Posted on 11/19/2008 10:57:58 AM PST by Victory111
Barack Obama’s personnel decisions as President-Elect are crushing any hopes that his administration will bring a new spirit of integrity and honesty to Washington. First there was the selection of Clinton attack dog Rahm Emanuel as his Chief of Staff. Then there was the selection of another Clinton crony, John Podesta, to co-chair Obama’s transition team. And now Barack Obama has tapped Valerie Jarrett to partner with Podesta in handling the transition.
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“Valerie Jarrett is a product of the corrupt Chicago political machine. Washington already has plenty of corruption; we don’t need to import more of it from Chicago.”
This writer doesn’t get it. Chicago corruption is new and improved. Obama only promised “change” to get rid of that stale, old-fashioned corruption that permeates the Beltway. Now we’re getting a much clearer idea of what kind of change Obama believes in.
Too bad there isn’t a “lemon law” for new presidents. Apart from those who never voted for this candidate of hope and change, there’s a fast-growing number of Obama voters who must be scratching their heads now and asking: Is THIS the change we voted for?
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