Maybe you’re one of the poor, deluded fools who thinks that the arrest of Barack Obama’s close political ally Governor Blagojevich might cause him some small amount of trouble. I know I was. After all, did not Obama enthusiastically endorse the Governor when he was running for re-election in 2006 even though he knew full well that the man was up to his eyeballs in a corruption investigation involving hiring practices? And is this not the same Governor with whom Obama shared a campaign money man named Tony Rezko – the selfsame Tony Rezko who helped Obama to a sweetheart deal on a house and land not all that long ago?
Yes, well, that shows you what you know. As it happens, not only is Governor Blagojevich’s arrest not trouble for the President-Elect, it’s a good thing for him. Y’see, according to the New York Times, Barack Obama actually helped make that arrest happen!
In a sequence of events that neatly captures the contradictions of Barack Obama’s rise through Illinois politics, a phone call he made three months ago to urge passage of a state ethics bill indirectly contributed to the downfall of a fellow Democrat he twice supported, Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich. …
Beyond the irony of its outcome, Mr. Obama’s unusual decision to inject himself into a statewide issue during the height of his presidential campaign was a reminder that despite his historic ascendancy to the White House, he has never quite escaped the murky and insular world of Illinois politics. It is a world he has long navigated, to the consternation of his critics, by engaging in a kind of realpolitik, Chicago-style, which allowed him to draw strength from his relationships with important players without becoming compromised by their many weaknesses.
I suspect that the reason he’s not been “compromised by their many weaknesses” is because MSM outlets like the New York Times have spent the better part of two years giving him wet sloppies on a regular basis instead of reporting on the compromises he has made in order to get along in the corrupt Chicago political machine.
(via John J Miller)
Tags: Barack Obama, Corruption, Governor Rod Blagojevich, Media Bias, New York Times, Tony Rezko
