I still have the JONES!!

I am a political junkie and operated under a large amount of stress last week, then euphoria and now apprehension. The apprehension is a new Congress and a new President make the nation appreciably better is NOT guaranteed.

So, I'm nervous about how all this will turn out. Also, I continue to apprehensively watch news shows. & instead of getting angry with Johm McCain and Sarah Palin, now I'm made at hostile journalists. I still am jonesing for news and have all these questions: is Obama safe? is he going to succeed? what are his opponents up to (both inside and outside the nation)? What in the world is going to happen??!!??

George Will, a conservative commentator, was on the TV, got up, and asked, "Can I tell you 3 reasons why Republicans should still be happy?"

"NO YOU CAN'T, ASSHOLE!", I shouted at the TV and promptly switched it off.

Watched a program on CNN. This Journalist who I don't know the name of and don't give a damn to find out was questioning Obama hiring Rahm Emmanuel as Chief of Staff. So he asks, "If Obama is such a "man of the people" why does he have a pit bull (Emmanuel) guarding the White House door?"

So I shout back at the tv,

"Because a Chief of Staff has to make sure the staff of the White House is on task, competent and not 'off message'. The role of Chief of Staff in this case also relates to making certain demands on Congress which will need to be done, obviously. The idea that Emmanuel is tough and disciplined is recognized by friend and foe alike. The dumbass journalist is not smart enough to understand that Emannuel being Chief of Staff does absolutely nothing to take away the President's "man of the people" perception!"

This all brings up a very interesting point. Everyone was so enthralled with this bald moron from Ohio called Joe the Plumber. Joe the Plumber stated that Barack Obama was going to betray Israel and allow its enemies to attack the nation. So Obama hires Rahm Emmanuel as Chief of Staff, who is a Jew. It's indisputable that Emmanuel holds a very important position in the Obama White House. Furthermore, Emmanuel is someone who Obama has been friends/political associates for quite awhile. So does anyone with any common sense really believe the stupid, ignorant beliefs that Joe the Plumber spouted off about Obama & Israel. I hope not. Let's hope that Joe the Plumber's 15 minutes of fame are up. However, his unfair remark is just a series of unfair remarks that Obama will be subject to during his presidency.

UPDATE: I found a solution to my "jones" problem. I am going to get a subscription to The New Republic. I used to have a subscription but had to save a little money. It's not too expensive.