Posted on 12/11/2008 4:10:24 AM PST by PJ-Comix
Corruption to the left of him. Corruption to the right of him. Corruption right in front of him. Yet in spite of all this, Howard Fineman of Newsweek maintains that Barack Obama has been somehow hermetically sealed off from Chicago corruption throughout his political career. Fineman is merely echoing the premise currently being promoted by much of the media in his Newsweek article about Illinois governor Rod Blagovech and Jesse Jackson, Jr.. Fineman starts out by hinting that Jesse Jackson, Jr. was corruptible (emphasis mine):
What I know about the South Side of Chicago I know not from Barack Obama, but from Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. In the summer of 1997, I spent two days with him there. He was in his second term representing the area. He was fond of it, but the real message I got from him was: I want to be in the Loop, literally.
The son of the civil-rights leader had attended St. Albans School in Washington and gone on to earn a law degree. He of course knew the history of the movement, and revered it. He admired his dad, whom he called "The Rev." But it was clear that Junior hungered for proximity to established money and power.
He told me about the time that friends in the business world had taken him downtown for a tour of the Federal Reserve's branch on LaSalle Street. He had been ushered into the inner sanctum and shown the real stuff: bundled stacks of Benjamins.
Jackson laughed at the memory, but clearly was impressed. That was real clout, he said. That was the way the world really worked.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
PING!
Dennis Miller was funny last night. He said Obama’s supposed to be “smart” yet he never was aware about the goings on in the lives of those around him: Rezko, Ayers, Wright, Blag, etc. Miller said 0 was either extremely naive or disingenuous (I think that’s a nice way of saying he lies.)
Hopefully the canaries will sing.
That's how far you'd have to go to beleive Obozo isn't just like the rest of the Chicago scum.
Look, can we be clear on one thing: This is NOT a Democratic scandal. It is bi-partisan.
Why, because if the incoming president had been a Republican Senator, and the governor had been Republican, the same thing would have happened...they governor would have tried to sell off the Senate seat for personal gain.
How do I know that...oh come on, ever hear of Iran-Contra?
(just trying to pre-empt the MSM in rationalizing away the scandal)
The US media today would make Josef Goebels, as well as the editors of Pravda, green with envy.
Is there ANYTHING that Obama can do wrong in their eyes? Anything at all?
“Show me the people you associate with, and I’ll show you you.”
“My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there’s hardly any difference.” Harry S. Truman
Harry knew corruption, and benefited from it.
...and who are we to judge?
Haven’t we all tried to sell something for the best price? Let’s all hope this era of judgementalism ends soon.
Is there ANYTHING that Obama can do wrong in their eyes? Anything at all?
The media wil not be denied their Messiah.
America Held Hostage- the Obama Files...
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I'll keep doing it as long as there's something to say- or until we really are silenced.
As far as I am able, I will mirror this on our Canadian sister site, which has been moved to Panama due to censorship issues:
America Held Hostage- the Obama Files...
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And no, I am not kidding about that tagline-- I wish I were.
People really do get
the kind of government they want...
...and deserve.
"You asked for it,
you got it!
0-Merica..."
That pic is... gay. The horse and roses... gasp.
We need a new conservative party dedicated to smaller government..Say no to Demorats and GOP they are in it together.
There are none so blind as those who will not see.
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