The Bear Facts...

Last week, The Chicago Sun-Times came forward and endorsed Barrack Obama. I know I will receive a tremendous amount of grief for this but, I like the Chicago Sun-Times. They have a good comic section and I enjoy Quick Hits in the sports section. Other than Quick Hits and the comics, unless a story catches my eye, (like The Sun-Times endorsing Obama), I pretty much ignore the rest of the paper.

 I have been a Republican Judge for the Chicago Board of Elections for approximately 5 years. Since the last election, I have come to realize which ever candidate The Chicago Sun-Times endorses is not the candidate to vote for. Example; The Sun-Times endorsed Todd Stroger in the last election. They printed and had the general public in Chicago believe Todd would do a good job. Apparently not only Chicago but Cook County believed The Sun-Times as Todd won the election. If I am not mistaken, The Sun-Times also endorced Blagojevich as well. Like Lambs to a slaughter and Lemmings off a cliff, voters and the general public of Chicago followed The Chicago Sun-Times' advice.

 Since Rod and Todd won the last election, not only is the State in the worse condition it has EVER been in, but, also Cook County. We all know and can see the damage Rod and Todd are doing.  (Rod and Todd, it even rhymes. It must be an omen. Speaking of omens, I bet if we look under their hair line we might see 666). Since both took office, all they have talked about is taxing us to death.

 This entry however is not about the damage Rod and Todd are doing to the state and the county. This entry is about the Sun-Times endorsing candidates with the political experience and knowledge of a 6th grader. The latest Democratic candidate the Sun-Times has endorsed is.... Barrack Obama. Barrack Obama was just elected as a Senator for the State of Illinois not more than a year ago. How much has he done for the state? Has he done anything for his Senatorial District since he began his quest for the White House? Who is covering his district while he is out pressing the flesh and playing "battle of the wits" with Hilliary Clinton? Barrack Obama has done NOTHING for his district since he began his quest. The biggest joke is, WHEN he loses the Democratic nomination or even the General Election for the presidency, he will resume his senatorial duties like he is returning form an extended weekend. (One heck of an extended weekend there Barrack).

 This is the lack of experience I am talking about. He is making promises on his campaign when he isn't keeping the promises he made when he was elected senator. Todd made promises, Rod made promises, none of which are following up. I think it's laughable Obama thinks just because he is a senator he has enough experience to be the President of the United States. Before John Stroger was struck with a stroke, the residents of Cook County never knew who Todd Stroger was. Until Todd took over for his ailing father, I didn't even know John Stroger had a son. Electing Todd Stroger in as President of the Cook County Board was like giving a 15 year old first time driver the keys to a Ferrari Enzo and telling him not to do anything stupid. (Remember Ferris Buler's Day Off)? The only difference between a 15 year old behind the wheel of a Ferrari Enzo and Todd Stroger behind the wheel of Cook County is, the 15 year old can only crash and destroy the Enzo once, Todd not only cashes the county into a solid brick wall he backs up and makes more runs at the wall because he didn't do enough damage the first couple of times.

 I have no doubt Barrack Obama is a smart and extremely intelligent person. However, I do doubt his loyalty simply because he is still a senator for the State of Illinois and is running for the presidency. Barrack Obama is like a child that was given a Play Station for his birthday. At the time, that Play Station is the state of the art game system. Six months later, a new Play Station is unveiled and makes the former Play Station obsolete. What does little Barrack do? He stops playing with the old Play Station, whines, and cries and begs for the new Play Station. Seeing all his whining and crying won't yield him a new game system, he goes back and plays with the system he was given just six months previous and plays with it like he never even wanted the new system in the first place.

 If Obama had been a senator for several years and was politically seasoned, MAYBE I would agree he has enough experience to be president. If he can't made decisions for his own senate district, how is he going to make decisions for the United States? This isn't a job at McDonald's. This job is running the United States of America. If he doesn't like it, gets tired of it or just plain can't handle the job, he can't just quit. If he is elected, he has to follow through with his commitment. As far as I know, he has never served in the United States Military. Of course today's military isn't the same as it was 20 years ago. In today’s Marines you can DOR in boot camp if you chicken out or find out the Marines are not for you. Why did I pick the Marines as an example? Because the Marines have the toughest boot camp next to special forces training. If Obama doesn't like the job, isn't cut out or qualified enough, or gets picked on by others, he can't go crying to mommy, ask her to make it better and want to quit. Once in, he's in until he is impeached or until his term is over. The only problem is, until that time, he can do a lot of damage to the country; to the financial state of the country and at worst, the security of the country.

 It doesn't matter if you vote Republican or Democratic. Don't vote for a candidate because they are Christian, ex-Navy fighter jock/ Vietnam Veteran, Mormon, female, African American or because a news paper like the Sun-Times tells you to. Learn from the mistakes of electing Todd Stroger and Rod Blagojevich. Vote for a candidate because they deserve the nomination. Vote for a candidate because they are the most QUALIFIED for the office and presidency!