Obama Approval Drops Like Stone

Within 1 Point of Historic Lows

Everytime this yammering idiot that occupies our White House opens his mouth, his “approval” ratings fall, and fall they will continue to do.

This coming Wednesday, Obama will take to the public airwaves once again and state he’s focusing on the economy and job creation.

Haven’t we heard this before?  Yes, earlier year Obama said he was going to focus on jobs, but instead he and the Democrat dominated Congress passed a health care reform package that no one wanted as evidenced by all the State lawsuits seeking to block its implementation and the Democrat’s stunning drop in the political polls.

Then again this summer Obama said he was going to focus on jobs, but instead he and the Democrat dominated Congress passed a “Banking and Wall Street Reform” law that no one wanted because we all recognized it would cost banking customers in the end.  Yet, the Democrats did it anyway.

As Obama took office in January last year, he said he was going to focus on jobs and passed an “economic stimulus” package that ended up costing more than $1.3 Trillion dollars all the while unemployment kept rising and rising.

So what does Obama mean when he says he’s going to “focus on jobs?”  Based on his past track record it can mean only one thing: Obama is focused on destroying jobs in this country creating a larger dependent class on the Government.  This is Obama’s “transformation” of America.

When Obama takes to the airwaves on Wednesday, any attempts to push through a new “stimulus” package that includes a single tax cut will be a patent admission that his “economic plans” to date have been an abysmal failure.

But then, as evidenced by the polls and the increasing rift in the Democrat party, most American’s already know this now don’t we?

 

Jesse Jackson’s SUV Stolen, Stripped in Detroit

Cadillac Escalade SUV Went Missing During Green Jobs Summit

You read that right: While attending a “green jobs summit” in Detroit, Michigan the “Reverend” Jesse Jackson’s Cadillac Escalade SUV was stolen and stripped.

To make matters worse, Jackson’s gas guzzling SUV was stolen after Detroit Mayor Dave Bing’s GMC Yukon Denali was hijacked and stripped by criminals earlier the same week.

There’s just so much hypocrisy in all this that makes me laugh out loud it’s almost not funny. 

Let’s start with the fact that Jesse Jackson who’s never held a real job in his life gets his money from those who can least afford it – the poor and downtrodden.  Jackson takes their money and buys himself $1,000 Armani suits and a Cadillac Escalade SUV.  Hypocrisy #1 – Representing the ‘poor’ by spending their money on luxury items for himself.

The same SUV which gets about 15mpg on the highway was driven 300 miles from Chicago to Detroit to attend a “Jobs, Justice, and Peace” march promoting government-funded green jobs.  Hypocrisy #2, driving one of the worst gas guzzling SUV’s 300 miles to attend a “green jobs” march.  Hypocrisy #2.

All the time while preaching to American’s that we need to “cut back” and live “greener lives” by cramming our families into Toyota Prius’ and using compact florescent bulbs to “save the planet” while he himself continues to live high on the hog, at other people’s expense.

That’s hypocrisy #3, all of which just makes me laugh out loud at the complete bozo’s that continue to support Jesse Jackson.

Pakistani Minister wants Obama to be “Leader of all muslims”

One Billion (Terrorist) muslims Can’t Be Wrong!

A Pakistani minister wants US President Barack Obama to offer Eid prayers at Ground Zero in New York and become the "Amir-ul-Momineen" or Caliph of Muslims.

He said: "The time is approaching fast. Barack Hussain Obama must act now. This is a golden opportunity, Muslims badly need it."

Obama's elevation to the Islamic Caliphate would be the "key to success, he claimed but did not offer any explanation for his remarks.

I guess one billion terrorists can’t be wrong!

Man Arrested For Holding “Impeach Obama” Sign

No Free Speech At Alaska State Fair

I’m typically never in the position of defending a Lyndon LaRouche supporter because frankly, most of those people are nuts.

But here’s the thing: either we all have Free Speech in this country, or none of us do.

Here we have a man at the Alaska State Fair who was physically assaulted and detained by “security personnel” for holding an “Impeach Obama” sign on a public way, on public grounds.  Watch as these two fat slobs of “security officers” physically detain the man holding the anti-Obama sign, using their full weight on him.

I for one think there’s a hell of a civil rights violation lawsuit about to happen in Alaska.

 

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..."

                                            Declaration of Independence.

