Barack Obama promised us Ethics, Trust, No Lobbyists, Hope, a Change from Business as Usual. He accused his detractors from playing the old “okie doke,” from trying to “hoodwink” or “bamboozle” you. But it was candidate Obama who was hoodwinking us all… and after a little more than two weeks in office, this emperor has lost his clothes.
Dr. Krauthammer, says it better than anyone else.
And so much for the promise to banish the money changers and influence peddlers from the temple. An ostentatious executive order banning lobbyists was immediately followed by the nomination of at least a dozen current or former lobbyists to high position. Followed by a Treasury secretary who allegedly couldn’t understand the payroll tax provisions in his 1040. Followed by Tom Daschle, who had to fall on his sword according to the new Washington rule that no Cabinet can have more than one tax delinquent.
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And yet more damaging to Obama’s image than all the hypocrisies in the appointment process is his signature bill: the stimulus package. He inexplicably delegated the writing to Nancy Pelosi and the barons of the House. The product, which inevitably carries Obama’s name, was not just bad, not just flawed, but a legislative abomination.
Please, read the whole thing.
