POP Goes the Weasel

Like a child who has his first experience being surprised by the jack-in-the-box or the 'pop goes the weasel' game, voters never cease to be shocked and dismayed by the latest scandal in politics.

Monday gave voters yet another one of these shocks as Governor Eliot Spitzer (D-New York) was caught in a major prostitution ring, although Spitzer has made a career out of prosecuting call girls and their pimps to the fullest extent of the law.

But this should be nothing new to the electorate, and, contrary to the obvious bias of the mainstream media, it should be nothing new to Democrats as well.

Scandal knows no political party or ideological boundary.

Yet in all likelihood this is not going to be the last scandal of the 2008 Presidential Election.

Hillary and Bill have so many skeletons in the closet that at any moment one of them could draw new life and emerge from the closet to wreak havoc on her campaign.

And don't believe for a moment that the icon of 'change,' the Messiah himself, Barack Obama, is immune. Something simply isn't right about the candidate, his wife, and his campaign. We know of Michelle Obama's overt disdain for America. I highly suspect that Barack feels the same way, only he is able to hide his feelings very well.

This 'all-around nice guy' who causes infidels to get 'Obama religion' and become 'slain in the spirit' like Pentecostals without the Christianity, is an enigma of sorts. But a mere cursory reading of his record reveals at least part of the real truth.

In the Illinois legislature he voted against allowing medical care to be given to newborn babies who survive botched abortion procedures. He voted for every single gun control bill that was introduced, including making the statement that all handguns should be banned.

And then there is the tax problem. We need look no further backward that his present campaign to see the nightmare he would unleash on the American public.

It will take 300 BILLION DOLLARS in new taxes to pay for Obama's proposals.

This is 36% higher than what it would take to pay for that tax-and-spend liberal Hillary Clinton's proposals.

300 BILLION DOLLARS in new taxes. Boy, what a 'nice guy.'

As former Senate Majority Leader from the 60s, Everette Dirkson, R-ILL, used to say sarcastically about Democrats' spending, 'A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.'

There is no taxpayers' friend in this race on the Democratic side, my friends.

John McCain, on the other hand, ranks 6th in the Senate on tax issues, and this ranking is provided by the National Taxpayers' Union.

Yes, John McCain.

POP goes the weasel! It seems surprises in this campaign come from both sides.