 

 

The really sad thing for me is that so many people just stood around and did nothing to help this disabled vet and that includes that state trooper. It's time to give up the ruse that we the people are free.

Perhaps it’s time that we recognize that any pretence to free speech or freedom we believe we have has been just a ruse.

 

Teachers Ignore Job Openings

Unions Secure Lifetime Salaries Without Work for NY Teachers

It may surprise you to learn that teachers laid off in New York City earlier this year have chosen not to apply for another job in the NYC school system, or anyplace else for that matter according to the Department of Education.

Why is that?

Well, New York City is the only city in the country were teachers are guaranteed pay for life even if their school closes, they are laid off, or lose their job permanently.

These teachers go into what the Department of Education calls the “Absent Teacher Reserve Pool” where they can be called up to work in schools as substitute teachers or to do other jobs.

The problem is the Teachers aren’t required to show up.

The average teacher in the "Absent Teacher Reserve Pool” makes $82,000 per year with some making more than $100,000 – all on the taxpayers dime.

The ATR Pool costs New York City taxpayers more than $100 million dollars a year in full-time salaries and benefits for Teachers who’ve been laid off and now refuse to work.

Welcome to Obama’s America, folks!  If the Unions have their way, all of us in the Private Sector will be paying them to sit home on their lazy asses, doing nothing.  And you best not complain about it lest you be branded a racist or bigot.

The Entire Iraq War Cost Less Than Obama’s “Economic Stimulus”

Debunking More Democrat Lies

Just in time for the upcoming November elections, here’s another log on the fire to damn’ the Democrats to hell.

The entire Iraq War cost less than the Federal Deficits of 2003 – 2006, and 2008 – 2010.  In fact, the entire war in Iraq cost less than Obama’s “Economic Stimulus” wild-assed spending of 2008.

The problem with our economy is plain as day for all to see.  It’s not Government “revenues” that are the problem (ie: us not paying enough taxes) the problem is this Government spends too damn’ much of our money!

Pop quiz time: Who’s been in control of Congress since 2006?  That’s right, the DEMOCRATS!  Who blew up the deficit in 2009 from the $300 billion the CBO projected, to the $1.4 trillion dollars that was spent?

Right again!  Barack Hussein Obama and the Extreme Left Wing Liberal Congress!

Remember in November!

Restoring Honor

8/28 Rally in Capital Filling Lincoln Memorial

I’m not posting much today, other than a link to the UStream live feed from the 8/28 rally, “Restoring Honor.”

Although I am sitting here asking myself “Just how do we restore honor to a bunch of corrupt, thieving politicians who think they have the right to run our lives?”

UStream Live Link: http://www.ustream.tv/restoringhonor

Obama Sides With Terrorists - AGAIN!

Administration halts prosecution of USS Cole bomber

The Obama administration has shelved the planned prosecution of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the alleged coordinator of the Oct. 2000 suicide attack on the USS Cole in Yemen, according to a court filing.

The decision at least temporarily scuttles what was supposed to be the signature trial of a major al-Qaeda figure under a reformed system of military commissions. And it comes practically on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the attack, which killed 17 sailors and wounded dozens when a boat packed with explosives ripped a hole in the side of the warship in the port of Aden.

In a filing this week in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, the Justice Department said that "no charges are either pending or contemplated with respect to al-Nashiri in the near future."

The statement, tucked into a motion to dismiss a petition by Nashiri's attorneys, suggests that the prospect of further military trials for detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has all but ground to a halt, much as the administration's plan to try the accused plotters of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in federal court has stalled.

Editor: Color me speechless, and that takes alot folks.  First Obama endorses a mosque at Ground Zero with a muslim imam who said "America brought 9-11 on itself" and now this.  Do we really need any more proof this pResident is a terrorist loving muslim?  I think not.

 

Obama vs. Public Opinion

From TownHall.Com, Posted August 24th, 2010

Our Pick For Best of the Web Today

Obama vs. Public Opinion
Phyllis Schlafly

Americans are being treated to welcome entertainment during the dog days of summer as we watch the Democrats wring their hands over Barack Obama's tone deafness about political reality. Their despair about Obama is so painful that they are even calling on George W. Bush to come back and rescue Obama from his own mistakes.

The Democrats are reluctant to admit the truth that Obama is not a smart politician (like Bill Clinton, for example). Obama is a radical ideologue determined to "transform" America into the socialist mold, regardless of voter retaliation against Democratic candidates.

