Tag: "Tony Rezko"

Silver Linings for Obama, Courtesy of the NYT

| December 10, 2008 | Comments (0)

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 [...]

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No Lobbyists Allowed…Kind of.

| November 12, 2008 | Comments (0)

What? You thought things would be different? The Obama transition team, meanwhile, unveiled new rules yesterday on hiring lobbyists that are different than any previous administration’s. But is this a change you can believe in? Forgive the mocking of campaign rhetoric, but get used to it, because John Podesta’s explanation yesterday of how 44 will [...]

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The Curiously Incurious Media

| October 25, 2008 | Comments (4)

Is there bias toward Barack Obama in the media? Well, of course there is. You’d have to be blind and deaf not to notice and even then there’s a fair chance that you’d sense the near-constant thrill running up many a journalistic leg. Michael Malone has noticed too. His notice is exceptional because he is [...]

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Play that Funky Race Card, White Boy

Play that Funky Race Card, White Boy

| October 15, 2008 | Comments (0)

Roger Simon (the bad one who works for Politico) has a laughable article today on race and politics. Well, it’s actually not as serious as all that. It’s basically an article telling us how when he saw John McCain on the campaign trail, it made him want to run and hide because he thought that [...]

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McCain to Obama: Oh, Now It’s On Rookie!

McCain to Obama: Oh, Now It’s On Rookie!

| August 21, 2008 | Comments (12)

One of the big knocks on John McCain is that he has not gone after Barack Obama nearly enough this campaign. McCain has maintained that he doesn’t like to campaign that way but we know that he can because he has in the past, as conservatives who supported the Bush tax cuts and opposed his [...]

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