Posted on 12/16/2008 6:42:46 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
Rahm Emanuel, a congressman from Chicago and a friend of Obama's, told me that he, Obama, David Wilhelm, who was Blagojevich's campaign co-chair, and another Blagojevich aide were the top strategists of Blagojevich's victory. He and Obama "participated in a small group that met weekly when Rod was running for governor," Emanuel said. "We basically laid out the general election, Barack and I and these two." A spokesman for Blagojevich confirmed Emanuel's account, although David Wilhelm, who now works for Obama, said that Emanuel had overstated Obama's role. -- from Making It: How Chicago Shaped Obama, by Ryan Lizza, the New Yorker, July 21, 2008.
In one of the more incisive indictments of the MSM I've witnessed, certainly by one of its own, Joe Scarborough tore into the media this morning for its failure to have investigated Barack Obama's political roots. In particular, the Morning Joe host ripped the MSM for not testing the truth of Ryan Lizza's reporting, above, of Rahm Emanuel's claim that he and Obama were central figures in Blago's 2002 gubernatorial campaign. Scarborough pointed out that already this summer, when the Lizza article appeared, it was known that Blago was under a deep ethical cloud. Yet the MSM charged off to Wasilla to investigate Sarah Palin's librarian, utterly uninterested in the report of Obama's intimate link with America's most corrupt governor. John Harwood of NYT/CNBC and Mike Barnicle played the perfect foils for Scarborough's impassioned tirade, Barnicle going so far as to claim that no investigation was necessary: his "instinct" told him that Emanuel had overstated Obama's involvement with Blago's campaign.
Barnicle going so far as to claim that no investigation was necessary: his “instinct” told him that Emanuel had overstated Obama’s involvement with Blago’s campaign.
lol
Harwood seems to be profoundly unintelligent. Guess that is his main qualification for working at NYSlimes and NBC.
Harwood seems to be profoundly unintelligent. Guess that is his main qualification for working at NYSlimes and NBC.
bttt
The O.J. Simpson affair is illuminating. The first time around alternate justice was somehow understood, digested and accepted. But when recidivism came around, it all became merciless derision. Fooled me once your merit, fooled me twice my fault.
This is the real merit of insisting on the Birth Certificate, because regardless of the nit-picking law, trust in Obama gets demoted a notch... and eventually, after saying that he didn’t know, never met, wasn’t there... he’ll be the guy so slippery, elusive and secretive that he couldn’t even show his own birth certificate. And hopefully a media that accorded him so much blind trust, will begin to have a field day doing the vetting they had forgotten to do at the right time.
The new mindset runs entirely on emotions. As more dirt comes out... there might be a rollercoaster ride and there might be a helluva lot of shamed people, once all fuzzy and starry-eyed, welling up with anger.
"Instinct Journalism"
The journalist who continue to go along with Obama will forever have their reputation and careers ruined when Obi is no longer in power.
“Barnicle going so far as to claim that no investigation was necessary...”
This is the giveaway, like when Bill Clinton say that we’ll never know why Foster committed suicide.
Unfortunately for Obamachevniks, Blago is going to cut a deal and bring em all down. Hee hee...
“Blago is going to cut a deal and bring em all down. Hee hee...”
He’ll end up in jail and dying of a “heart attack” just like clinton cronie jim mcdougal.
Harwood’s claim to fame is his Dad was a noted Journalist.
Rahm Emanuel, a congressman from Chicago and a friend of Obama's, told me that he, Obama, David Wilhelm, who was Blagojevich's campaign co-chair, and another Blagojevich aide were the top strategists of Blagojevich's victory. ... although David Wilhelm, who now works for Obama, said that Emanuel had overstated Obama's role.Don't shoot me, but I think this David Wilhelm's statement is correct, more to the truth.
So IMHO Rahm Emanuel was tooting his own horn, stroking his ego but his and Barry's involvement with Blago's win was almost nil. The fact is any DEM would have won that election. Including a Dead Dog.
(1) There were three major candidates in the IL GOP primary. Two were conservatives that split that vote and got a combined 51%, and RINO Judy who got 38%, just as she later did in the GE. (Rumor had it one of the conservatives was a stalking horse for the IL GOP RINOs).
I'm now going to go bathe in Lye for 'defending' Rahm Emanuel and Barry O'Bammy.
See my tagline.
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