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Eyes Wide Shut

By pm317 on December 15, 2008 at 7:00 AM in Current Affairs

Watch the video below. RNC may have made that video but the progressives own this new Obama problem. We asked for full vetting of Obama in the Democratic primary but got nothing. Now as one famous preacher said the chicken are coming home to roost. This is not the Republicans starting a hunt [not yet] but Obama’s Chicago problems catching up to him. The progressives were warned but they went into it eyes wide shut*. Joe Conason at Salon is spinning the new old tale. The Villagers cry: it is Whitewater all over again, nothing to see here, move on. Bad, bad Republicans. The sad irony is that the Obama supporters used the Whitewater faux scandal in the primary against Hillary.


* Eyes wide shut — the phrase is originally a Stanley Kubrick’s movie title

  • beebop

    The MSM is commenting about transparency as if we had seen any up until this point. When you go to the Salon article and review the comments (nearly 400 of them), it is clear (the only transparency apparent) that for a great number of Americans, this is only the latest mystery attached to the mystery candidate/resident. Perhaps we have Richard Nixon to thank for all of this. When was the last time we took our titular head of state at face value? After JFK’s murder his reputation was dragged through the mud so that now the only people who believe in his sainthood are the descendents of the Kennedy’s.

    Don’t get me wrong. I think that questioning your head of state is “good.” Why is it then that we continue to vote for the smoke and mirrors guys? You can’t say we weren’t warned about Clinton and Bush. (I had no problems with Clinton and voted for him twice and most of us here did, but we knew what we were getting and he wasn’t the purest of candidates.) McCain versus 0bama? Day and night when it came to medical histories, educational information available, work records available, etc. I am not going to revisit the primaries. It’s too early in the morning to get my blood pressure that high.

    But for people like Lynne Sweet to say that the opportunity for transparency is slipping away is pure f’ing bullshit. The MSM held McCain to a different standard because it was in love with the notion of 0bama. They have the dirt on their hands.

    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82qCwLX9piE Woman Voter

      The MSM held McCain to a different standard because it was in love with the notion of 0bama. They have the dirt on their hands.
      …………..

      Yup, I agree 100% and Hillary too, but yes…let’s watch the blood pressure.

      • /www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibsP6XN2dIo&eurl trixta

        The double standard also applied to Gore and Kerry when it came to GWB — remember? (Although Kerry was such a Loser to begin with!)

    • interested party

      On the issue of transparency CNN’s article on the Madoff scandal comes to mind:

      4. Don’t stand for no or low disclosure. I was looking at my neighbor’s “statements” from Madoff and they were ridiculous. Nothing in them. Just “balance at the beginning of period,” “balance at the end” kind of stuff. Why bother with all the other numbers? What’s the matter, you don’t trust us?

      The quote is in reference to how to avoid being scammed. “no or low disclosure” and don’t bother with the details stand out. Success in a con depends on a low demand for background, no matter what the enterprise.

  • Virginia

    Yes, Virginia, there is an honest politician.
    He exists as certainly as unicorns exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Honest Politician! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except when incensed and ready to fight…

  • wodiej

    the Republicans don’t need to do anything at this point. Fitgerald just needs to make sure he does his job. If Obama insists on taking office knowing he is ineligible not to mention other damage that will be done by the uncovering of all of his illegal Chicago activites, then he will pay the price. Unfortunately the country will suffer as well

    • sjc-tx

      Aye… the ‘rose coloured glasses’ seem to be slipping down the nose a wee bit!

  • http://myiq2xu.wordpress.com/ myiq2xu

    Whitewater took place in the Seventies, ten years before Bill Clinton ran for President.

    The BlagObamadrama is ongoing.

  • http://myfugue.wordpress.com Barrington

    The “funniest” part is that Obama ran on a platform of change and reform and transparency. Same as Blagojavich did. They’re just a bunch of liars with masks on.

    http://myfugue.wordpress.com/2008/12/15/the-reform-candidate-who-wasnt/

  • bert

    Where is the ad playing? Only on You Tube? Is it running on any TV station? Will there be a print version.

