The Story Change We Can Believe In
Dec 10, 2008 Political
This is our time, this is the our moment, change is on the way. And with words like these Barack Obama rode a wave of excitement all the way to an election victory marking the first time a black person has won that office and demonstrating that the Constitution means little to him.
Barack Obama’s change we need seems to be everything but what he promised people. The change they thought they were getting is a change of politics as usual in DC but it turns out that Obama is more of the same. He has selected a bunch of retreads from the Clinton years and he has backtracked on a number of his promises. The moonbats are very upset with him because he is now saying different things than he did when he wanted votes.
It also seems that the change he meant was that his people would change their stories in order to keep him from being further linked to bad things like the corruption that Illinois, particularly Chicago, is famous for. Twenty percent of the governors from that state have been indicted or convicted and the current criminal chief executive is no different. Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested yesterday after FBI agents used a LEGAL wiretap to intercept his calls. Seems the Governor was holding an auction for the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama. The governor made it clear that Obama has sex with mothers and that the seat was open to the highest bidder. Blagojevich made it clear that he wanted money.
One of the candidates for the seat was a person Obama wanted to get it but the governor was not happy about that stating that Obama would only give him some appreciation instead of a position in his administration. One would have to believe that Obama had spoken with the governor about his [Obama’s] preference and since the governor knew Obama was only offering praise it only makes sense to conclude that it must have been discussed. In other words, how did Blagojevich know he would only get gratitude if he had not discussed it?
But hold on now. There is no way that we are going to tie Obama to any of this. As a matter of fact, Obama said he had not spoken with the Governor and that he was not involved in any of it.
The problem is, a few weeks ago David Axelrod, Obama’s senior adviser, told Fox News Chicago that Barry had spoken with the governor:
While insisting that the President-elect had not expressed a favorite to replace him, and his inclination was to avoid being a “kingmaker,” Axelrod said, “I know he’s talked to the governor and there are a whole range of names many of which have surfaced, and I think he has a fondness for a lot of them.” [emphasis mine]
As is usual, the Obama team came out and denied this. They say that Axelrod merely misspoke when he was on Fox. Axlerod himself confirmed this. Yes, since it disputes what The One has said then it must have been a misstatement.
The problem is, Axlerod said I KNOW he’s talked to him. He did not say I think he did, or he might have, or I am unsure, he said I KNOW. How can this be a misstatement? If he said that Obama had spoken with him and then it turns out that he did not then he could have misspoken but in this case he said he knew it.
I believe that he did know it because nothing that Obama does happens without Axelrod knowing. This is exactly how he KNEW it. But, the story has to change because if it does not then Obama is a liar and we can’t have that when it comes to the Messiah. Obama, as is his pattern, threw Axelrod under the bus. Axelrod had to fall on his sword to ensure Obama was not caught in a lie.
When he said that he would bring change to Washington he meant that they would change their stories to whatever is convenient. Instead of change we can believe in we have changed stories that are hard to believe.
Obama spoke with disgraced governor Rod Blagojevich about this issue but The Sainted One is trying to distance himself from the controversy and he did that with a lie. Obama backed Blagojevich each time he ran for office and had good things to say about him. Turns out that he was not such a great guy after all. When will we hear; “Rod Blagojevich is not the governor I knew”? Hey you, get under the bus.
What did Barack Obama know and when did he know it? The governor already said that Obama would not pay to play so that means Obama knew about the game Blagojevich was playing. Why did Obama not go to the authorities? Of course it is because it is Illinois and this is how politics is done there so for Obama it was business as usual.
The guy is not even really the president elect yet. He has won the election but the Electors do not meet until the 15th to cast their votes. At that time he will be the PE. No, he is nothing yet and already we have scandals coming out that involve him even if it is in some tangential fashion. At the least it is a distraction and at the most it demonstrates the climate from which he came (and will undoubtedly take to the White House).
I wonder, at what point in his term will he surpass the number of scandals Clinton had? I also wonder if Axelrod feels stung by having to call himself a liar. If you are working for The One you had better get used to it because everyone else goes down before Obama.
Axelrod demonstrated that we can never trust his words again and he showed us that Obama is a liar who will cover his tracks at the expense of others.
