Team Obama: Richardson misled us
posted at 5:06 pm on January 4, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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It looks as if Barack Obama and his transition team know how badly Bill Richardson’s resignation reflects on them. They have started leaking to the press that Richardson’s to blame for the embarrassing spectacle this afternoon of his withdrawal as a Cabinet nominee. Jake Tapper has the details:
Sources tell ABC News that officials on the Obama Transition Team feel that before he was formally offered the job of commerce secretary, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson was not forthcoming with them about the federal investigation that is looking into whether the governor steered a state contract towards a major financial contributor.
Once the investigation became more widely known through national media reports last month, sources tell ABC News, the Obama Transition Team realized the FBI would not be able to give Richardson a clean political bill of health before the new administration is ready to send his nomination up to the Senate for confirmation.
Meanwhile, Richardson and his team has to defend themselves:
The Richardson camp says the governor was forthcoming, with sources close to the governor noting that there had been reports about the controversy in local media such as the Albuquerque Journal as far back as August 2008. The governor discussed the investigation with the Obama team, they say, and believes that he and his administration have done nothing wrong.
I’d guess that Richardson probably didn’t disclose the extent of the problem. Richardson feels it necessary to resign now after the published reports from the last three weeks, but he had to know these issues when he accepted the position. If all that has happened since December 15th is that the facts he disclosed to Team Obama were made public, it would hardly require a resignation now.
But beyond that, this is a pretty lame attempt to shift blame away from the incoming administration. They should have done their own homework on Richardson once they heard about the investigation. In the end, they have the responsibility to make acceptable appointments for Cabinet positions. If the extent of the vetting Team Obama is doing is reading resumés and accepting explanations for federal investigations without question or further checking, then they’re pretty obviously incompetent at it.
They also seem to have no compunction about calling Richardson a liar in public. I wonder how that will play politically with their base.
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This has Clinton-stink written all over it.
TMK on January 4, 2009 at 6:38 PM
+1
The bureaucrats(who largely swing left) have used their institutionalized power to run deep interference for THE ONE!
I almost welcome the bankruptcy of hyperinflation since it may well force the Feds to implode.
sven10077 on January 4, 2009 at 6:38 PM
But Richardson DID get his finger in the air long enough to wrangle “the Hispanic vote” for Obama. Never ceases to amaze me how willing most on the Left are to be played.
S on January 4, 2009 at 6:39 PM
I’m tryng to figure out which will frustrate me more. The numberof these scandals that are sure to plague this administration (and hurt the nation as a whole) or the number of Obama’s followers who will act shocked and surprised as if it was unknown that someone as corrupt and blindly ambitionous as Obama was more than capable of carrying out such acts.
Yakko77 on January 4, 2009 at 6:40 PM
I wonder how that will play politically with their base.
Oh, they don’t care. They’re still dazzled by the rainbows and unicorns. The One can do no wrong, you see, so this is a good thing happening.
What I mean is, they don’t care about loyalty, except what they think is His loyalty to their political positions. That’s when the disillusionment will set in.
JeffWeimer on January 4, 2009 at 6:41 PM
What I am hearing about Richardson appears to be no different than other stories about Obama and the Clintons. The old quid pro quo thing. And it doesn’t sound like it was a crime he committed. I think Bill and Hill just wanted to toss Richardson and the FBI report was the excuse. What is Richardson going to do at this point ? If he opens his mouth he is finished within the party.
Congress is going to have hearings and the GOP is going to berate the cabinet nominees but they can’t bring up all of the dirt because they are just as guilty. This is simple pay back from the Clintons who right now seem to be in control.
JonRoss on January 4, 2009 at 6:42 PM
E pluribus tres, Bill Clinton, Hillary and boy king Barack. I can’t wait to see how this trilogy ends. The preview is schadenfreudig delicious. We’ll see the other Hsu drop ahead of the inauguration.
