may be the first year I won’t be canceling out my Republican brother’s vote.
• And I was actually looking forward to this year’s election!  HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

Well, it’s been a couple weeks since Hillary dropped out of the race and I’m kinda, sorta, warming up to Obama. The political world seems like such a cold, empty, lifeless, blah, place without Hillary Clinton. Ho – hum… It’s like I’m the robotic arm of the Mars Phoenix Lander sifting through the frozen arctic soil of the red planet, hoping to find some sign of life. McCain just seems so old and Obama seems so boring. I’ve watched some of Obama’s speeches and, I don’t know why, but I find them incredibly un-inspiring and a regular yawn-fest.

The presidential race seems like nothing in comparison to the Democratic primary. I mean, really who cares anymore? It reminds me of the American League series between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, in which the Red Sox finally won after years of losing to New York. By many, it was considered the real World Series. They went on to murder the St. Louis Cardinals later but it was beating New York that was so sweet! If only Hillary could have beaten Obama, how different I’d feel now. Now, I feel like I’m cheering for the Chicago Cubs, since I’m partial to the National League, but I’d much prefer Hillary – I mean the Cardinals.

I’ve lost that lovin’ feeling. It’s gone, gone, gone…Hillary Come Back!