As a challenge, someone find where anyone mentions that the governor is a DEMOCRAT…
As an aside, today is the day all the gays are calling out of work to protest the success of Proposition 8. They call it “A day without a gay.” To me that sounds great. We should have those everyday…
Sources:
Ben Smith’s Blog | ABC Political Punch | My Way News
Tags: axelrod, Blagojevich, chicago, corruption, illinois, liars, messiah, Obama, the one, under the bus
I Thought It Was Illegal To Fire US Attorneys
Dec 1, 2008 Political
Birmingham Alabama Mayor Larry Langford is in a bit of hot water. He has been indicted by a Grand Jury on charges that he made some shady deals. He is under a federal indictment for Securities and Exchange irregularities and for some shady county bond deals.
Alice Martin, the US Attorney for the area, has been working on this for some time and those close to the issue say it is not a surprise. The Langford people maintain that he did nothing wrong and that this will all work out. His attorney tried to have the federal case thrown out because he claims that the prosecutor failed to make a connection between payments to Langford by his friends and the millions of dollars in government business. Others involved are Al LaPierre and Bill Blount. The mayor’s chief of staff released this statement:
“As you know, the Mayor was detained this morning by federal authorities. We do not know the details of his detention at this time. City business will go on as usual as we are all here to do a job and we’ll continue to do our jobs to ensure we deliver the best services to the taxpayers of Birmingham. This is certainly no surprise to us — we anticipated something happening soon especially knowing Alice Martin’s days in office are numbered with the swearing in of a new president in late January — just a little over a month from now. We are glad the mayor will finally have his day in court. As members of his team, we stand behind him and look forward to the day when we can return the focus to the important issues before the city.” [emphasis mine] AL.com
I don’t care about the specifics of the case. A crooked politician is nothing new but the guy is black so we will certainly hear cries of racism. What is intriguing is that the mayor’s office is convinced that Alice Martin will be replaced because a new president is taking office. I had always assumed that the US Attorneys served at the pleasure of the president and that he was allowed to fire them whenever he wanted. Bill Clinton fired all of them [and Republicans charged that it was] to get rid of one who was close to indicting one of the Congressional Democrats (Dan Rostenkowski). But it was his prerogative to fire them.
All of this changed when George Bush fired seven or so of them. It does not matter why he fired them because they serve at his pleasure. He can fire them regardless of the reason. He can fire who he wants, when he wants. But the Democrats saw this differently and made a big stink about it.
They held investigations. They smeared the Attorney General. They accused President Bush of breaking the law because he fired them and then the Democrats continued this mantra for political gain. I think the biggest mistake Bush made in the issue was firing only a few. He should have fired all of them and then no one could make a mountain out of the mole hill.
In any event, Barack Obama would be wise to fire all US Attorneys even if he only wants to replace some of them. You see, if he fires Alice Martin and the case against Langford stalls or ends then he will have done what the Democrats accused Bush of. If he fires them all and hires back most of them then he will have played politics as usual and that is not the change he promised.
US Attorneys supposedly serve at the president’s pleasure but the Democrats redefined the entire relationship when they went after President Bush for firing some of them.
I would not be surprised if Obama fires Martin and Langford walks on all charges. A Grand Jury indicted him and it was not after three were convened. The Grand Jury was not badgered into returning an indictment. Both of these were the case with Tom DeLay and not one Democrat was interested in that because their goal was to get rid of him. His indictment, which has (as far as I am aware) never gone to trial was solely for political gain. But all was well with that case because DeLay is a Republican.
Langford is a Democrat a fact that, as best I can tell, is not disclosed in the article. If anyone can find where they mention his party affiliation I would appreciate it being pointed out (it is mentioned in the comments but not the article).
When it is a Republican in trouble the party affiliation is mentioned a number of times. Maybe the article’s writer assumed that we would know Langford is a Democrat because he is black. If I made that connection I would be viewed as racist…
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Tags: attorney general, birmingham, corruption, firings, langford, mayor, us attorney
If Rangel Were A Republican He’d Be In Jail
Nov 24, 2008 Political
Charlie Rangel is the moron Congressman from Harlem New York who acts more like a street hustler than a member of Congress. Rangel has been caught avoiding income taxes on property he owns and when it was exposed he claimed ignorance of the tax laws, the laws he writes since he heads that committee. He must be too busy pimping around in his expensive leased Caddy that the taxpayers foot the bill for to pay attention to his finances.
