Interesting when one reads people from foreign countries spouting off about American politics, as if their whiney-arse opinions have any relevance whatsoever. If you believe you have need to have an influence on our elections, then immigrate here, jump through the hoops and become a US citizen, then you can vote and participate in our elections. Otherwise your opinion in our candidates are not any more important than our opinions of yours.
I am sorry to admit I am a citizen of Illinois, I am ashamed to admit that I am a resident of Cook County (Chicago and its surrounding suburbs). The sleaze and corruption that infect so much of Illinois and just about every aspect of Cook County government is so thick around here that I feel dirty and sick living in such close proximity to it. It's like living in a sewer, seriously, that smell is everywhere and just won't go away. Dictator Richard Daley runs the city with an iron fist, takes care of his friends, steers contracts worth millions of taxpayer dollars to his mob connected friends, screws his enemies, bulldozes an airport in the middle of the night after he can't get the legislator to agree to close it. Currupt longtime Politicians put their innept children in their positions when they retire or take ill, we end up with Todd Stroger giving his relatives six figure jobs while raising our sales tax to 10% after his dad left him his job as Cook County board president. Innept governor Blojovich who jets around the state giving publicity stunt news conferences giving away money while creating the most messed up state budget in the US. It just goes on and on. Local politicians and their flunkies get thrown in jail in a regular basis around here, but they are like cockroaches, you nail one and 3 more appear to take their place.
I'd like to move somewhere where honesty, integrity, and freedom are the rule, not the exception. But I was born here, my folks live 7 miles away from me here, my sister and her family are 2 miles away, my job is here, my house and cars here. 10,000 pieces of my T/A spread around the house. Moving would be difficult if not impossible, so I am stuck living in an area I am disgusted with.
The reason I mention this is that Obama is from here, and it seems to be lost on most people that he is part of this sleaze and stink that is the Cook County and Illinois political machine. The fawning news media has brainwashed everyone into thinking the guy is some sort of second coming and walks on water or something, but in truth he has many ties to this criminal system here. It is sad to see how brainwashed millions seem to be.
Obama is a politician backed by the Daley political machine and has never once challenged the political corruption in Chicago and Illinois. NOT ONCE NOT EVER! His silence is DEAFENING!!!!
So why was Sarah Palin selected to be the Republican choice for vice president? To attract the "Hillary" crowd? To appeal to men because she is attractive (not a "MILF", a "GILF" maybe to become a "VP-ILF"
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I think there is a lot more to it than that. Palin went after the political bosses in Alaska on the corruption issue, politicians in her own Republican party! Obama has long record of convieniently looking the other way (or playing the game directly, Google "Rezko"). I think you are going to be hearing alot about sleazy corrupt Illinois politics in the coming months and many who were leaning toward Obama will soon be ashamed of themselves for ever thinking that way once this corrupt political scene around here that he is a part of is exposed to the people of America.