Let's tick off the issues where Obama staked out his lonely position at the same time public opinion polls showed that the majority of Americans lined up on the other side. Obama's determination to achieve "change" doesn't include obeying the wishes of We The People.

Take Obamacare, for example. Ramming it through Congress, overriding regular legislative procedure and the opposition of the American public, he deluded himself into believing that once it became the law of the land, the people would dutifully support it.

But they didn't. Even after passage, the Rasmussen survey reports this month that 66 percent favor repeal of the Health Control Law, and 50 percent say repeal will benefit the economy.

On Aug. 3, 71 percent of voters in Missouri, the bellwether state, approved a referendum to invalidate any Obamacare mandate to force individuals to buy health insurance. The same week, a federal judge ruled that Virginia may proceed with its lawsuit to overturn Obamacare's mandate on individuals to buy insurance.

The Democrats had hoped they could postpone Obama's commitment to Hispanic voters until after the 2010 elections by tucking the contentious immigration issue under the rug this year. But then Obama brought the immigration issue front and center by filing suit against the Arizona law.

A CBS poll shows that 57 percent of Americans think Arizona's law is "about right," and a Rasmussen poll found that 65 percent of Arizonans support the law. A Zogby poll found that 58 percent of Americans nationwide want their own state to adopt a law similar to Arizona's.

Then there's the matter of building the mosque on the ground near the 9/11 attack on New York City. Obama supports it, even though 61 percent of Americans are against it.

The mosque raises another festering issue. The Pew Research Center reports that 18 percent (one in five Americans) think Obama is a Muslim, and Time magazine puts that figure at 24 percent. The number of people who think Obama is a Christian is in a free fall, and 43 percent don't know his religion.

Rush Limbaugh reminded us of Obama's statement quoted in The New York Times that the Muslim call to prayer is "one of the prettiest sounds on Earth" and that he recited it with a first-rate Arabic accent. The translation of the prayer call is "Allah is supreme. Allah is supreme. Allah is supreme. I witness that there is no god but Allah."

Obama chose the most leftwing Supreme Court justice in history, Elena Kagan. He ignored the Gallup poll showing that 42 percent of Americans wanted a new Supreme Court justice who would move the court in the conservative direction, while only 27 percent wanted it to move more liberal.

Obama is even pressing for Card Check, one of his many payoffs to the unions, even though 61 percent of Americans oppose this, according to Voter Consumer Research. Card Check would make it easier for unions to organize workplaces by getting rid of the secret ballot.

Obama is still pushing Cap and Trade, which the voters have dubbed Cap and Tax because it will make electricity and all kinds of energy cost every American thousands of dollars a year. CNN reports that 51 percent of Americans oppose it, and Democratic congressional incumbents who voted for it in the House last year are finding it a big negative in their 2010 campaigns.

Obama is still unwilling to face up to the American people's opposition to his economic policies of big spending, higher deficits, staggering debt and redistribution of wealth. According to a Rasmussen survey, less than one in five voters is willing to pay more taxes to lower the federal deficit because they believe we are already overtaxed.

More than 8 in 10 Americans believe the deficit is the result of overspending, not a lack of tax revenue.  And 58 percent believe that if Obama and Congress raise taxes to reduce the deficit, they will just spend the money on new government programs.

When Gallup asked Americans to name the greatest threat facing our country, the national debt tied with terrorism as the top choice. No wonder Zogby reports that 52 percent of Americans say Obama's change has made the country worse.

Editor: No wonder we can't wait for November 2nd!

U.S. Media: “Obama is NOT a Muslim, Dammit!”

Methinks Thou Dost Protest Too Much

The more the media screams “Obama is not a muslim!” the more I question the media’s collusion with the White House.
It’s no secret the media’s still in love with Obama.  They have been since he spoke at the 2004 Democrat Convention, and they still are to this day. 
The propaganda machine has been out in full force the last 3-4 days  proclaiming Obama’s “Christianity”, problem is the more the “mainstream media” trys to tell the American public that Obama isn’t a muslim, the number of people who believe he is goes up.
Just look at these headlines from the last few days, and the video I posted yesterday from ABC’s “Good Morning America.”

