Shady Political Dealings

Thursday, December 11th
9:40pm

Dear Diary,

Things have been pretty tense around the Obama household lately. After the media came out with all the information about the Illinois Governor, Rod Blagojevich, Barack has been very upset. Of course, I have to wonder how much Barack knew about that to begin with, but a lot of it was out of his control. After all, Blagojevich was involved with some shady dealings before this, evident by the fact that he was already being wiretapped before he tried to sell Barack’s Senate seat.

Even still, it certainly doesn’t look good on the Obama Administration to even be remotely connected to this crime, and Barack’s become really upset about this. He keeps talking about how he’s been trying to distance himself from Blagojevich, calling him corrupt even before these dealings.

Of course, everyone in Illinois knows that Chicago politics are corrupt. It’s true that 4 out of the past 7 governors have ended up in prison. Barack’s been lucky to have been able to rise above it for so long. Of course, I would not have put up with anything he may have tried. I’d like to think of that as a deterrent. But when it all comes down to it, Barack is a good man, and I can see how frustrated he is to have a scandal connected to his presidency before even assuming office.

I guess the best thing that all of us can do is to stay out of trouble. Not that the Obamas will have a hard time with that. We just have to count on the Administration (and the rest of the Democrats) to help us maintain a good reputation.

Yours always,
Michelle