Entelechy on January 4, 2009 at 6:43 PM
I’m tryng to figure out which will frustrate me more. The numberof these scandals that are sure to plague this administration (and hurt the nation as a whole) or
OR the obvious cover Obarfy will be given by the media who will show little interest in even the biggest debacles.
Imagine what we would know and where the nation would be now if the azzlicking media jackals were to actually care about Obarfo’s background.
Bishop on January 4, 2009 at 6:43 PM
That was quicker then I thought.
rob verdi on January 4, 2009 at 6:43 PM
well, duh. i heard all about richardson’s problems long before he was appointed by bambi. most of what i learned, i read on rt. wing blogs. can axelrod not read?
kelley in virginia on January 4, 2009 at 6:43 PM
APPARENTLY, Obama and wife are too busy inviting celebrities “to perform” at “their,” uhh, crowning. That and dealing with resentments about not being able to use Blair House until later in January than they prefer.
These two, the most spoiled, petulent, immature and untrustworthy (and unstable accordingly) I’ve yet to read about — makes me long for the lost possibility of, say, the Helmesleys as more competent (by comparison) Executives (at least they owned a dog).
I’ll probably get investigated now, if not already. I’ve heard from a number of ordinary Americans who do (seriously) fear retributions for not supporting Obama.
S on January 4, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Actually, that’s the scary part. To get a Top Secret SCI (specialized compartmented information) clearance in the Navy, I had to disclose detailed information about all that I had done for the past 10 years to include my associates and finacial dealings.
Those standards don’t hold true of politicians who are “vetted” by dint of being elected to office. Obama is a man who counts terrorists among his closest friends, has questionable ties to Islam from foreign relations, and has many associates under federal indictment gets to see it all. He’d never get a security clearance under the normal rules.
highhopes on January 4, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Ya mean to tell me Team Obama made A mistake?
GarandFan on January 4, 2009 at 6:46 PM
That’s what you get when your only goal is to pick your cabinet faster than any other President-Elect.
Who want’s to be in my cabinet?
I do! I do!
Sit down Hillary, you know I always pick girls last.
Kevin in Southern Illinois on January 4, 2009 at 6:46 PM
This is from dKos. Many of the comments I read focused on the fact that what Richardson has done is minor compared to the vast evil of most any Republican.
snaggletoothie on January 4, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Hopefully Richardson’s offer to play for the A’s is still good.
Chuck Schick on January 4, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Obama can spend his annual millions-of-dollars’ worth Hawaii vacations but they couldn’t arrange (easily by first desire) to rent a house or secure a hotel suite in D.C. prior to the inauguration. The two most imbecilic, self-centered idiots to have ever attacked D.C.
Last I read, they’re now moving into a hotel for a week or so since Blair House could not be snatched from under the feet of established guests of the Presidency before mid January. But their move in that direction (hotel) seems to have been under protest: they actually assumed they’d just move on in.
S on January 4, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Humm? Is Teflon stock going up?
N4646W on January 4, 2009 at 6:51 PM
Somewhere, in the dark, Hillary is smiling a big, toothy smile.
And Bubba is upstairs doing the maid.
HornetSting on January 4, 2009 at 6:51 PM
Of course he can read. Richardson was just a useful fool and probably a willing one, too. His whole performance act was to wrangle that ethnicity vote and nothing else.
S on January 4, 2009 at 6:51 PM
Ya mean to tell me Team Obama made A mistake?
GarandFan on January 4, 2009 at 6:46 PM
What? No!
There was an error made by the Richardson team during its pre-op phase to ascertain whether certain criteria which is critical to the verfication process was properly certified and actualized, and this error caused undisclosed abnormalities within the indicated transitional team to be not only marginalized but also homogenized, pasteurized and liquified.
Duh.