Rangel has four rent controlled apartments in New York when the laws says he can only have one and he uses one of them as an office even though that too is against the law. Now it looks as if Rangel used a DC Homestead exemption to avoid paying property taxes in the District.
This is a real problem because Rangel is not a resident of DC. He has property there because he works at the Capitol but his place of residence is New York. He must live in his district in order to represent it in Congress so that means he cannot take the Homestead credit in DC.
There are a number of other problems with what he has done and they all point to even more violations of the law (in addition to the violation that involves avoiding taxes) which could land Rangel in trouble, if someone would actually investigate the issue.
If He Were A Republican He’d Be Investigated
Democrats have no ethical principles so they will not investigate it. If a Republican breaks the law or some rule the Democrats are like bleating sheep making all kinds of noise and pointing out the infraction. Then they use the issue to tell America how ethical they are and how they deserve to be elected so that these kinds of things will not happen.
Of course, they happen quite frequently but Democrats refuse to investigate or put on some dog and pony show so it looks like they are investigating and then they leave it alone. Why is William Jefferson still in Congress?
I think that a new approach is in order and it is one that does not involve Congress. The people of New York (it might have to be limited to his district) need to file whatever papers are needed to have him removed from office because he is not a resident of Harlem. He has filed for, and received for a number of years, the DC Homestead credit which is only available to residents so Rangel has made himself a resident of DC.
He could probably argue that he was a resident of New York since he votes there. In that case they should offer him a new residence in a federal penitentiary. If he claims residency in one state and votes in another, illegal. If he filed the Homestead credit and he is not a resident, illegal. If he filed it to avoid taxes, very illegal. He has violated a number of laws and they should make him pay dearly for it. The linked article has all the pertinent information.
The Democrats should treat Rangel as they would were he a Republican.
That should get rid of him.
Tags: charlie rangel, corruption, homestead credit, irs, law breaker, tax evasion
Obama Is Spreading The Wealth
Oct 23, 2008 Political
Barack Obama has collected around 605 million dollars, some of it from legal donors who are not fictional characters. Obama understands how the world of Chicago politics works and he is very cleverly transferring 2 million dollars of that money to Mayor Daley and his crime machine.
Recently it was revealed that Obama was planning an election night party in Chicago (the one where he will charge reporters for access). The party will be a big, outside event because Obama’s ego does not allow anything else (acceptance speech).
Today it was reported that Mayor Daley has placed a 2 million dollar price tag on the event. Bingo, now you know how Obama will be able to transfer a couple of million dollars from his campaign war chest (money from all over the world) to the city of Chicago to help them with their budget woes. Barry could not write them a check but he can hold an extravagant event and pay them top dollar. Daley and Obama are experts at skirting the law in the tradition of Chicago politicians throughout history.
If he is this loose with your money as a candidate think how loose he will be with billions of dollars from all taxpayers.
Ever wonder how greedy Obama is? He has enough money that he will have to spend about 12 million a day before the election and he has sent out an email asking for another $10 from all his donors (I presume he even means the ones who have either maxed out or more than maxed out because he is really loose with the rules when it comes to taking in money). He could not possibly need that kind of money but he keeps asking for more.
Kind of sounds like how he will run government, should he be elected. Keep taking more and more so that he can spend more and more.
Now you know why they are called the tax and spend party. You also know that Barry has demonstrated that he really does believe in spreading the wealth around, especially to his crime boss friends.
Tags: chicago, corruption, daley, Obama
Obama’s Acorn Ties; They Will Help Shape His Agenda
Oct 18, 2008 Political
Barack Obama has been downplaying his association with ACORN, the group that he paid to commit voter fraud. He claims only to have represented them in litigation but the evidence shows his ties run deeper. In this video, he tells them that they will help shape his agenda:
The same people who helped bring us the housing crisis and are now committing acts of fraud in states across this country, acts paid for by Obama, will help shape his agenda.
Nice…
UPDATE: Democrats do steal votes
Tags: acorn, agenda, corruption, Obama, ties