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This post was written by Ivan Guzman, a 15-year-old from the Bronx. Read more about Ivan here:
I have so many things I want to write about dealing with politics and sports, I'm writing two blogs this week. If you're not good at math that's one for politics and one for sports. If math really isn't one of your strengths then we have something in common. This is my politics blog, read my sports blog here.
This week the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Obama stimulus bill, with NO Republican votes. That's right, not a single Republican voted for the stimulus bill. What I've heard is that the Republicans had another bill with nothing but tax cuts. Someone should remind John Boehner and Mitch McConnell that we've tried that already. Not only will the Obama stimulus create new jobs, it will create jobs that are helpful to the environment and that will help the country's infrastructure. We could be multi-tasking! Not only that, but the Obama stimulus will put money into schools, and this country's schools need stimulating. How do I know? I go to one of the most under-funded schools in the Bronx. I'm not even going to get political science next year, and I was really looking forward to that! The statement Republicans made this week is that their real leader is a fat, balding, conservative who hosts a radio show and wants to see our new president fail.
What I meant with that awesome segue is that Republicans listen to Rush Limbaugh. This became incredibly clear after Rep. Phil Gingrey from Georgia said that conservative commentators are able to "stand back and throw bricks" instead of offering "real leadership". Well, after a "high volume of phone calls" Gingrey retracted his statement on Limbaugh's show. He also apologized for what he called his foot-in-mouth disease. After listening to that apology I think Gingrey might have taken his foot out of his mouth to pucker up to a specific part of Limbaugh. As much as I dislike Limbaugh, he sticks to his guns. When he was asked by Sean Hannity if he wanted Obama to fail he said yes. That's the answer I expected from him, because Limbaugh is a conservative with no public office position. He's only really important to the people who listen to him, and doesn't have to worry about what voters think of him. That's why he said he wants President Obama to fail. But I had hoped that Republicans who are elected would have felt more comfortable standing up to him.
On another subject, that Rod Blagojevich is one crazy politician. If I were in the room when he gave his speech at his impeachment trial I would've gone crazy! The guy doesn't show up to the first couple of days of the trial, and then complains about how he didn't even get a chance to bring in witnesses. Then I couldn't contain my laughter as he talked to the media outside his home. Talking in Spanish and about people with long names that you can't pronounce. He tried to appeal to everybody even though he's dead politically and might even face jail time. The guy is horribly amazing.
One last thing: Keith Olbermann probably has the most immature political show on T.V, and The Worst Person In The World is probably the most immature part of the show. Me being incredibly immature, I can only applaud Olbermann and say keep it up on this, the two thousand and something day since our former President declared mission accomplished in Iraq.