Bishop on January 4, 2009 at 6:52 PM
I am expecting a full blown civil (or uncivil) war between the The One and the Billary (haven’t used that term in a while). I would thoroughly enjoy it but I am afraid the chaos is going to surround national defense and forign policy during a time of extreme danger. I suspect the defense secretary is not a fan of the Billary and the Billary as SOS will attempt to bully him. With Albright making policy and loyal to the Clintons and not really fond of America’s role in the world, we could see an emasculated defense secretary and a pissed military. Maybe I am worrying too much.
JonRoss on January 4, 2009 at 6:53 PM
But their move in that direction (hotel) seems to have been under protest: they actually assumed they’d just move on in.
S on January 4, 2009 at 6:48 PM
It’s hard to be fabulous. Cut the Obarfy’s some slack.
Bishop on January 4, 2009 at 6:54 PM
To SevenPercentSolution…..America doesn’t deserve the purple lip dude. Acorn and George Soros picked our POTUS. The rest of us are going to work, raising our families, being productive members of our communities, paying our mortgages, etc. How do we get these scumbags to take their corrupt hands off of our government. The pro-hamas rallies across America is evidence of how the real America has no control over anything. So educate your neighbor, get to work writing letters, harassing elected officials, and being active in helping each of us to get America back.
nondhimmie on January 4, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Agreed. And it’s not like any of this is coming to us a surprise. But for some, this and more was preferable to teh evil McCain. If he was elected, we could have fought him on amnesty and defeated his plans, just as Bush’s plan to have his personal lawyer become the next supreme court justice. Don’t believe me? Just ask supreme court justice Harriet Miers. I pray that the 4 to 8 years of an Obama presidency is worth it to the one issue so called conservatives who would rather have Obama as president so – by magic – we would have a real conservative president in 4 years.
wise_man on January 4, 2009 at 6:55 PM
CORRECT!
I’ve had more grueling inspection than Obama has for a few job applications. I guess that’s because I’m conservative, a Republican and rather pale.
Actually, seriously now, I think it’s because no one in the Democrat Party cares what the Constitution says and they’re continually in need of being led around by “celebrity” as long as it’s Communist and sympathizes with Karl Marx. If you vary outside that dogma, you get investigated, while anyone in that dogma doesn’t.
S on January 4, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Nobody crosses the Arkancide Grifters and gets away with it.
Fletch54 on January 4, 2009 at 6:56 PM
For me, it’s the former. Too many of Obama’s supporters are too damned stupid to know any better. They truly believe that all the world’s ills will be better the minute a corrupt Chicago politician takes office on January 20th.
The more interesting dynamic for me is how long Obama is able to keep from making a policy decision that is his alone without blaming Bush/Congress/etc. I’m not talking about stuff he changes by executive order (federal prohibition on killing life, for example). When do we see the first Obama “initiative.” Already we are hearing that the stimulus package he campaigned on won’t be in place by the time he takes office. When does the filthy bastard start leading?????
highhopes on January 4, 2009 at 6:56 PM
At this point, I think the more qualified candidate in the last election was Paris Hilton.
S on January 4, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Will you give it a rest, Wise. You’re like a broken record. He lost. Most of us conservatives know why. Get over it.
HornetSting on January 4, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Never heard of rats leaving a ship before it sails…
patch on January 4, 2009 at 6:57 PM
{{{{{HornetSting}}}}} – your hug for today, with regards,
Entelechy on January 4, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Richardson was a Clinton divorcee when the Obama team picked him up, it didn’t occur to them that maybe he’s damaged goods?
Maybe the only people Richardson could fool were people who’s moral compass was already broken.
How many fool me’s are yet to come?
Speakup on January 4, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Yeah, what’s next headlines telling us that one of his picks actually owns a gun and/or doesn’t recycle? Oh wait, his questionnaire covered that didn’t it.
Oldnuke on January 4, 2009 at 6:58 PM
CORRECT!
I’ve had more grueling inspection than Obama has for a few job applications. I guess that’s because I’m conservative, a Republican and rather pale.
I believe as long a you haven’t been indicted it doesn’t matter what an FBI report says. You don’t have to be vetted to be elected POTUS. The vetting is just for purposes of hiring personnel and threatening political opponents.
