Obama, Granholm, Kwame, Michigan, and Lions: The results of hope and change

As a Michigan resident, I've seen people buy into hope and change many times. Granholm came into office promising to change things in Michigan- she did, for the worse. And she did such a bad job as Governor, we can only hope the next one is better. Kwame came in as Mayor of Detroit, promising change and hope. Now he's a convicted felon. And then there is the Lions.

The Detroit Lions are the worst-run NFL franchise, mostly due to inept leadership. When someone is handed a job and they don't have to earn it, it shows, and Mr. Ford was handed a car company and a sports franchise, and has not done well with either. Furthermore, he has given a job to Matt Millen, perhaps the worse General Manager ever in the history of any sport. I have no idea if he is a Democrat, but it would not surprise me, because every year as his teams suck, he goes through the liberal Michigan Democrat playbook- blame it on the previous guy, blame it on anyone who disagreed with him, blame it on unhappy workers, blame it on the people who pay the bills, and keep promising hope and change.

I'm getting a little sick of people in Michigan keep clamoring to change things. Yeah, the Lions weren't Superbowl teams in the 90's- but they were not the embarrassment they are now. Yeah, Michigan wasn't the most prosperous state in the 90's- but it was not the embarrassment it is now. Yeah, UM didn't win the BCS championship under Lloyd Carr, but they were not the embarrassment they are now. Yeah, Detroit was not a shining example before Kwame, but it was not the laughingstock it is now. And yeah, Bush might not have been the best President we've ever had- but anyone who votes for hope and change instead of character and experience is going to look back and say "at least under Bush America wasn't as bad as it is now."