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Barack Obama should tell Blago to F&@K off. . . .

I may have to revise this to include Blago, but for now, the principle applies:

Next time you choose
To get your name in the news
There's a bridge to be burned
Guess what--you lose

Just what made my Reverend Wright
Think his racist rants were alright
Everyone knows in a tight fight
I need votes that are white

But he hurt my hopes
He hurt my hopes
He hurt my White-House-try don't-deny hopes

So if we've been friends very long
But you do me wrong
There's no longer an "us"
Oops, there goes another one under the bus
Oops, there goes another one under the bus
Oops, there goes another one under the bus

When scandals break
And you've made a mistake
There's a bridge to be burned
My name's at stake

My pal Rezko got me a house
Room for me, my kids, and my spouse
But losin' a trial has aroused doubts
Now I think he's a louse

'Cause he hurt my hopes
He hurt my hopes
He hurt my White-House-try don't-deny hopes

So if you've been a friend of mine
Better get in line
Your turn's comin' like thus
Oops, there goes another one under the bus
Oops, there goes another one under the bus
Oops, there goes another one under the bus

('Cause he hurt my hopes
He hurt my hopes
He hurt my White-House-try don't-deny hopes)

So if you make my numbers slip
You'll soon take a trip
Where you're covered with dust
Oops, there goes another one under the bus
Oops, there goes another one under the bus
Oops, there goes another one under the bus
The bus!

The original “High Hopes” was sung by Frank Sinatra in the movie “Hole In The Head.” It starred Frank Sinatra as the owner of a rundown residence hotel in Miami Beach. This movie was brought to mind when many years after the movie was made, I visited the father of a friend of mine who was managing a rundown residence hotel in...Miami Beach. None of that “Miami Vice” celebrity. Just a depressing rundown hotel filled with people living out their final years. Very depressing. Plus my friend’s father also found it depressing. But that was the job he was stuck with. Sort of a comedown from when he used to manage a glamorous hotel in Jamaica. < /nostalgia>