Oh, and while I'm at it...

Boy oh Boy!

Our favortite entertainment, Obamarama, is really picking up steam! After a victory tour through Russia, Europe, and Africa, I wonder what's next? The stimulus package passed earlier this year should have been a message (at least, if you actually READ the bill passed) that it's not only business as usual, but it'll be business usual with a whole lot more 'style' (read: 'smoke and mirrors') than ever before. And, unfortunately, more or less the same old 'substance'.

Watch this guy. Forget you voted for and idolize him for a minute...

If anyone else were to say the things he does, the WAY he does, is there anyone who would not see more than a bit of arrogance? A tad of smug self-satisfaction? Barry O's a smart guy -- let there be no doubt about that at all. But he's also an ambitious guy, and a "pragmatic" one (political-speak for a guy who knows which hands to grease and how to grease 'em to get his own skids greased). He is clearly a "better politician" than most, but in the context of "politicians", what does "better" really mean? Don't kid yourself that it means "nicer" or more "caring" or "compassionate". It means he's smarter, more ruthless, and knows what he has to do to get what he wants -- and is willing to do it.

"Please, take your seats."

Boy, how he just loves to say that..!

But I am not toasting Obama just to toast him. My problem is that we need better PEOPLE to run this country, not better politicians. I was no fan of Obama before the elections, but then, being honest, what choice did we have? McCain disqualified himself at the git-go by his choice for a running mate (was this planned?? I mean geez, if not, whose brain-dead advice was he following then?), so Obama was clearly the only option left by default (and this by virtue of his only slightly less horrible choice for a running mate). Still, I hoped that I would be proven wrong and that we'd see the sort of guy that those who believed in him thought he was.

But he wasn't. And he isn't.

And I don't believe he ever will be.

Come, people, if he loved "organizing communities", he'd still be doing it, don't you think? He did it just long enough, and no longer than needed, to make it a good strategic move and stepping stone for the next level. Here's a smart and ambitious guy whose objective his whole life has been to be president of this country. He looked over the landscape and mapped out the shortest path from A to president. Keep an eye on this guy, folks...

...he bears watching.

And not just for the entertainment value.


There was an old saying about watching out for people who actually WANT to be king...and there was a reason for it, too.