1. Nearly one in five Americans now incorrectly believes that President Obama is a Muslim, -- ABC News
2. One Fifth (Wrongly) Think Obama’s Muslim -- Newsweek
3. The number of Americans who believe -- wrongly -- that President Obama is a Muslim has increased significantly -- Washington Post
4. One in four Americans wrongly believe Barack Obama is Muslim -- Telegraph UK
5. Since President Barack Obama's inauguration, the number of people who believe — wrongly — that he is a Muslim actually has increased. -- Chicago Tribune
6. Pew Research Center poll finds 18 percent of Americans wrongly believe President Barack Obama is Muslim -- Voice of America News
7. Americans increasingly are convinced — incorrectly — that President Barack Obama is a Muslim -- DailyRadar
8. Roughly one in five Americans wrongly says President Barack Obama is a Muslim, according to two new US opinion polls out Thursday -- Google News
9. The number of Americans who believe, wrongly, that President Barack Obama is a Muslim has climbed significantly -- AOL News
10. Poll: Growing number incorrectly call Obama Muslim -- LA Times (AP)
11. Growing Number Incorrectly Call Obama Muslim – Time

Based on the polling data, it no longer matters what the “mainstream” media says.  The American public recognizes that they stopped doing their jobs – objective reporting – long ago.  The media in this country has truly become the fifth column, a propaganda arm of this White House.
It doesn’t matter how many times the “mainstream” media broadcasts  or prints it, an increasing number of Americans believe Obama is a muslim.  We believe that based on Obama’s own actions during the course of his “Presidency” in constantly “reaching out” to muslims, preferential treatment via White House policy, his refusal to stop Iran from getting nuclear capability and the fact that Obama stepped in a big, steaming pile of crap when he endorsed the mosque at Ground Zero without “questioning the wisdom of it.”

By their fruits, we shall know them, and by Obama’s fruits he’s a full blown muslim sitting in the people’s White House.
November 2nd can’t come fast enough for this writer.

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More Links of Interest

After posting the above article, we found even more damn’ing evidence against the muslim in chief:

Obama Mocks Bible, but said he's Christian: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvnY8WY24bA

Obama gets list of top Muslim Americans
Denver Post Wire Report March 27th, 2009: http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_12006596

Obama seeks Muslims for White House posts
45 Ivy League grads, Fortune 500 execs,government officials submitted for look:

 http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=93251

Shariah-Compliant Finance Advisor Picked by Obama as White House Fellow, June 25th, 2009: http://www.islamist-watch.org/4300/shariah-compliant-finance-advisor-picked-by-obama

NASA Chief: Next Frontier Better Relations With Muslim World, July 25th 2010: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/05/nasa-chief-frontier-better-relations-muslims/

Obama Pronounces Islam A Great Religion, (Original: Associated Press September 1, 2009:) http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obama-calls-islam-a-great-religion

The list just keeps growing, more undeniable proof that we have a closet muslim in the White House.

Let Me Translate: We Don't Believe Him - or You.

American Thinker Unloads On Media, Polls

The American Thinker is one of my personal favorite blogs and I try to read it daily. 
This morning AT had an article similar to what I’d posted yesterday, although I do have to admire someone who can more eloquently make a case better than I as to why they think (or may not think) Obama is a muslim. 
The American Thinker’s article is replete with facts and examples that I’d missed, which go to the heart as to why so many American’s are “confused” about what religion Barack Hussein Obama really is. 
While I won’t post the entire article here, I will share with you my favorite excerpt:

We know you claim him to be a Christian.  We know Obama has at times claimed to be a Christian.  We know Jeremiah Wright's Trinity Church claims to be some kind of Christian denomination.  We simply doubt it.  And the more we watch all of you, the less we are inclined to believe any of it.
                        - The American Thinker Blog

And there the argument is in a nutshell. The media is going out of its way to try and convince us the ignorant, unwashed masses that Obama’s a “Christian” and that we’re all mistaken about who and what he really is.

Case in point, this condesending piece of “reporting” from ABC’s “Good Morning America” just yesterday:

Don’t you just love the “mainstream media” telling you that you’re “confused” and “misinformed?”  Here we have a prime example of the Obama State Controlled Media trying to tell you and I what to think, and their frustration that we’re simply not buying it is noticeable.