JonRoss on January 4, 2009 at 6:59 PM
@ highhopes: it’ll be interesting (not really) to see who Obama uses in his various opines and appearances as to blaming after President Bush is President no longer. Obama’s used that excuse into the ground, blaming “Bush”.
S on January 4, 2009 at 6:59 PM
I’m sorry, does this bother you?
There’s only about 4 to 8 years of this to come.
wise_man on January 4, 2009 at 6:59 PM
I pray that the 4 to 8 years of an Obama presidency is worth it to the one issue so called conservatives who would rather have Obama as president so – by magic – we would have a real conservative president in 4 years.
wise_man on January 4, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Amen brother.
I’m back to work building the bunker; in the old days that pro-Hamas rally would have been thrashed to pieces by outraged, patriotic Americans. Terrorist supporters in the streets and a matching headpiece in the White Office. Joy.
Bishop on January 4, 2009 at 7:00 PM
They won’t understand what it means. *chirp, chirp, chirp*
Mojave Mark on January 4, 2009 at 7:00 PM
*Hugs Back*
This is more fun than a Mexican Novella, without the donkey..uh, never mind…they are ALL donkey….
Pass the vodka and popcorn.
HornetSting on January 4, 2009 at 7:00 PM
And “Barack Obama” is proof of that. At least Paris Hilton is open and honest about her jail time.
S on January 4, 2009 at 7:00 PM
“White Office”? Wtf. White HOUSE.
I need a Steelers game.
Bishop on January 4, 2009 at 7:00 PM
That “magic” won’t happen because magically the One will charm the fools again, and fool the conservatives once more, and the media will once again crawl into his crotch.
Entelechy on January 4, 2009 at 7:00 PM
You are beating a dead horse, kind of like the one the R’s ran this past election. We are regrouping, McCain’s autopsy has been completed. Move on.
HornetSting on January 4, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Oh Please! You were so deep in the tank for McCain you would have had decompression sickness if you had to change candidates. You would have never fought McCain on amnesty or any other issue-you God-damned traitor. Let’s not add disconnected revisionist to the number of reasons why the extermination of people like you needs to happen before the GOP can move forward.
highhopes on January 4, 2009 at 7:02 PM
To sum it up,(for down the road).. the Democrat party misled the United States of America..
First this,..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJDVoFfIYSk
then, the sinking ship,…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5OUdj_YIpo
christene on January 4, 2009 at 7:02 PM
I’m thinking most of “the base” will just conclude that Bill and Barack decided not to have a beer together next Saturday: “no big deal“.
S on January 4, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Respectfully, if this mentality doesn’t end here, we will be looking at the loss of another chance to defeat the democrat in 4 years. I’d rather not see that happen again.
wise_man on January 4, 2009 at 7:03 PM
They’ll hear and watch THE DRUMS on the big coronation day and forget EVERYthing! Drums! Marching band of drummers! And they’re mostly ALL BLACK! No one will even remember Richardson after two minutes of that.
S on January 4, 2009 at 7:03 PM
McCain won the republican primary. At that point, I was taken back by the number of people who didn’t understand that simple concept. The moment to support Fred! or Huck or Mayor America was past. It was then down to two people, one of whom was guaranteed to win, the other, lose. And you hated McCain, and you wanted him to lose. You got your wish. So you are really not fooling anyone by calling me a traitor because I wanted Obama to lose. I didn’t advocate McCain here while the primaries were ongoing. I voted for Romney. My past here is wide open And so is yours.
You will have to answer to all of us because of your actions for the next 4 to 8 years. It’s your bed. Not mine.
wise_man on January 4, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Respectfully back, because I feel we are in the same book, if not page, Wise. BUT, I do have a question.
Do you believe that we need to rid ourselves of RINOS and other republicans that do not share conservative values and ideals?
Or, are you one of those big tent republicans that feel that we need to bend our values and ideals to include those that may not necessarily believe in conservative values to get a vote?
