Hate to admit it... 
but I had to look up "sinecures" to find it means: 1. A position or office that requires little or no work but provides a salary. 2. Any elective office that has a Democrat serving in the position.
Posted on 03/06/2008 1:52:40 PM PST by jdm
Tony Rezko’s trial has hardly begun, and already Barack Obama has more questions to answer. Rezko faces multiple charges of corruption in federal court, in part regarding his influence in getting jobs for cronies in city and state jobs. Now it looks like a few of those jobs went to Obama staffers, including one currently on the presidential campaign:
Did Barack Obama use indicted campaign fund-raiser Tony Rezko as a conduit to get jobs for people in Gov. Blagojevich’s administration?
The question arises from a list of 39 people Rezko’s lawyers said in a court filing he urged Blagojevich to give state jobs. …
Among those on the list were two people who appear to have Obama links and a third who’s now an Obama presidential campaign staffer.
But did the names come from Obama? His campaign staff’s short answer: Don’t know — but it’s possible.
Hardly a ringing denial. The Obama team must have learned something from the NAFTA Dance — don’t make categorical denials that can blow up in your face later. Instead, they probably hope to disarm this through a mix of downplaying and admissions.
Wait until the testimony begins and the rest of the Rezko machinations come to light. This could get ugly very quickly for Obama.
UPDATE: Or perhaps not. Read Rick Moran’s primer on the Chicago Way based on a John Kass column in today’s Chicago Tribune:
You know the movie “The Untouchables” in which Connery played the only Chicago cop in city history with a Scottish accent? “He [ Al Capone] puts one of yours in the hospital, you put one of his in the morgue…” says Connery’s cop. “That’s the Chicago Way.”
Perhaps.
Chicago’s mob — we call it the Outfit — was slapped last summer by federal prosecutors in the Operation Family Secrets trial that convicted Outfit bosses, and cops and put political figures in with them. We’ve had our chief of detectives sent to prison for running the Outfit’s jewelry-heist ring. And we’ve had white guys with Outfit connections get $100 million in affirmative action contracts from their drinking buddy, Mayor Richard Daley, who must have seen them pink and white and male at some point.
That’s the Chicago Way.
Rick is, ah, less than optimistic that the national media will figure this out.
I learned a word today. I had to look up sinecures.
Just add that to the newly revealed facts that positions on Obama’s staff are sinecures for Farrakhan’s inner circle.
ping
Sounds to me like a simple case of Community Organizing by the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy ... I mean, that's a storybook, man.
Q: How does a civil servant wink?
A: He opens one eye.
Hillary is probably so happy to see headlines like that!
si·ne·cure
1. A position or office that requires little or no work but provides a salary.
2. Archaic An ecclesiastical benefice not attached to the spiritual duties of a parish.
[From Medieval Latin (beneficium) sine cūrā, (benefice) without cure (of souls) : Latin sine, without + Latin cūrā, ablative of cūra, care; see cure.]
:)
The least you could have done is post what it meant so I didn't have to look it up also. :-)
Wow! A recent Word of the Day appeared in a headline!
Hate to admit it... but I had to look up "sinecures" to find it means: 1. A position or office that requires little or no work but provides a salary. 2. Any elective office that has a Democrat serving in the position.
LOL
3. Any administrative position in the government of Gov. Christine Gregiore of Washington State: [see 1 above].
I was going to say the same thing in a different way...so Obamma IS experienced!
It’s easy for him,give up on the income taxes issue and put pressure on the Library file releases.
I, too, looked it up and it will be easy to remember.
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