We also know his father was a Muslim.  We know his stepfather was a Muslim.  We know that under Sharia Law, he is a Muslim, and that much of the Muslim World regards him as a Muslim. We know his mother was an atheist.  We know Obama sent a bureaucrat out to claim that NASA's top mission was Muslim outreach.  We know he skipped the Boy Scout's 100^th Anniversary bash.  We know he's had a couple Freudian slips pertaining to his faith.  We know he has called the Islamic call to prayer the most beautiful sound on earth. 
                        - The American Thinker Blog

So what does all this polling data really mean?  Do somewhere between 18-24% of American’s genuinely believe that Obama is a muslim, or is it simply as The American Thinker states, a way of voting against Obama before the November elections?

Frankly, I think we know Obama by his own words and deeds as I said yesterday, and based on his own actions, he’s a muslim.  I don’t doubt it anyway.

Read Today’s American Thinker Blog

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Nearly One-Quarter of American’s Believe Obama Is a Muslim

Confusion Reigns as Administration Policies Prefer Islam over Christianity, Judaism

Last evening, Rev. Franklin Graham of “Samaritan’s Purse” and son of legendary Rev. Billy Graham said on CNN’s “Larry King Live” show:

"He was born a Muslim. His father was a Muslim; the seed of Islam is passed through the father like the seed of Judaism is passed through the mother.

"He was born a Muslim; his father gave him an Islamic name,” the son of noted evangelist Billy Graham, said.

“It’s obvious that the president has renounced Islam … the president says he is a Christian, and we just have to accept it as that,” the Samaritan's Purse CEO added.

With all due deference to the Rev. Franklin Graham who I happen to believe runs a wonderful charity in Samaritan’s Purse, it’s not “obvious” to me any longer that Obama is not in fact, a muslim.

What do I mean when I say “any longer?”  I used to give Obama the benefit of the doubt despite my “reservations” over the highly controversial “Trinity Christian Church” with their “black liberation” theology led by the equally highly controversial “Reverend” Jeremiah Wright.

I don’t give Obama that benefit any longer.  The proof is in the pudding as the old saying goes, and Obama’s certainly provided enough proof that he’s a closet muslim at best, a full blown muslim at worst.  We need look no further than the controversy over the “Cordoba House” project at Ground Zero, and “ObamaCare” for proof. 

On August 14th, Obama lent his endorsement to the building of Cordoba House at Ground Zero in front of a muslim group at the White House.

In his speech, Obama said muslims have a “right” to build at Ground Zero, citing the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.  Clearly, this was a first for Obama citing the Constitution to defend anyone’s religious freedoms and he used it to defend the muslim’s “rights” to build a mosque at ground zero.

Has anyone heard Obama defend Christian’s or Jew’s rights citing the Constitution since Obama took office? Didn’t think so, neither have I.  Herein lies my first problem with Obama’s claims he’s a Christian.  He does nothing to defend the Christian faith, yet uses the power of his office to defend the muslim faith.

(Obama addresses muslim group at the White House, 8/14/10)

As we examine ObamaCare, we find that it exempts muslims.  Why?

In the islamic “faith” (I prefer to call it a cult of death, but I digress…) there is something known as the “jizya” which is a tax on non-muslims.  This tax is imposed on non-muslims living in muslim countries for protection of persecution by muslims so that non-muslims can work and practice their faith, albeit they must practice it in private where no one can see.

From the point of view of the Muslim rulers, jizya was a material proof of the non-Muslims' acceptance of subjection to the islamic state and its laws. During the time of “Mohammed” as foreign lands were being conquered by islam, “Mohammed” ordered his military commanders to fight the indigenous, non-muslims of the land until they were killed, were forcefully converted to islam, or paid the ‘jizya’ for protection. 

But let me be clear: as a citizen, and as President, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country. That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances. This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakeable.

                               - Barack Hussein Obama, 8/14/10

So why are muslims exempt from “ObamaCare” and are we in fact the rest of America paying a ‘jizya?’ to the muslims?

Given Obama’s specious argument that he’s a “Christian” his actions in attending an anti-American, anti-White church for more than two decades, his demonstrated preference for allowing a mosque to be built at ground zero, and excluding muslims from “ObamaCare” (meaning the rest of us are paying for these terrorist bastards) certainly indicates one thing to me: Obama is a muslim.

He was born a muslim in a muslim country to a muslim father and has never renounced that “faith.”  His acts as a “Christian” have been anything but, giving preference to the very terrorists that attacked us on September 11th, 2001. 