HornetSting on January 4, 2009 at 7:08 PM
The media frequently confuses itself with the Justice Department, and far too many politicians and voters are willing to let them get away with it. It’s always nice to see the actual Justice Department clear its throat and remind the press that people with (D) after their name can be investigated and indicted, too. You can’t really blame Bill Richardson or Blago for assuming they would be able to escape any scrutiny, and in Richardson’s case, I’m sure the Obama transition team made the same assumption. On the day justice finally catches up with B. Hussein Obama, the only people more surprised than B. Hussein Obama will be the editors of the New York Times, and the directors of the major television news networks.
Doctor Zero on January 4, 2009 at 7:09 PM
and as a person falling into a similar boat I backed McCain with my time and money and cared more about his victory, obviously, than Mr. Kill Campaigning there is a sorta crisis did.
McCain is done, and it is a good thing he is done. He was a deeply flawed candidate who has exposed the folly of our proclivity for open primary nomination proceedings in lieu of the donks closed races and caucii.
John McCain must NEVER be allowed to happen again. We could not defeat a flatout America hating Marxist traitor who may not even be legally eligible to run. The office requires a person who wants it badly enough to go hell bent for leather in its pursuit.
Not a guy more worried about losing honorably and lamenting “standing in the way of history”.
Palin ‘12
sven10077 on January 4, 2009 at 7:11 PM
No, S, you are right.
Richardson’s crowd will march into DC the next day.
The open borders, amnesty crowd, illegal aliens are going to march on Washington DC to demand their due. Full amnesty and the end of what we used to call a great country.
Day After the Inauguration….those close to DC need to march AGAINST the invasion of our country by criminals by launching a counter protest, telling those that are not supposed to be here to GO HOME!
HornetSting on January 4, 2009 at 7:11 PM
WOW … way too much piling on here.
The Obamination never promised sound judgment, just Hope, Change and a rousing speech (and that’s all you get).
We can all take solace in the knowledge that for the next 4 years our country will be run by Naughty Nancy’s “Most Ethical Congress in History”.
(Honey, call the contractor in Utah and see if our bunker will be finished by the Inauguration)
Chimp 6 on January 4, 2009 at 7:13 PM
Where is the hope and change?
All I see are holdovers from the Clinton Administration.
I would like to see this end Richardson’s career on the national stage, but I learn to never say never.
Even Elliot Spitzer is attempting to rehabilitate himself as a human being.
Next up, the Silk Pony, John Edwards.
And I am sick of hearing about McCain. He lost by 8 million votes.
If the Republicans run competent candidates and can answer the simple question of what it means to be a Republican, they will start winning elections.
I have voted Republican for 35 years, and I can’t articulate what the party stands for at this time.
If I am content losing elections, I would rather vote for third party candidates I like than whatever dead horses (think Dole and McCain) the Republicans run.
molonlabe28 on January 4, 2009 at 7:13 PM
The same point can be made with how weakly the media vetted Obama.
Obama skated into this presidency by avoiding what few questions he was asked. Most were softballs anyway or fawning fan-club queries. Obama must have assumed, given the soft treatment he was pampered with or having success by implying that interviewers were racist if they stepped over the line he drew in the sand, that his whole period in office would be a continuation of his life of political ease.
If, as John Q. Citizen, I was aware of the federal investigation of Richardson some months ago, how is it that Obama’s crack transition team with its ridiculous questionnaire to determine fitness was so clueless? I don’t even live anywhere near New Mexico, yet I knew about the questionable quid pro quo behavior of Richardson.
It’s time to ask some hard questions about the fitness of Eric Holder as potential AG, too.
The contributions to Bill Clinton’s library raise too many red flags about Hillary’s fitness to serve as Secretary of State. (Interestingly, her campaign bundler, Norman Hsu, provided financial favors to the Obama campaign, as well.)
