To hear the nightly newscasters tell it, the only patriotic thing to do this Christmas is to have a field day at your local mall. With the economy in the tank, Americans are being urged to resume their shopaholic ways in the interests of the free market. While Internet news services report that mall traffic is heavy, the cash registers are simply not ringing like they used to. Even with prices drastically reduced anywhere from 50 to 70 percent, the public simply isn’t buying—at least, not in the way retailers had hoped.
Senators: Barack Obama & Dick Durbin
Representative: Jesse Jackson, Jr. (pay for play candidate #5)
(Son of "I am everywhere" Jesse Jackson)
Illinois Governor: Rod Blogojevich (arrested last week for corruption)
Former Illinois Governor: In Prison serving time for Corruption
Illinois House leader: Mike Madigan
Illinois Attorney General: Lisa Madigan (daughter of Mike)
Chicago Mayor: Richard M. Daley (son of Mayor Richard J. Daley)
The leadership in Illinois? ....all Democrats.
Thank you for the combat zone in Chicago: Body count in the last six months: 292 killed (murdered) in Chicago (while 221 were killed in Iraq)
State pension fund - $44 Billion in debt, worst in the country. CookCounty (Chicago) sales tax - 10.25% highest in country. (Look it up). Chicago school system - rated one of the worst in the country.
Of course, they're all blaming each other.
They can't blame Republicans because there aren't any. [Once again ... smart choices there Illinois.]
Reminder: This is the political culture that Obama comes from: the Illinois Political Machine. And he's going to '"fix" Washington politics for us?
Good luck.
For instance, he just blamed Congress for "Being asleep at the wheel". Does he not even REALIZE that up until recently --- HE was PART of this congress!!
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