There is no confusion as to what Obama truly is, at least in the 24% of us who know by Obama’s own words and actions that he is in fact, a muslim.

Prediction: Blagojevich Will Not Face Re-Trial

Embarrassed Fitzgerald To Be Replaced 

Federal Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald pulled the trigger on prosecuting Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich too soon, that's the sentiment of the Jury Foreman in the Blagojevich corruption trial.  Mainstream thought here in Illinois is that had Patrick Fitzgerald waited another few days to arrest Blago, the scheme to sell Obama's old Senate seat would've revealed one or more White House sources that were all involved in the scheme.  Rahm Emmanuel being amongst the highest ranking.

Instead as we now know, Fitzgerald sprung his trap early, "preventing a crime spree in progress" which may have ended up protecting several White House staff members.

I don't know if Fitzgerald knew and intentionally arrested Blagojevich early to protect several White House sources or not.  What's important is that the Jury Foreman and several other jury members believe Fitzgerald knew and arrested Blagojevich early for fear of what he may find via White House involvement, and having to potentially prosecute high ranking White House officials as a result.

Again, those are not my words, those are the words of the Blago Jury Foreman and several others that were interviewed on Chicago local area television last evening. 

So let's assume Jury foreman James Matsumoto was correct in his statements for a moment and ponder what a re-trial may mean.

As the Blagojevich legal team didn't put up a defense recognizing a hung jury when they saw one, could it possibly mean that a re-trial would force Federal Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald to look deeper into potential White House involvement in the "sale" of Barack Obama's old Senate seat here in Illinois?

Possibly.

And that my friends is what the Obama White House would fear most coming up to the November mid-term elections.  Fitzgerald has already vowed to re-try the case "as soon as possible" which may mean this September or October if Judge Zagel agrees.  This is a nightmare scenario for Obama and the Democrats already faced their own corruption scandals involving Charlie Rangel and Maxine Waters.  A "perfect storm" so to speak just in time for the November elections.

So here's my prediction: During some Friday night news dump by the White House in the not too distant future and before the November elections, Patrick Fitzgerald will be replaced as the Federal Prosecutor in the Blagojevich case by Eric Holder's Justice Department.  

Miraculously several weeks later during another Friday night news dump, the new Federal Prosecutor will decide not to re-try the case, and instead choose to pursue the maximum punishment for the one charge Blagojevich was convicted of, lying to the Federal Prosecutor, sending him to Oxford Wisconsin's Federal Penitentiary for the maximum 5 years sentence, and the maximum $250,000 fine. 

The result: Blago's out of public sight, no longer capable of proclaiming his innocence or staining the White House and the "Patrick Fitzgerald" problem that the Obama White House has been struggling with in removing him will have been solved.  It's no secret the White House and Eric Holder's in-Justice Department have been waiting to remove Fitzgerald.

Now, just what do I base these predictions on?  First, I predicted Blago would essentially walk.  The case was too complicated  with 24 charges, more than 120 individual counts, and 150 rules the Jury had to obey to convict or acquit Blagojevich.  As we know, Blago was convicted on the lesser of all charges lying to the Federal Prosecutor.  Essentially, this is the same "crime" committed by Martha Stewart, "Scooter" Libby and Bill Clinton.  I have serious doubts Blagojevich will spend even one day in prison.

Second, it wasn't one lone hold-out juror that prevented convictions on the other 23 charges against Blagojevich as much of the media is reporting.  On all but two charges against the former Governor, the jury was split either 5-7 Guilty/Not Guilty, or 7-5 Guilty/Not Guilty.  On one charge, the jury was unanimous "not guilty" and it was only the 24th charge, "Lying to the Federal Prosecutor" that the entire jury agreed to a guilty verdict on.

None of this bodes well for re-trying Blagojevich and you can bet someone in the White House has figured all this out much the same way I did, just by paying attention to the case.  

It is on these facts that I base my prediction that sometime in the next few weeks on a quiet friday evening, the White House will announce during a "news dump" that Patrick Fitzgerald has been replaced as the Federal Prosecutor in the Rod Blagojevich corruption scandal.  Furthermore, the next Federal Prosecutor will decide not to go forward with a re-trial and that also will be announced during a friday night news dump, so as to avoid repeated news cycles.

Now taking bets on my prediction.