    I am betting that the only people who will see this are political junkies like me and many of NQ’s readers.

    So the average American will blithely go about their holiday preparations and will know as much about this as they do about our history and our Constitution as evidenced by the recent civics test.

    Sad but true.

    • Winston

      Don’t give up. Even though most are oblivious there are enough people who see the farce that is the Obama to make a difference. Everyone has experienced buyers remorse. We haven’t take off the wrapping of this POS and millions want a do-over.

      NQ keep pecking away at this bastid Chicago crook until he is in an orange jump suit. No not Blago. I am talkin bout Obama.

    • Chris

      Fox just talked about ti and supposedly will do a segment on it sometime soon on their mid-day show. They even played a bit of it and will do so later.

      • mary

        Where was Fox and the republican investigatios committee when they were needed, eh? Too busy Hillary-bashing and Hillary unfortunately was too busy fighting her own battle against the unvetted, unqualified, unprincipled Empty Suit! The fraud was perpetrated by the media and the Obamabot Cult against Hillary’s nomination. John McCain was the only one who said it like it was and gave Hillary credit that was due to her!

        Patty Firzpatrick will not tip his hand and let Rahmbo and Obambi know of his plans. Too early. Wonder if Obambi will ever be an untained Prez! Doubt it!

  • oowawa

    nothing to see here, move on

    This is the mantra of the traffic policeman, trying to move traffic past the scene of a wreck. In this case, we have a political wreck, a steaming hunk of twisted junk. Bleeding bodies are glimpsed lying by the freeway.

    It is also the mantra of the MSM and the dutiful troll. The rainbow road ahead is open and promises the wonderful promise of a golden promised land full of hope and promise.

    nothing to see here, move on

  • http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/ Not Your sweetie

    Since the old comparisons with Clinton give me the heebie jeebies, here’s a statement of the obvious:
    http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/2008/12/15/why-whitewater-is-not-like-blagobamarama/

  • workingclass artist

    http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/12/15/feds-lose-half-their-case-against-blago-due-to-msm/
    I thought this was interesting…Coulda…Woulda…Shoulda…Sheeesh!
    Thanks PM317…You and NQ Rock!

  • AF catfish

    Morning Joe today is unbelievable. Joe and Mika and Buchanan and the regulars get it. But their guests …

    John Heileman, NYMagazine: total surprise! nobody knew about Obama’s relationship with Blagojovich! This is new territory, this has never been covered. (Uh John … it WAS covered. In the Chicago papers.)

    Carlos Watson, formerly of CNN: No, I don’t believe Emanuel’s quote to the New Yorker that Emanuel and Obama ran Blagojovich’s 2002 campaign. It can’t be true, because if Obama DID help run Blago’s 2002 campaign, “we would have heard about it in the media” before now. !?!?!? (Uh Carlos … it was in the New Yorker. But yes, we unfortunately agree it wasn’t in the media in the aggregate.)

    To his credit, Time’s Mark Halperin said if a fraction of the reporters that were sent to Wasilla went to Chicago, none of this would be a surprise.

    • beebop

      Time’s Mark Halperin said if a fraction of the reporters that were sent to Wasilla went to Chicago, none of this would be a surprise.

      Mark Halperin needs to look in the mirror. He is the biggest whore going.

      • Lyn

        Thank you MY thoughts exactly

  • Winston

    Obama doesn’t always lie. He has to inhale every so often. He needs a lot of air to be able to spout more lies. And occasionally the lies are interrupted with a most welcome “uhhhh”.

  • Diana L. C.

    Yes, the unvetted PEBO always gets off.

    I am still processing McCain’s interview saying the RNC should back off on O because we have more important matters to think about.

    Half of me wants to say that he’s wrong. The ONE lied and cheated his way into office. McCain could have been dealing with those problems instead without being sidetracked by scandal.

    The other half of me says that he’s right. The One’s karma will catch up to him, and we do need to work on these problems. We do not need the RNC keeping the Republican members of Congress sidetracked from working on problems.

    There is indeed something rotten in the state of ___________ (fill in the blank).

