We all know Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election and made history. As a prominent Democrat, it was only a matter of time before the Republican Party would go all-out in their attempts to paint him in a negative light. This time around, it’s a completely shameful set of attempts to link Obama to disgraced Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich.

As we’ve all seen in the news, Blagojevich looks to be a real douchebag. He apparently had his hand in all manner of questionable pies, including attempting to “sell” Obama’s now-vacate Senate seat. If proven guilty, he definitely deserves whatever punishments come his way. Meanwhile, prosecuting attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has made clear that Obama had nothing to do with Blagojevich’s activities, and even admonished people not to jump to conclusions on the case.

But does that stop the right wing? Oh, of course not. They’ve relentlessly attacked Obama since the story broke, on par with their attacks building up to the election. The man’s not even president yet, and they’re already trying to break him, and convince the American public that he’s “corrupt.” And, of course, a majority of media outlets are following them lockstep; it’s eerily reminiscent of the media’s dragging the Clintons through the mud during the 1990s. Remember Whitewater? The media and GOP brutally and viciously smeared the Clintons during that whole affair, and at the end…the Clintons were proven to have engaged in no wrongdoing whatsoever.

They’re trying the same thing all over again with Blagojevich’s problems, and desperately trying to find a way to blame Obama for it. I realize that GOP and their cronies are absolutely terrified of having a Democrat in the White House, let alone one who isn’t white, but this is disgusting. This is why American politics tend to make me seethe with rage at best, and become violently ill at worst.