Saturday, August 4, 2018

Oops! It almost got by me.

Today - Barack Obama's birthday - has been declared Barack Obama Day in Illinois.

Ah, how I miss those halcyon days when the country was ruled by the most awesome genius in our nation's history.



Seriously, I believe the greatest con ever pulled in U.S. politics is when the Democratic Party and the media combined to foist this glorified ward-heeler, this profoundly ignorant charlatan, this apotheosis of the Dunning-Kruger effect on the American people. Trump is the genuine breath of fresh air; Obama was never anything but a stale, mothball-infused whiff of socialism and identity politics.

10 comments:

bruce said...

But he was kind of an iron fist in a velvet glove too.

Veeshir said...

How do you celebrate it? Spend the day poorer and less free? Oh wait, it's Illinois, you already are less free.
Eh, you probably lose your job and your health care.

Gregoryno6 said...

What, no 'day that will live in infamy' comment yet?

Paco said...

I suppose, if you lived in Chicago, you could celebrate by going the whole day without getting shot.

Mike_W said...


Well, it is an established medical fact that cocaine abuse can lead to Anosognosia, dependence on teleprompters, and being elected President of the United States of America.

Veeshir said...

Oh, so you celebrate by leaving Chicago?

RebeccaH said...

I have a feeling that Barack Obama Day in Illinois will be celebrated just like Juneteenth is celebrated in Texas. It's what you call one of those "invisible" holidays except to a very small group of people who are the only ones who remember what it's all about.

Veeshir said...

We wuz wrong, you celebrate Obama Day by being shot.
https://www.weaselzippers.us/392897-14-shot-3-fatally-in-chicago-during-obama-day/

Paco said...

Meh, I'll give it a miss.

JeffS said...

Haw haw! Obama gets a commentorative holiday, while a long-dead Revolutionary War hero gets an official holiday (in Chicago, anywho).

General Pulaski earned it. Obama did not.