Follow the money with this whole rotten Democrat machine. They seek office to serve themselves, not the people.
onlineanalyst on January 4, 2009 at 7:13 PM
From Tapper’s piece:
Funny what can happen when the national media actually do their damn job.
BuckeyeSam on January 4, 2009 at 7:14 PM
And the misleading just keeps on coming… Tomorrow the FEC decides whether or not to audit Obama. Here are lists of over-limit, foreign (yeah, BUNCHES OF THOSE!), and otherwise “redistributed” donations:
http://complaintstofederalelectioncommittee.wordpress.com/
Just go look and tell me how the FEC could not even consider auditing with so flagrant disregard for the law on full display.
UnderstandingisPower on January 4, 2009 at 7:14 PM
I figured Obama knew everything and didn’t care. After all, this is the guy who chose for his running mate a known plagiarist; why would somebody who thinks it’s okay to have Biden a heartbeat away from the presidency care that much about the baggage his nominee for commerce secretary has?
radjah shelduck on January 4, 2009 at 7:18 PM
Rid ourselves? All we have to do is not vote for them in the state primaries. When it comes down to a decision between a RINO and a democrat, at what point is it acceptable to support a democrat? The other republicans in our party who voted for McCain in the republican primary and made him our candidate are the ones who hold that responsibility. If I had my way, Mitt Romney would have been up against Obama. Or Hillary, as it looked like she was going to be the nominee back then. Its too bad that a better conservative wasn’t able to make the case to the republican voters. If Fred or Rudy would have been able to win, then I would have voted for them. Morons like highhopes aside, I dont see any reason for not supporting the candidate for president that my party picked. It’s life. Too bad we can’t all behave like 4 year old brats and cry and scream when things don’t go our way. McCain won, and that was the hand that we were dealt.
wise_man on January 4, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Hey- at this rate Obama might be a Republican by the time he leaves office!
anniekc on January 4, 2009 at 7:22 PM
Maybe if it sinks in the harbor..
the_nile on January 4, 2009 at 7:23 PM
Nope, grandma is just dust in the wind somewhere over the Pacific. (She did start out in Kansas, doncha know?)
onlineanalyst on January 4, 2009 at 7:25 PM
I AM BEYOUND WORDS. why is everyone surprised that people b.o. appoints are dubios when in fact he comes from the most corrupt political system in the u.s.
you know the terms i like? vet, experience, values, and MSM.
MSM made sure that b.o. got elected and the u.s. voters fell for it. the only person in the world that has a total disconnect with the american public other than b.o. is joe biden. a heartbeat away from the president? I SEE DUMB AND DUMBER.
one question. when did the economy start to tank? does any one want pelosi ried led economy?
TomLawler on January 4, 2009 at 7:25 PM
Let me say this, that this AIN’T the only misleading going on!
BobAnthony on January 4, 2009 at 7:28 PM
For what’s it worth, the local paper solicited “Letters to Obama.” It will never see print because it doesn’t fit the editorial narrative but my response follows:
Dear President-elect Obama:
I want you to use your unique position as the first multi-racial President to restore a sense that the federal government is operating ethically and for the greater good of all Americans instead of fulfilling partisan agendas. Your heritage offers you the ability to prove the old paradigms have changed by installing an administration that is bipartisan and beyond ethical reproach.
To date, you are falling short of this concept by stuffing your cabinet with Clinton-era retreads and having your incoming administration associated with THREE separate federal investigations/indictments (Tony Rezko, Rod Blagojevich, Bill Richardson). How are we to believe that you are changing the way government operates when so many of your colleagues and associates are facing criminal charges for corruption? Where are the new voices and the new ethical standards for public service you campaigned on? Where is the new face of government? If you want to live up to your stated campaign objectives, you too need to rid yourself of these past associations. Are you up to the task or are you just the first Chicago politician to make it to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.? The choice is yours.
highhopes on January 4, 2009 at 7:30 PM
I agree with several of the comments from above, too many to list that the election is over the Republicans lost so let’s look forward.
