Obama Dirt Digger's Brand New Gig

Publius' Forum ^ | 2/12/09 | Warner Todd Huston

[Mobile Vulgus]

Back in 2007, many media outlets and their co-conspirators on the left were aghast that George W. Bush would try to place an "opposition researcher" for the GOP into the U.S. attorney general’s office in Arkansas. In high dudgeon, these folks claimed that Bush was "politicizing" the White House counsel and pinned it all on the evil Karl Rove. Bush's appointment was scuttled to satisfy critics. But, now Obama is doing the same thing -- only in a worse form -- and the same media and lefty critics are oddly silent.

Barack Obama has been fond of saying that his so-called stimulus bill has "shovel ready jobs" built into it. This would be jobs ready to go, make-work style things of little lasting worth that are reminiscent of FDR's feels-goodism of the New Deal. Regardless of what Obama really means about any association between shovels and jobs he certainly has at least one shovel-evoking job made up of whole cloth and manned by a likely suspect. I am talking here about Obama's new job for his dirt digger in residence, the newly minted job of "White House counsel research director."

It's a grand title for dirt digger, but there you have it...

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[Mobile Vulgus]

The "post political Washington" is an obvious lie. Too bad the media will never report it.

[jwparkerjr]

re: Bush’s appointment was scuttled to satisfy critics.

Sadly, all that had changed when the smoke cleared was that Bush’s appointment had been defeated, a victory for the other side. The criticism, bitching, moaning, harping, etc. just went right on, unabated.

We never seem to learn, whether it’s liberal, Democrats or terrorists giving in to them accomplishes nothing good for your side. For the other side it’s all good. They have once again managed to stampede you into going against your principles and it hasn’t cost them a thing.

We have no one to blame but ourselves. We fall for it time after time after time. They don’t do it to us, we do it to ourselves.

[mass55th]

FR thread mentioning Daly back in Dec. 2005:

Democrats Seek Records on Romney, Others