{"id":3786,"date":"2008-12-10T12:36:42","date_gmt":"2008-12-10T17:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=3786"},"modified":"2008-12-10T12:38:45","modified_gmt":"2008-12-10T17:38:45","slug":"i-believe-you-barack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=3786","title":{"rendered":"I Believe You, Barack"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barack Obama is denying involvement in the Senate Seat Auction<\/a>\u00a0perpetrated by Governor Rod Blagojevich of Illinois.<\/p>\n

…and I believe him. Sort of.<\/p>\n

I also believe that Barack knows this sort of thing runs rampant in Chicago. I believe Barack Obama had<\/em> to know this interchange\u00a0would ensue\u00a0despite his lack of direct<\/em> involvement. This is in no way proof of Obama’s involvement. At best, a thin and dotted line can be drawn based on the Governor’s expectation <\/em>that Barack Obama would become involved vis a vis his influence, if not financially. From the wiretaps…<\/p>\n

The governor discusses with his staff the possibility of getting a high-paying position with an organization called \u201cChange to Win,\u201d connected to the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). He would take the seat after resigning as governor. A \u201cthree-way deal\u201d is discussed. He would choose the person they believe is Mr. Obama\u2019s preferred candidate \u2014 \u201cSenate Candidate 1\u2033 \u2014 and the President-elect, they said, would find a way to influence someone to give him the Change to Win post.<\/p>\n

The governor knows that Mr. Obama wants \u201cSenate Candidate 1\u2033 for the seat but complains \u201cthey\u2019re not willing to give me anything except appreciation.\u201d In another call, the governor asks advisers if they think Mr. Obama can get Warren Buffet and others to put up $10 to $15 million for a foundation he could head.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If this drama were playing out\u00a0in Arizona with Senator McCain’s Senate Seat, the media would be going ballistic over this fiasco. In Illinois, this is de rigeur, as evidenced by the FBI initiating surveillance in October.<\/p>\n

We may be in for a series of controversies with an Obama administration as clearly “That One” has suffered from an association problem his entire political career and he may have other debts to pay.<\/p>\n

He learned well. Obama is a product of the most corrupt political system in America. He has heretofore exhibited little reluctance to associate with scum if it serves his greater ambitions. Having realized them, he may well regret what represents a clear pattern of poor decision-making. As Momma always said, be careful who you hang out with.<\/p>\n

As it stands, the media honeymoon may be over for their lovechild Barack Obama as this stuff makes for great ratings. As more details emerge, we may find the President-Elect in hot water.<\/p>\n

…hopefully not.<\/p>\n

As much as the GOP would have savored an opportunity like this during the campaign, the economy needs our government’s full attention, even if they haven’t a clue how to fix it. We don’t need another Clintonistic national distraction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Barack Obama is denying involvement in the Senate Seat Auction\u00a0perpetrated by Governor Rod Blagojevich of Illinois. …and I believe him. Sort of. I also believe that Barack knows this sort of thing runs rampant in Chicago. I believe Barack Obama had to know this interchange\u00a0would ensue\u00a0despite his lack of direct involvement. This is in no […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":228,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,20,4,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campaign-08","category-democrats","category-media","category-president-obama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/228"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}