Chicago Politics Stains Obama

Townhall.com ^ | December 13, 2008 | Michael Barone

[Popman]

But there is an old saying that in politics nothing is free -- there is just some question about when you pay the price. Obama is paying it now.

Come on!

You have got to be kidding me, Barone. Damn, put down that Kool-Aid

Obama paying a price ???

Where???

I haven't read, heard, listened to any media pundit ask about this in depth. Even when Axelrod did a two somersault back flip on Obama meeting with Blago, hardly a word was said.

[gigster]

That was as far as I read into the post, and I didn’t read any further.
What a Maroon!

[Salamander]

“I guess he is saying that Obama was the only virgin in the Chicago whorehouse”

You misspelled “homo”....:)

[Go ahead! Zot me! I no longer care!].....;-D

[randita]

Really? They broke off communications...promptly? So there were no more "communications" then after a pay to play for Jarrett was turned down. Is that correct?

In the calls recorded from Nov. 10-13, there are constant communications from Blago to D.C. Advisors (we don't know who those advisors were). From the first call to the last, the subject was pay to play. So, no, communications were not stopped promptly after the pay to play was proposed.

The issue of pay to play was still being actively pursued up until the last call on Nov. 13 referenced in the complaint. It had not been settled yet.

There are 3 more weeks of wiretapped conversations after Nov. 13, none of them are referenced in the current complaint, so no one knows what might be on them.

[Bahbah]

So, no, communications were not stopped promptly after the pay to play was proposed.

I am so SHOCKED! After all, the PEBO told us (forcefully and strongly, as Carl Cameron insisted on characterizing it) that there was no deal making by his team.

I guess that means that they failed to finalize a deal. He chooses his words so carefully, kind of like Bubba.

[This_far]

“Blagojevich simply refused or asked for something improper in return and Team Obama promptly broke off communications.”

I don’t have the transcript at hand, but Obama’s first TV press show, was that he had no... blah blah and he stopped short of saying “WHAT SO EVER”... contact (anyone else catch that?).

Now perhaps, it was just a simple use of common terminology, or did he catch himself?

I did think that he went into Ralph Cramden mode immediately afterwards though (or Kennedyish)... huminah, huminah, huminah...

[This_far]

Teddy the red nosed Senator

Not promoting anything or anyone... it’s Christmas and that’s on my play list. (has been for years)

[aruanan]

Chicago Politics Stains Obama

Like a shirt made from a bolt of cloth soaked in a tub of dye for years is merely "stained."

[Las Vegas Ron]

He is also smart and professional enough not to let emotion trump rationality.

I'm betting you think zero is as pure as the wind driven snow too

[Bunkasaurus]

you lose

[Congressman Billybob]

Precisely. What did Obama's representative, probably his top dog Rahm Emanuel, do and say, how often, with which reps of Governor Blago? Only when that truth comes out and we can judge it for ourselves, will the book be closed on the Obama angle of the Governor Blago problem.

Congressman Billybob

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[Las Vegas Ron]

Then why the support of the one?

Do you think he's innocent of any Chicago style thug politics like his land deal with Rezco?

[Boiling Pots]

Whether you agree with his lefty politics or not, he has been very accomplished, that is a fact that cannot be denied.

He has shepherded major pieces of legislation through the Senate in his 46 years as Senator, and has been, by far, the most influential Kennedy in American history.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Obama has profited greatly from his careful climb through Chicago politics. But there is an old saying that in politics nothing is free -- there is just some question about when you pay the price. Obama is paying it now.

I don't see that Obama will pay any price. If my local paper is an example, there's no coverage that's making Obama look bad.

[Hawthorn]

>> And Edward Kennedy has turned out to be an able and accomplished senator. <<

Certainly a true statement. Granted that you and I utterly despise Teddy and just about everything he has been “able” to “accomplish.” But that doesn’s mean Barone’s description is inaccurate.

[Bunkasaurus]

I wasn’t talking about O.
My post was addressing someone else’s criticism of Barone re: Kennedy

[uncbob]

And Chicago vote fraud along with the same thing in Texas gave JFK the presidency

Too bad Barone didn’t mention that

[Ditter]

I don't remember the vote fraud in Texas that elected JFK, jog my memory. I have read about the vote fraud that got LBJ elected to congress but that was before my time.

[Canedawg]

A “stain” as in the mark of the beast?

Yes, he is stained.

[SERKIT]

As a resident of Illinois, NONE the the shenanigans have surprised me. Every position has a price tag. The award of every contract has a price tag. Every political appointment has a price tag. Nothing to see here...move along.

While Blago is twisting in the wind, don't take your eye off the ball in New York - Hillary's (rather wide) seat has a price, too. Clintons don't do 'nuthin for nuthin'.