Can We Question Obama’s Judgment Yet?

• December 10, 2008

As the Blagojevich hoopla intensifies, the question on everyone’s mind is: What did Obama and his people know and when did they know it? According to section 104 of the affidavit accompanying the complaint that put Blago in jail today the Guv is on the record saying that the Obama camp wasn’t interested in giving him anything for the appointment. Democrats had better hope, then, that it was a member of the Obama camp that reported Blago to the feds, because there is now no denying that they knew he was looking to cash in on some illegal quid pro quo.
But even if it turns out that Obama did the right thing and turned Blago in, isn’t it about time for us to start questioning Obama’s judgment?
According to Jack Tapper, Obama was instrumental in getting Blagojevich elected:

…it should be pointed out, Mr. Obama has a relationship with Mr. Blagojevich, having not only endorsed Blagojevich in 2002 and 2006, but having served as a top adviser to the Illinois governor in his first 2002 run for the state house.
That 2002 endorsement came at the same time that Axelrod had such serious concerns about whether Blagojevich was ready for governing he refused to work for his one-time client.
According to Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., Mr. Obama’s incoming White House chief of staff, Emanuel, then-state senator Obama, a third Blagojevich aide, and Blagojevich’s campaign co-chair, David Wilhelm, were the top strategists of Blagojevich’s 2002 gubernatorial victory.

Obama has had a relatively short tenure in politics, and during that time the people he’s kept closest to him have been:
Jeremiah “God Damn America” Wright
William Ayers
Tony Rezko
Alexi Giannoulias
Now add Rod Blagojevich to the list.
These are people Obama surrounded himself with. People he helped obtain power, and people who helped him attain power.
Which speaks volumes about The One’s judgment, doesn’t it?

Tags: Domestic Issues, Politics

http://insanereindeer.blogspot.com/ Kenny

Reading the endictment…it seems pretty clear that RB and BO had several convos about it. Sections 104, 105, 108, etc.

Seems RB figured that even if Obama wouldn’t pony up the money, he might convince one of his friends to.
SigFan

First thing a defense attorney will tell you is, DENY, DENY, DENY. Don’t know if Blago’s an attorney, but we do know who was once the editor of the Harvard Law Review don’t we?

Obama sure seems to know a lot of nothing about anything. Wonder how anyone thought he was smart enought to be the president? My Shetland Sheepdogs are smarter and have more character than this loser.

BTW – Has anyone else noticed how the lamestream media is already trying to help BO Plenty cover up the stink?
harry

BO is a bureaucrat, of course you can question his judgement.
welder4

You question he answers, like this ,”I did not know him then or he was on his own , I know nothing about it , he is not the guy I once knew. He will throw them all under his bus which is still running like Christine in the parking lot ready an waiting for her next victim. Who will question Obama certainly not the news media .
NoJelly

C’mon, this should have been forecast wa-a-a-a-a-y back when…This is just Chicago politics as it transitions to the national stage. We’ll get used to it, start treating shit like this the way the good folks of Illinois do: Ignore it completely. Right now they’re scouring the downtown poolhalls looking for their next governer…
HG

I’m holding out for the “judge not that ye be not judged” defense here. I know it’s absurd, but what else has Obama got at this point? His extremely poor judgment is painfully obvious.
http://magyartruth.blogspot.com/ Chief RZ

How do you think JFK won the election? At least Nixon conceded gracefully.
http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

I don’t think there’s any question. Obama hangs out with a bunch of disreputable people.

He has no judgment.
Kurt

Knowing about Chicago, all these hoodlums are cut from the same dirty fabric. BO came from the same political culture as did this corrupt governor. They all know each other. BO won his first race for office not by getting more votes than the other folks, but by arranging to have his opponents – ALL of them – kicked off the ballot. That is the Chicago way of politics. Claiming “I don’t know a thing” doesn’t cut it and I don’t believe it.

If I didn’t know better, this country looks more like a South American banana republic.

SayAnythingBlog.com

Can We Question Obama’s Judgment Yet?

Create a SAB Readerblog

Recent Comments