Change? We don't need no stinkin' change!

This was a change election. That’s why new, new guy P-E Obama picked old, old guy Joe Biden as his running mate. Arriving in the US Senate in Jan 1973, Biden has only been there slightly longer than the grass and a few of the trees around the building. The only things new about Biden are his phony tan, failed hair plugs, botoxed forehead and capped teeth.

Also in keeping with the change mantra, Obama has selected Clinton era re-tread Rham Emmanuel as his Chief of Staff, while V-P-E Biden picked AlGore’s old Chief of Staff to run things over at the V-P’s office. Whoa, slow down with all of the change, I don’t think the country can take much more.

But Obama is forging on. In order to really shake things up Obama is considering other Clinton people to assume their old chairs in the new, new administration. Erick Holder at Justice, Larry Summers at Treasury and the old battle ax her self Shrillda Beast at State.

Yes we as a people are so blessed that Obama is shaking this thing to its roots in Washington D.C. What’s that old Who song that has the line, “meet the new boss, same as the old boss?” Why do I get the feeling that we just got fooled again?

But there will be some real change. Mostly though, change will come in the form of Obama changing his campaign promises. Closing G’itmo looks to be a bit more of a sticky issue in reality than it was just talking about it on the campaign trail. Obama’s Air Force “expert” is now arguing against shutting down missile defense programs. Iraq and the US appear ready to agree upon a situational timetable that would have US troops out by 2011. But now that more people are dying on the Southside of Chicago every month than in Iraq – who really cares?

Other problematic issues for Obama include the Freedom of Choice Act which he promised would be the first thing he tackled as President. It won’t be the first and may not happen at all. Universal healthcare, as we learned from the Clintons, is a minefield of an issue that could lead to another Dem mid-term disaster if not scaled back. Beside where’s the money going to come from? Making nice with America’s enemies will have to be put on hold, especially if Shrillda moves into state.

Oh and that $1,000 tax cut for 95% of us that became the center of Obama’s campaign after Iraq took a turn for the worse for Obama - which means it took a turn for the good for the USA -probably will not happen. If it does, it’ll be off-set by $2,000 worth of tax hikes on everything from arugula to natural gas.

Lex predicts that Obama’s first term will be marked by a decline in American influence around the world and individual liberty at home; an increase in taxes and government spending; and a couple of foreign policy disasters but little else of substance. The press will hail every move and declare him a hero.