If the Far Right thought they could "taint" President-elect Barack Obama with this Chicago-mob headline, there's no doubt they would do what they could to find a way to make it real. This is one of the point's made by Bob Cesca, as he outlined the double-standard now being applied to Barack Obama. I would have to agree, especially after watching how giddy republican talk show diva Tucker Bounds was while he discussed Illinois Gov. Blagojevitch’s problems on FOX News this morning. He was "all smiles" as he contemplated the implications of the Obama-Blagojevitch connection – even if it doesn’t exist, of course.
Cesca’s piece points out that, while George W. Bush openly embraced indicted Congressman Tom DeLay (R-Texas), and even gave him a ride on Air Force One to show his support, Barack Obama is already being hounded by nutcase consipiracy theorists. Incredibly, they want Obama to “explain all he knows” – even if he doesn’t know anything. The denial is all they want.
In a related note of partisan stupidity rearing its ugly head, Senate republicans are planning to torpedo the auto bailout because they’re worried about “the American taxpayer” and whether the money will be paid back. Huh?
After bailing out virtually every hiccup and sneeze thrown our way by the financial sector over the past 25 years (with taxpayer money), and then supporting President Bush’s $5 trillion budget deficit spending orgy, these guys want to quibble over $14 billion? Where’s their or outrage over the $300 billion that the financial sector has essentially shot down a rathole?
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: these guys are idiots.
- Mark
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