Watching Obama on this video a couple things are apparent. The first is that he is deeply arrogant. "Don't waste your question." Wow.
The other thing is that he's vulnerable to corruption, and not very good at defending himself. He couldn't quite man-handle the reporter into dropping his question, but he sure thought he sounded clever trying. He's clueless about how ineffective his smarmy remarks are. His lofty rhetoric seems a world away in these contexts. To imagine that a guy rising so quickly through such a corrupt machine has emerged pure as the driven snow, unlike everyone else around him, is delusional. But the protection the media gave him during the campaign against really obvious questions has ill served him in preparation for the job (and let's face it, it's the only preparation for the job he's had). Get used to this kind of press conference. Rahm was caught on 21 post-election phone conversations talking with Blago about the Senate seat. Obama promised a lot of things he's brazenly gone back on, of which the promise to be hands off with this selection process is actually relatively minor. If we know anything about Rahm, it's that he's a ruthless partisan prick, an even more magnificent bastard than Rove, who is fully capable of everything Blago is accused of, and more. That Obama picked him to be his chief of staff should be a red flag to anyone who thought he was bringing a new era of post-partisanship to town. Then again, these people are mostly the kind of folks who like red flags anyway, so maybe I ask too much. They will probably all goosestep around the new Chicago thugocracy with partisan delight. - Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Michael Madigan > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 7:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [OT] Mr. Honesty caught in yet another lie. > > He said he would take a hands-off approach to picking a new senator and > it turns out that Rahm presented a list of acceptable candidates to > Blago. > > He said he would be transparent and honest, but now he refuses to > answer the questions. > > This may be turn out to make Bill Clinton's administration look like a > bunch of choir boys. > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT9_ZIUSLhY > > ************************************************* > Impeach Blagojevich > > http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmikewingmike > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
