Nesbitt, Jarrett, 0, Whitaker
But Pres. Bush was castigated for being insulated .. in a 'bubble' and having several Texans in the WH.
The world and all its known definitions therein are hereinafter c*h*a*n*g*e*d.
Posted on 12/13/2008 11:10:58 PM PST by STARWISE
Last Sunday night, President-elect Barack Obama’s three closest friends — Valerie Jarrett, Martin Nesbitt and Dr. Eric Whitaker — sat down in the study of Mr. Nesbitt’s house in Chicago for one of their increasingly frequent heart-to-hearts.
*snip*
In the presidential campaign, the Obamas had a “no new friends” rule, surrounding themselves with a coterie of familiar faces.
Even if the Obamas lift that rule in Washington, newcomers are unlikely to replicate the intensity of this group’s ties, formed over more than a decade by births and deaths, Scrabble games, barbecues and vacations, but also by shared beliefs about race, success and responsibility.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Nesbitt, Jarrett, 0, Whitaker
But Pres. Bush was castigated for being insulated .. in a 'bubble' and having several Texans in the WH.
The world and all its known definitions therein are hereinafter c*h*a*n*g*e*d.
~~PING!
gag he’s a piece of shi*
Yeah hide baby 0 hide .
Nah, it's that Constitution thing.
Oh well, maybe he'll just find a better job.
Elsewhere.
Where are all the caucasian, asian, and latino friends?
What a coincidence. Val who’s also a slumlord (Habitat, Grove Parc), Nesbitt who was the housing guy who shifted stuff to them, Whit who was with IDPH (don’t get me started, that goes with Michelle as well).
Val
http://www.judicialwatch.org/news/2008/nov/obama-advisor-valerie-jarrett-linked-real-estate-scandals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuUfSI_Uy34
Marty
http://www.barackbook.com/Profiles/MartinNesbitt.htm
Whit
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/10/obamas_pal_eric_whitaker_his_t.html (and the last comment is being nice)
You’ll appreciate this one re: TRS board scheme, etc. (notes names in whole article, trust me):
However, on March 14, 2008, during an interview with the Tribune, Obama was finally asked directly: “Did you have discussions with him [Rezko] about either recommendations that you sought for people or recommendations that he was making?”
“I did not have any formal discussions with Tony,” Obama said, “beyond one individual, and that was Dr. Eric Whitaker, who ultimately became the head of the Illinois Department of Public Health and who had been a longtime friend of mine, who I had known since he was getting his master’s at Harvard and I was at the law school there.”
“He had expressed an interest in that post,” Obama informed the Tribune.
“I think he had applied separately,” Obama said, “but I don’t recall whether I called Tony or he called me.”
“And I simply said, ‘I think this guy is outstanding and is certainly somebody who is worthy of an interview,’” he added.
“And was it your understanding that Tony was going to effectuate that?” the Tribune asked.
“No,” Obama said. “What I knew was, and I don’t think this has been disputed, that he was one of a number of people within the Blagojevich circle who were, you know, helping to screen or interview potential candidates for administration posts.”
The job Obama recommended for his friend paid about $150,000 a year. However, Eric Whitaker is now an executive vice-president of the University of Chicago Medical Center, according to [Lynn Sweet in] the March 9, 2008, Sun-Times. That would be the same employer that pays Michelle Obama a salary of close to $350,000 as a vice president.
http://rezkowatch.blogspot.com/search?q=eric+whitaker
Everyone must go back and read Operation Board Games, Curtain Time for Obama, Obama Wizard of Oz by Evelyn Pringle. People can not imagine how every single person he associates with is dirty. Scroll right sidebar under ‘Top Posts’:
http://therealbarackobama.wordpress.com/
Psst, did you see the Auchi apology? Guess where this will lead to as well...
OT: How is it no one noticed most of the ‘under the bus’ crowd (Malley, Susan, others), ended right back in and on the hill?
in jail?
Do they all have one white parent? Do they stick together because the other reindeer won’t let them play reindeer games?
ROFL!
Wow, what a stupid, cheesy, propaganda piece this is.
Creamy cheesey.
Had it been Bush, the title would’ve been “Bush Mob Circles The Wagons”
They are smiling because they got the con and America was the mark.
It's called a cell. An exceptionally secure way to operate a purposely secret organization.
Good examples would be the WW2 French Resistance, the terrorist group Al Qaeda, and sophisticated criminal enterprises. In addition to the physical security it offers, it advances the legal gambit of plausible deniability to all members of the organization.
Here's a simplified example: The leader has perhaps four cells, each containing five Senior vice presidents plus himself. Each Sr vice president has three to four cells where he directs lieutenants. The lieutants have their own cell's and so on. The security and plausible deniability are achieved by members having minimal or no knowledge of events or identities outside the cells for which they are members.
You'll see more and more evidence Obama has organized himself this way. The current Blaojevich/Obama action is a good example. Obama's staffer(s) may be implicated but nothing will ever be attributed to "the one". What would you expect from a Chicago politician?
In Chicago? Never! Everything's based on merit, and never on who you know, and no one's every guilty of "wrongdoing." Just ask Lynn Sweet:
Five years ago, Obama, then an Illinois state senator, gave a "glowing'' reference for Whitaker to Tony Rezko, the now-convicted political fixer who helped Gov. Blagojevich find people to run state agencies. Blagojevich hired Whitaker to be the state's public health director....
He oversaw the budget of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, which approves medical construction projects. Rezko and his associates controlled that board, which they used to solicit kickbacks and payoffs, according to testimony at Rezko's trial. Rezko was convicted. Whitaker, who said he wasn't involved in the board's day-to-day operations, was never accused of any wrongdoing....
Whitaker left the state payroll a year ago and joined Obama's wife Michelle as a high-ranking executive at the University of Chicago Medical Center. When he was hired, U. of C. was seeking permission to expand its children's hospital -- one of five expansions the university sought from the state while Whitaker was health director. All were approved by the planning board. Whitaker and the U. of C. said he had nothing to do with those approvals.
When Jarrett left the mayor's office for the planning commission, she took her protégé [Michelle Obama] with her. Later, Michelle served as an employee-officer of first the University of Chicago and later the medical center during Jarrett's tenure on both boards. Similarly, as Barack's political ambitions began to gel, Jarrett was on hand with thoughtful counsel--as well.
For more on Vallerie Jarrett's "modest background" (to use the NYT's quaint euphemism) see Meet Valerie Jarrett, Barack Obama's fixer. It's from the leftist New Republic, and even though it's a positive spin on Jarrett, they do describe her as "deep in the heart" of the "Chicago Establishment." Even TNR hasn't sunk to the depths of dishonesty that the Times has in its mythification of all things Obama.
Exactly...Die NYT...just Die..I’m tired of the propaganda, and the Obamao has not been Enthroned as of yet..
Unfortunately, this group sounds all about race and payback.
Instead of moving forward; let’s push to punish.
How sad for everyone.
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