    • ipotter

      … politics today

    • Pennsylvania Red

      I am still processing McCain’s interview saying the RNC should back off on O because we have more important matters to think about.

      I saw a little bit of that clip on the news last night. When I heard McCain speak, it solved the mystery of why so many Republicans stayed home on election day.

      • oowawa

        Nice guys finish last–really true pertaining to “politics today.” Okay, I’m depressed (still).

  • tpt/ny

    The other day I heard O’Reilly say:
    If there was anything big on Obama the Clinton’s would have uncovered it. Ugh………………..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    1st-They Tried No One Listened
    2nd-Wasn’t the e-mails uncovered & it was determined that her camp held back???
    Please…………it’s not Hillary’s job to vet her opponent / it’s the MEDIA’S job & they FAILED!!!!!!!

    • It’s Not Me

      Hillary would have been called a racist….AGAIN….had she fully exposed that SOB. The Chicago machine, Axelrove and the DNC would have completely destroyed her. NO ONE could say ANYTHING about BO and his past without being labeled a racist.

      Now we’re seeing what what all that adulation by the MSM has wrought. Had they done their freakin’ job, we wouldn’t be talking about this right now. HILLARY, the candidate who actually WON the election, would be our Prez-elect. This is, once again, the MSM’s fault.

    • Diana L. C.

      As I recall, during the primary Hillary made clear references to BO’s connection to Rezko. As a Democratic candidate, she couldn’t have done much more than that. It was the MSM’s duty to dig. We, here, all found out what she was talking about. If BO were brought under investigation about just that “little” land deal, he wouldn’t be where he is now.

      Instead, the BO camp did their snarky little tu quoque defense (a logical fallacy) by pulling out a photo of Hillary in the same picture with Rezko, as if that meant she had the same kind of connection as he had. The very educated (of course I’m being facetious) progressives and the MSM bought it and blew off a chance to do some real research, just as they’re dong now.

      If it doesn’t fit their current “narrative,” it’s not real as far as they are concerned.

      You’d think they’re writing novels instead of reporting facts.

      • http://www.rabblerouserruminations.blogspot.com/ Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy

        Remember during that one debate when Clinton DID bring up Rezko? The pro-Obama people started booing her, and Obama attacked her on Wal-Mart. So, yeah, they KNEW, they just didn’t want to ACCEPT the truth abt their Messiah.

        Along those lines, just saw a report from inside a UAW hall in Detroit – they have a BIG, HUGE banner of Obama hanging in there. It is really, really disturbing.

        • Lyn

          Actually Obama attacked her about the Wal;mart board first THEN she hit back about Rezko. BUT of course when most of the MSM played it they reversed the order, like nice sweet Barky was playing nice but had to hit back.
          I never paid any attention to politics until that night. The reaction to Rezko made me curious so i googled Obama/Rezko, with in a day I knew more about Obama/Rezko/ Chi than the MSM has reported yet. I started out as a dem thrilled with our choices but preferring Hillary because of UHC. But after I looked into BO, I worked hard to get the news out but of course we all know how much good our emails to the MSM did.

          • jbjd

            Exactly. I could not count the number of times people botched the chronology.

        • ThisIsNotATest

          I believe that was the debate in North Carolina, and that was a very low-class maneuver of the audience to ignore truth.

          • Lyn

            actually it was pretty early in the primaries, I believe Edwards was there

            • Lyn

              http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/rezko/752219,CST-NWS-sweet22.stng
              It was in Jan so the MSM had MONTHS to investigate Obama/Rezko/ Blago (If they were not aware before and ignoring it)But they worked overtime to say Move on nothing here.

            • ThisIsNotATest

              I see, thanks for clearing that up.

              • Lyn

                Can you believe that was Jan? it is friggen DECEMBER and the MSM is just now talking about Chicago and only because they had to with Blago being arrested. They are as much scum as BO

        • jbjd

          BO brought up Wal-Mart; HRC retorted with Rezko. (She should have retorted with MO and Treehouse, but…)

          My teachers’ union endorsed BO. Can you imagine how hard it is to educate students in our public schools about the fact there is no President-Elect until January 8, 2009, when Congress certifies the EC vote on December 15, 2008; November 4, 2008 was all about electing Electors, not candidates; and, oh yes, no one has vetted BO as to Constitutional eligibility for POTUS!

