And Time's Person of the Year Is...

As per tradition, the winner of the US Presidential election was given the title of "Person of the Year" by Time Magazine. And if ever a President-elect deserved it, Barack Obama surely does. However I had to take a look at the online poll asking "Is Barack Obama the right choice for Person of the Year 2008?"

Observe the dissenters:














What must these three states have in common?

John McCain: Fall Guy

I somewhat expected this to happen. After the inevitable defeat of the Republican Party on November 4th, the search would begin for someone to blame.

But John McCain of all people? I keep seeing Republicans throwing McCain under the bus, so to speak, for costing them the election. Joe the Plumber flat out said it, many people say Sarah Palin thinks it, but how could it be that John McCain single handedly lost the election?

The Republican voters nominated him, the delegates at the convention set the Republican Party Platform (a giant sack of FAIL) on which he ran, and then meatheads like Joe Wurzelbacher ran around shouting McCain's praises from the mountain tops like he was the second coming of Reagan. Now in defeat, McCain is worse than scum to Republican blowhards. If this line of thinking carries through to 2010, 2012, and beyond, the Republican Party will never win another national election.

I close with a letter from the electorate:

Dear Republicans,

We hate your ideas.

Sincerely,
America

The Great State of Illinois

It seems as though corruption has hit a new level, even in Illinois politics. Today, Illinois Governor, Rod Blagojevich was arrested for allegedly trying to profit from President-Elect Obama's vacant United States Senate seat.
It was previously reported that Blagojevich was under the wire for possibly corruption in earlier dealings. Today's charge brings a blow to politics in Illinois.

With the last three Illinois governors charged with crimes, the previous one, George Ryan, is currently serving a prison sentence. Can we assume that all governors elected from Illinois will be a crook? Let's certainly hope not.

One problem with Illinois politics could be the fact that they have very lax campaign finance laws, which can make it entirely open to some type of bribery and quid pro quo. Perhaps changing the campaign finance laws is the first step to end corruption in the State House.

The Next to Last Republican

In between the "Obama's Cabinet" stories, media outlets are already speculating on the next crop of Republican contenders for the Whitehouse. This Huckabee guy keeps popping up as a likely candidate every so often, when the Sarah Palin well runs dry that is.

I hear a lot of people saying what a nice and articulate fellow the Huckster is and how he's the future of the Republican Party. That may be so, but aside from his laughably ignorant economic policies (i.e. FairTax™ )and his incongruous populism, Huckabee is a very bizarre human being. I don't know if it's more to do with his dodgy record as the fattest governor in Arkansas history, or his deviant spawn psychotically torturing to death a stray dog but something about the guy just doesn't seem right.


Underneath that nice guy exterior lies something dark and sinister...

I've Got Georgia On My Mind

Good evening. Tonight is the night where the people of Georgia will finally get to elect a United States Senator for the upcoming 111th Congress. Since neither Democrat Jim Martin or Republican Saxby Chambliss won a majority of the vote in the Novemeber 4th election, they are forced into the runn-off today.

There have been many 'big' name politicians that have rolled through Georgia to help their respective namesake, but the one that caught the attention of quite a few was the rap star Ludicris

With all of the star power, it doesn't seem as though Democrats are going to go out in large numbers tonight for the election. We will have to wait and see.