Their lips are moving
December 27, 2008 – 5:05 pm by JohnHere at home at my parents’ house, I pay much more attention (i.e., a non-zero amount) to newspapers than I do back home in my apartment. A couple days ago, I noticed on the front page of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution two items about the nascent Obama administration.
First, Joe Biden said in some statement or press release that the American people can expect only productive spending and a lot less pork in the spending bills President Obama signs—in fact, next to no pork. Therefore, we can safely conclude that the opposite is true, and that pork-barrel spending will continue virtually unabated during the Obama administration. Please don’t ask me why I don’t act surprised when most of the pork is inserted into bills by Democratic elected criminals.
Second, I read that the Obama administration released a statement asserting Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s complete innocence in the Rod Blagojevich senate-seat dealings. Well, we already knew that was false, but now that they have officially asserted it, its blatant falseness is solidified and highlighted. I can’t predict how much actual information will be revealed or suppressed about Emanuel’s negotiations with Governor Blagojevich, but rest assured that he is guilty enough to be prosecuted, if they weren’t hypocrites.
You might say my adherence to the belief that Emanuel committed crimes by secretly bribing or negotiating with Blagojevich, despite the (potential) lack of incriminating evidence, just shows that I’ll believe what I want and make judgments that fit my agenda irrespective of the facts, but I think, at least in Emanuel’s case, it shows that skepticism, cynicism, and distrust is the correct attitude.