Do I take pleasure in the fact that Obama’s glass house is crashing around him…No… but I do take some satisfaction that he is slowly being seen for what he is.
So let’s think about who we want in the midterm elections and who knows maybe Obama will do something so monumentaly stupid between now and then that he will have to leave office.
Kevin in Southern Illinois on January 4, 2009 at 7:31 PM
Isn’t it ironic that Obama has retained Bush’s Defense Secretary? Actions speak…
Of course there are those who think that Obama doesn’t give a rat’s ass about anything alse but having his hands around the throat of the US economy and the education system. If your dream is to achieve socialism, you might as well leave the running of the military to someone who understands it, and can be used as a scapegoat, while you get on with the real agenda.
drunyan8315 on January 4, 2009 at 7:31 PM
Highhopes, I’m gonna guess “First Chicago politician to make it to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave”.
drunyan8315 on January 4, 2009 at 7:34 PM
McCain lost despite the best efforts of traitors like you. THAT’s the hand we’ve been dealt.
highhopes on January 4, 2009 at 7:34 PM
Sadly, my vote too.
highhopes on January 4, 2009 at 7:36 PM
Yes. He lost. We know THAT. There is a reason for that. What I want to know is and a question for all other Pro-McCain people is…..
Are we going to repeat the same mistakes that we made in 2008 by running a candidate that does not respect and spits in the face of our conservative ideals or are we going to back a candidate that truly believes conservative ideals?
2008 is over. McCain is over.
We need to regroup and focus on 2010 and beyond. Not still defending a dusty old rino.
BTW, I VOTED for McCain, because of Palin. I also voted in 2006 when other conservatives stayed home. So, I didn’t GIVE Obama his reign. I swallowed a shot of Jager and voted for the rino. But, I don’t know how many more times I can swallow that shot and vote for another BAD candidate..
Yes, I know, republicans VOTED for him in the primary. Lack of education resides on both sides of the aisle.
HornetSting on January 4, 2009 at 7:39 PM
Breaking: Obama chooses Richardson replacement for Commerce nomination — Tony Rezko.
petefrt on January 4, 2009 at 7:39 PM
Oh c’mon, give Bambi a break. His vastly superior intellect can’t be everywhere at once. He’s had more important things to do lately than worry about whether his cabinet picks are criminals; he’s been busy picking out uber-cool threads to wear at his coronation balls, and standing in front of the mirror practicing his uber-cool presidential look for the cameras.
AZCoyote on January 4, 2009 at 7:41 PM
The first Obama press conferenceis going to be a doozy!
Kevin in Southern Illinois on January 4, 2009 at 7:43 PM
It’s good to know the Fool is getting all his misjudgements out of the way before he takes office.
Now we know he won’t misjudge Akmanutjob or Putin with all our lives at stake.
He’s like a Hall-of-Fame hitter coming out of a bad slump just in time for the playoffs.
notagool on January 4, 2009 at 7:46 PM
I have long thought that Obama was a front for the Clintons. They knew that Hillary couldn’t win, so they get Obama facing her in the primaries and then she folds and makes herself as a victim. Obama equals Clintons. He’s an empty suit…. enter the ex-Clinton team. And, putting Hillary in the State Department where she is forming her own administration of more Clinton people. Obama will do what the Clintons tell him to do, if not – does Vince Foster bring back any memories. They have already floated that Obama is the second coming of John Kennedy. The trouble is that the media has no intention of doing what they should be doing and digging into all the corruption. I think that the financial mess was caused by AGI, banks and who knows who (Soros) taking money out of the system to give to the democrats. It collapsed and now the government (stupid of Bush, but it was Paulson who recommended it) gave them the money back that they used to buy the government back.
