Obama's backpedaling begins
Check this out:
John Podesta, co-chairman of Obama's transition team, told reporters... "We are announcing rules that are the strictest, the most far-reaching ethics rules of any transition team in history."
This has the unmistakeable pungent stench of beltway bullshit... Weaselwords from a Clinton-era master of the genre. Which campaign promise will Obama weasel out of next?
Kynn
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Well sometime reality trumps ideology. It would be impossible to hire folks who knew what they were doing, how things worked who probably were not a lobbyist at some point.
The stringent rules give me a bit of hope.
November 12, 2008 6:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
You can't throw a styrofoam peanut in Washington without hitting a lobbyist. Who did you think he was going to hire? Us?
November 12, 2008 6:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Give the guy a break! Oh. And grow up too.
November 12, 2008 6:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wow. Have you ever killed any of your friends for giving you a funny look?
November 12, 2008 7:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Uhhhmm, excuse me? I'm not sure about your position. If I understand you correctly however, Podesta claims that this new administration will embrace very strong ethics rules. You believe that his statement is a lie, and argue therefore that "Obama's backpedaling begins."
Yer weird. Entertainingly paranoiac, but weird.
November 12, 2008 10:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'd say Obama breaks his promise to give college students $4,000 in exchange for 100 hours of community service.
November 13, 2008 12:56 AM | Reply | Permalink