  • clare bee

    The progressives didn’t want Hillary because of her “baggage”, believing that she’ll be dealing with Bill’s shenanigans again. Now, before BO’s inauguration, Bill Kristol said on Fox last night that BO’s prospective administration is Bill Clinton’s 3rd term!!!!! full of scandals before he even sets his foot in the White House.

    Bills’ was a witch hunt!!! BO’s have legs if Fitz really digs deeper into the Chicago mud!!!

    • Ferd Berfle

      One of the many reasons I liked Bill Clinton was because the extremists on both sides hated him. He must have done something right to be the subject of such irrational hatred.

      • Bazooka

        I am sure the same thing with happen to Obama, as Obama has always been in the center.

    • babamooie

      IMO, this presidential election was bought and paid for, a series of kickbacks, and pay offs, the usual — just like IL politics, no different.

      I know there are some who wouldn’t have supported a woman for President, no matter, but I have to wonder, also, if, in part, Clinton wouldn’t play the game, in terms of payoffs and graft?

      (Not that she is perfect, but certainly Obama and the graft attached to him is almost without precedent).

      I just can’ t figure out WHY the democrats chose Obama, why not someone at the very least a little cleaner, the warning signs were there.

      By electing him, they’ve planted the seeds of their destruction, at the very least he will be hounded, and gamed with this, forever, really, every little Blago like exposure stepping on his toes.

      Was the business sense this bad, this arrogant, the choice of Obama just another act of NY hubris from those who profited from the now dead gilded age?

      • Lyn

        The picked Obama to stop Hillary. They needed an AA candidate because Hillary had a huge support among most AA (before Obama camp smeared them as racists) They needed someone that could take that block of voters away from her. They probably didn’t back someone cleaner because they needed someone willing so play as awful as camp Barky did, (who the MSM would pretend was playing clean and taking the high road). They (Dean, Pelosi Brazille) did not want the Clinton side of the party to win.

        • babamooie

          I understand they wanted dirty, but I’m amazed they committed suicide, in chosing Obama.

          But again, denial is strong, look at Blago and Rezko, KNOWING they were/are being watched, yet STILL dealing criminally.

  • lark

    Eyes Wide Shut Appropriate title for:

    Grand Jury Probes Richardson Donor’s New Mexico Financing Fee

    The grand jury in Albuquerque is looking into Beverly Hills, California-based CDR Financial Products Inc., which received almost $1.5 million in fees from the New Mexico Finance Authority in 2004 after donating $100,000 to Richardson’s efforts to register Hispanic and American Indian voters and pay for expenses at the Democratic National Convention in 2004, people familiar with the matter said.

    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aL0GGUluJeT8&refer=worldwide

    That’s why The One can get away with all kinds of corrupted practices because everyone works an envy over them.

  • HARP

    Give Obama the Dr Scholls treatment.

    • AnnieO

      Jellin’ like a felon?

  • melisa

    So, here we go again.
    “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the wrong remedies.”
    Groucho Marx
    With his own problems in plain view, and the MSM propensity for misdiagnosing them, it is a sure thing that this is how he will govern.

  • http://insightanalytical.wordpress.com InsightAnalytical-GRL

    To fight the lack of transparency we need better information. I reviewed the History Channel’s show “Crash” that was on Saturday night (in the roundup on Sunday) which was FULL of glossing what happened…a real misinformation-fest, by dint of omission. They tried to make Obama into FDR, but, of course, FDR put into place regulations…we were told by the “experts’ that we didn’t need that, just needed to make what we have now workd “better.” The experts included the editor of Fortune Magazine who has commented for CNN…Fortune is owned by Time Warner, the History Channel by Disney, GE and Hearst….all with a vested interested in the fairy tale being spun…

    That said, we all need to group together to offset this mass, deliberate media protection of Obama and his crew… To that end, read this piece and find out more…It IS possible to put up a fight…if…

    W.A.M. Asks — Who Needs Christmas When You Can Worship “THE ONE”?

