Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Obama and Chicago Politics

Coming of age in Chicago and its suburbs, one learns early on that the region’s politics are wrought with corruption, greed, and cutthroat tactics. Needless to say, to rise to the top of such a rugged and dirty political environment, a Chicago politician needs to adapt to his or her surroundings. By consorting with the likes of Wright, Rezko, and Ayers (the ones vetted so far) Obama adapted and excelled in a town where the word politician is literally synonymous with crook. There is a reason why any good parent scrutinizes their child’s friends. A person’s character and beliefs can be surmised by the company they keep. Didn’t your Mother tell you that?

Emerson said “What you are shouts so loudly I cannot hear what you say”. The problem is that half of Americans believe the rhetoric they hear and ignore the actions and associations of the, would be messiah, who ascended from the sewer that is Chicago politics. After wallowing in the sludge for so many years, the smell does not wash away so easily.

Our only hope is that the blind that are fooled by the rhetoric and ignore the actions and associations of the man, will somehow awaken to the truth. It is starting to seem that Obama is just another crooked Chicago politician who does and says what he needs to misdirect his adoring public from the truth. Associations and friendships do matter. If the press had worked as hard to vet Obama as they did to prop him up early on, Hillary would be the nominee today. In this election we cannot count on the press.

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