Obama's speech

I have not reported on the Democrat's National Convention, nor will I on the Republican side, because they have become a colossal waste of money. All show and very little substance. But I will make this comparison and be done with it.

When I was in the sixth grade at Lincoln Elementary School I ran for student body president. My platform consisted of only two items; (1) Coca Cola in the drinking fountains and (2) longer recess every day. I was called into the Principal's office, a Mrs. Edna Hellstern (a true and fitting name), and asked who was going to pay for changing the drinking fountains from water to Coca Cola, and then who was going to pay for the Coke? And on top of that if she granted us longer recess and the law stated that we had to have a certain amount of classroom instruction, did I want the students to come in an hour earlier in the morning or to stay an hour later in the afternoon? This was my first and best lesson in politics. When you promise something, someone somewhere has to pay, and when your mouth makes a promise that your a$$ can't cover, be prepared for the consequences. Mr. Obama, you should have had Edna Hellstern for your Principal.