    http://insightanalytical.wordpress.com/2008/12/15/wam-asks-who-needs-christmas-when-you-can-worship-the-one/

    • babamooie

      To fight the lack of transparency we need better information. I reviewed the History Channel’s show “Crash” that was on Saturday night (in the roundup on Sunday) which was FULL of glossing what happened

      OT, sorry :

      I watched, yesterday, the special about New York, from it’s origins to it’s current incarnation (also a bit on the 9.11 attacks, the destruction of those buildings revolting. All I could think of was the insurance money paid out to the owners of the WTC, wrong, I know, but I’ve been in a “graft” state of mind, as of late, looking at all this blago-obama real estate stuff).

      Anyway, it was fascinating, to see the development of NYC, a bucolic valley to this cement metropolis, all on an island.

    • oowawa

      Fortune is owned by Time Warner, the History Channel by Disney, GE and Hearst….all with a vested interested in the fairy tale being spun…

      Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you,
      If you’re young at heart . . .

      (gag)

      For its hard, you will find, to be narrow of mind
      If you’re young at heart

      (vomit)

      Why is youth wasted on the young? (Groucho?}

      • oowawa

        Why is youth wasted on the young?

        Okay, it was evidently George Bernard Shaw and not Groucho who perpetrated this wisdom. Quite fitting, since relative to GBS, Groucho was just a weisenheimer young kid.

  • csuzeq

    Wait for it…soon you will see the mSM interviewing O supporters who will say, “Aw leave him alone. You are just picking on the historic black President. none of this is true and if it is I don’t care.” This will be followed by 95% approval ratings in the polls.

    • HARP

      Thank God I`m in the other 5%.

      • csuzeq

        Well, the polls will be as fake as the election polls were, but yes, I’m with you in the dissenter group.

  • Pat Racimora

    Right, pm317!!! This is the kind of information that Democrats should have sought out early on about Obama’s dealings in Chicago.

    Remember those promises of transparency? Did you hear Lynn Sweet on the tape saying that is the only way out? But Obama is playing his same old games–generalities tinges with denials.

    Watch for my toon in transparency (should be coming up soon)–it just popped into my right brain, and thanks to Photoshop’s options I was able to make it happen.

    • pm317

      Hey Pat, look forward to the toon!! You’re the best. Did you see that grudging admiration, backhand compliment of you from the Corrente guys? They don’t know much, do they? ;)

  • I’m a Linda too

    speaking of Eyes Wide Shut, looks like one of the other obvious problems is going to be biting Obama.

    It does catch up with you EVENTUALLY. Obama thought he would be protected by the media, because, well, that’s what they’ve been doing. AND, he figured anything he did in the past, he would be shielded if he was the one in the Oval Office. We shall see if it makes it’s way to him for his involvement on these dirty goverment dealings abusing the citizens and tax payers dollars.

    But Billie Boy Richardson’s play for pay scams looks like he is getting the attention now too of the FBI.

    Grand Jury Probes Richardson Donor’s New Mexico Financing Fee

    By Martin Z. Braun and William Selway

    Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) — A federal grand jury is investigating how a company that advised Jefferson County, Alabama, on bond deals that threaten to cause the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, did similar work in New Mexico after making contributions to Governor Bill Richardson’s political action committees.

    The grand jury in Albuquerque is looking into Beverly Hills, California-based CDR Financial Products Inc., which received almost $1.5 million in fees from the New Mexico Finance Authority in 2004 after donating $100,000 to Richardson’s efforts to register Hispanic and American Indian voters and pay for expenses at the Democratic National Convention in 2004, people familiar with the matter said.

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation asked current and former officials from the state agency if any staff members in the governor’s office influenced CDR’s hiring, said the people, who declined to be identified because the proceedings are secret. Richardson, who is President-elect Barack Obama’s designate for Commerce Secretary, has a staff of at least 30 people.

    full story

    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aL0GGUluJeT8&refer=worldwide

    • csuzeq

      hahaha. Love to see Judas go down.

      Couldn’t happen to a nicer creepier fellow.