Well, aren’t we in a fine kettle of fish? A new venue for reporting on what the media isn’t reporting should be started on the internet and on Direct TV or somewhere. Also, we need to report on these media types and what they are up to. It’s about time that their dirty laundry starts getting reported. I’m game to follow, network and report (with accuracy, of course) on the comings and goings of such as Katie Couric, David Gregory, Mark Rick and all the rest. Wouldn’t it be fun? It’s time to fight back against the Clintons. They are truly evil.
suzyk on January 4, 2009 at 7:46 PM
Somewhere, in the dark, Hillary is smiling a big, toothy smile.
And Bubba is upstairs doing the maid.
HornetSting on January 4, 2009 at 6:51 PM
Damn, that’s funny….
Keemo on January 4, 2009 at 7:48 PM
wise_man on January 4, 2009 at 7:21 PM
I like you posts, you have many interesting points but you keep going back over the lack of enthusiasm for Sen. McCain’s campaign chastising people who probably voted for him. How is this helpful? We are where we are and I look forward to your thoughts on that and upcoming events. Sorry to be critical but I value your input.
Cindy Munford on January 4, 2009 at 7:51 PM
Or he’s a AA schlub who looked and talked the part and somehow ended up in the majors.
Red State State of Mind on January 4, 2009 at 7:51 PM
He looked good down on the farm but he can’t hit a big league curveball.
thomasaur on January 4, 2009 at 7:55 PM
John McCain ran a pathetic campaign, apparently scared to death to be critical of the Obama connections to terrorists & all around really evil people. McCain handcuffed Palin, and the rest of the RNC people from gong after Obama and his anti-American ungrateful loud-mouthed wife.
If a few of who donated and voted for McCain seem a little unhappy with the joker, all I can say is that we earned the right to be disappointed. The man might just as well been a plant for the Dems all along.
Keemo on January 4, 2009 at 7:58 PM
+100
HornetSting on January 4, 2009 at 8:01 PM
Which side is lieing? Surely the messiah couldn’t lie … /sarcI question the timing, and will be looking for an announcement from investigators tomorrow.
DannoJyd on January 4, 2009 at 8:06 PM
I also had to produce my birth certificate for my initial clearance.
Different standards for the chosen people.
crash72 on January 4, 2009 at 8:07 PM
The question is…..does Team O feel the need to nominate another Hispanic to replace BR? I am guessing it will NOT be another white guy!
johnboy on January 4, 2009 at 8:07 PM
Which side is lying? Surely the messiah couldn’t lie … /sarc
I question the timing, and will be looking for an announcement from investigators tomorrow.
DannoJyd on January 4, 2009 at 8:07 PM
Bill Richardson was not forthcoming with them about the federal investigation that is looking into whether the governor steered a state contract towards a major financial contributor.
Hmmm…it’s called vetting. Maybe Team Obama should look into it?
I R A Darth Aggie on January 4, 2009 at 8:09 PM
“We’re deeply disappointed“.
Entelechy on January 4, 2009 at 8:09 PM
Hi, Gang! This is almost more fun than the day of Reagan’s inauguration when the Iranians freed the hostages.
The way the body count under Barry’s bus is piling up, it will be parallel to Pike’s Peak before he’s out of office.
Richardson was so proud of himself for dumping Hillary to go with Barry and now Team Obama is backing away from him like he’s a leper.
What goes around comes around.
kingsjester on January 4, 2009 at 8:11 PM
More like Barry Bonds after the steroids wore off.
Kevin in Southern Illinois on January 4, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Go to 2:15
Entelechy on January 4, 2009 at 8:13 PM
My friend, we need MORE popcorn!
This is getting better and better. :)
HornetSting on January 4, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Of course they vetted him, they found out if ever owned a gun.
Little Boomer on January 4, 2009 at 8:21 PM
And yet,with Richardson’s stellar Liberal
record,he looked so promising,and such a good
neighbor of Obama!
Even if Richardson does only live about 5 or
so States from Hopey!
The Grand Ruse of the Hopey/Changey’s ‘Transparency’Baby!
canopfor on January 4, 2009 at 8:22 PM
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