      • I’m a Linda too

        Definitely. But this is such a tiny piece of the Billie Pie. He does it EVERY WHERE. From Space Port, to Solar companies, computer contracts, finance scams on taxpaers to even forcing state employees to become unionized when the Unions can’t and don’t do anything for the state employees. The union makes at least 15 million dollars every year now from state employees, they don’t do anything, but kick back 50-100K to Richardson’s PACS. Richardson does it EVERY WHERE.

        • I’m a Linda too

          And that also includes his new Railrunner train that is costing the taxpayers minimum of 450 million dollars just to build that he gave to a contracter to build and increased in cost over 150 million dollars from the start. All this to make some contributors happy so the taxpayers get ripped off for a train that will probably stop operating shortly after starting this week.

  • stodgie

    well when you elect a president using american idol rules, what the hell do we expect? that’s right exactly what we got!

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    • AnnieO

      What are these pingbacks?

  • Helen with a T.

    Has anyone given any thought to the enormous stimulus package that President-elect Obama is going to ask for in view of what is known about the way he handled the funds in Chicago for slum housing and school reform. Nothing accomplished in either area, unless you count what Rezko and Ayers received. I suggest that there could be a lot of the 74% non-big donors that will benefit greatly while the 26%small donors not so much. I would like to be wrong about this, but time will tell.

  • http://ontheseventhday.wordpress.com/ Al

    Guess it’s time to take the blinders off…

    • oowawa

      If the blinders come off, everyone in Eyes Wide Shut will discover that the resplendent leaders, from the emperor on down, is naked. That could be an unpleasant and rude awakening.

      • pm317

        But they know that, that the emperor on down is naked. They are wearing a mask to hide their own identity. People who know the truth are hiding from themselves as from others. When will they all rush back to the sane and simple reality? Like our protagonist?

  • Chris

    Just heard in NYS that the Gov is asking for 4 billion more in taxes for next budget. NY is so far under in taxation that it will soon sink into the earth never to be seen again. He wants more payment into the biggest Medicaid program in the US and a “welfare umbrella increase” for the less fortunate. Translation: More handouts for those who don’t want to work and the many who move to this state that has no time period to become eligible for the welfare benies. The unions and the good ol’ boys in Albany have totally ruined any future for the Empire state. More businesses and residents will be fleeing. Soon their will be no one to tax and they will be forced to go bankrupt and reorganize themselves. It is a composite of what the whole country will become under the new rulers. Good luck to all of the rest of you from a native upstate New Yorker who can’t figure out why the heck I’m still living here!

  • ripalinsky

    Today the SCOTUS denied the Cort Wortnowski suit over Obama’s British father. Why? Why not ask to see Obama’s “vault” birth certificate? Is Obama another Hitler: evil, hidden, and untouchable? Why has the MSM been allowed to deceive America? I’m really confused.

  • Bazooka

    This video is absolute garbage and another Republican attack just like during the election. If this is all the Republicans got in terms of solving the problems of this country, then that party should just go away.

    There was nothing wrong with Obama supporting a fellow democrat in his own state many years ago. Nobody could have predicted at the time how BO was going to turn-out. The people of Illinois certainly did not as the voted this guy in twice. In fact, for the last year or longer Obama has been distancing himself from this scumbag.

    Obama has done everything right as far as the investigation of BO is concerned. He did not cut any deals with this guy, sure his people talked to the governor’s office, but there is nothing wrong with that. By saying he was releasing all correspondents with the governors office he is also admitting that his people talked to the governor. Nothing wrong with that. Also, by releasing the correspondents he is also going a hell of a lot farther than the Bush Admin, who used Executive privledge at every turn.

    I understand the strategy to try and pin something on Obama, but this is complete BS, as there are more important things to be focused on that this nit-picking BS. And it is digusting that the Republicans are starting this right off the bat. We need a president and a government that can solver our problems and not be distracted by the small-time BS. We do not need anymore Carl Rove’s or Whitewater BS.

    • Ks Girl

      And for you Bazooka… I have some oceanfront property in Kansas for sale… cheap…

      Call me at 1-800-e@t-sh!t….