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Transparency? Not Yet. Not Even Close.

By Pat Racimora on December 15, 2008 at 11:05 AM in Backtrack Obama, Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Chicago politics, Current Affairs

Remember when Obama promised transparency? We would know exactly what was happening with him and his people. No more hiding stuff from us. That was, of course, back when he was running and before he bagged the job

So, what’s with him, his people, and contact about his replacement with Governor “Show Me the Money” Blagojevich? One story. Another story. This way and that. Now he looks more like a brick wall running away.

That’s the way I see it anyway.

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    [...] Transparency? Not Yet. Not Even Close. : NO QUARTER So, what’s with him, his people, and contact about his replacement with Governor “Show Me the Money” Blagojevich? One story. Another story. This way and that. Now he looks more like a brick wall running away. … [...]

  • pm317

    Good one, Pat! May be the Corrente guys will get off of their high horse to appreciate your insight.

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    Have a Coke and Smile – Except In New York

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  • Pat Racimora

    I think they like me. They have said nice things about my work.

  • Sam Copeland

    Obama is a brand. Obama the brand is transparent. Obama the politician is not.

    Reality doesn’t matter just so the brand image is maintained.

    Personally, I don’t plan to purchase this brand until it is new and improved and offers at least 34% more hope than the current brand.

  • Rich

    Love the cartoon! How did you make the Obama figure “see-through?”

    Sam is right–Obama was just a brand. Now we will have to open the package and see what we really bought.

  • Doc99

    Obama designated Daschle for HHS … So much for his “No Lobbyist” pledge too. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

  • Pat Racimora

    The joys of Photoshop’s “opacity” slide (just on that one layer). Thanks Rich.I have way too much fun doing these cartoons.

  • http://ezinearticles.com/?Three-Basic-Parenting-Styles&id=744499 Northwest rain

    He’s not transparent — because he doesn’t know what the hell he is doing.

    He’s created this illusion — and that brick wall provides a canvas for his believers to project their fantasies.

  • Don X

    Very clever cartoon that says it all very neatly!
    Re contacts with the Gov, I guess we’ll have to see if there is a hidden trail leading to Obama. Seems like one of his staff had some contact with the Gov related to his Senate seat, but it is not clear if there was an offer to sell the seat. Hopefully, it will all come out in the wash. Coverups are not well-tolerated, as I am sure Obama is aware. I imagine there is intense grilling of staff member going on both within and outside the Obama camp. Perhaps transparency will return when the truth comes out. Better late than to give false information. And better late than never? To be sure.

  • heartland dem

    Not at all accurate. Fitz just confirmed that HE requested the delay due to his wrapping up his investigation. Yesterday he was the best thing since sliced bread… It’s Monday, so I suppose HE’S now in Obama’s pocket? LOL.

  • Bazooka

    “The U.S. attorney’s office requested the public release of the transition review be deferred until the week of Dec. 22 in order not to impede their investigation of the governor,” Pfeiffer said.

    As usual the posters on this site has no idea what they are talking about.

    Obama is not yet President, so it is a bit harsh that you are saying that the Obama adminstration is not transparent.

    The fact, that Obama has said that he will release all communications between his people and the Governor of Illinois, which is pretty damn transparent, particularly given what the Bush Adminstration has done for the last 8 years. The Bush Adminstration would have simply claimed executive privledge, if they were in the same situation. And by Obama saying that he would release all communications between his people and the governor, he is also saying that there was communicationm, which is natural and should not be a surprise. Obama has more than done everything right regarding the governor of Illinois. He cut no deals and is fully cooperating with the prosecuters.

    I get that you people on this website will never accept a Democrat presidential candidate or will never accept Obama, as for whatever reason you think he is more illegitmate than any of the presidents that came before, but at least let your arguments make some sense.

  • Pat Racimora

    You are way too hard on us.
    We would have loved an experienced candidate–namely Hillary Clinton who was the best of the bunch. I am a lifelong Democrat.

    It is also too bad that very bright leaders have a hard time being nominated–for example, (Democrat) Wes Clark. He would be a great Predsident.

    Also, we shall see about the transparency. It would be so easy to just state what happened. You don’t have to be President to explain yourself!

  • ripalinsky

    When can we wake up from the Obama nightmare? The cost of straightening things out gets greater each day, with Jan 20 being doomesday.

  • JohnnyB

    Good cartoon Pat, another in your long string of pictoral essays. Transparency: To see through;
    clear.

    Ok, Blag made many deals for personal reward.
    He has a VERY LONG list of what the deals were, and who benefited. This will be traded for a reduced sentence and letting his wife off the hook (no jail time, but pleads guilty and gets probation for her “commissions” from Rezko and many others.

    Now, the real question is Emil Jones, DA MAYOR, and Obama. What does Blag have on them? Remember, this is CHICAGO. I’d be very careful crossing the street.

    Let’s give Obama a break and let this play out. We are in the deepest trouble as a Nation in our whole history, and are vulnerable to any further disruptions from afar.

    Actually, it is impossible for our government to be transparent. There’s no way to balance our interests with foreign governments if all can see what is our REAL position. I don’t think it can be done.

  • Choo Choo Magoo

    Hey Pat -

    I’m so enjoying your cartoons about my place of birth. Chicago was built on marshland, so it is fitting for the beautiful Chicago skyline to be engulfed by algea/slime in your last cartoon. I immediately started looking for “the creature from the black lagoon”.

    On this cartoon – I’m loving your choice of brick for the Opaque Obama. It some how seems so fitting since he built his political career with traditional Chicago style corrupt associates, mortared them with fast hardening corrupt deeds and then grows a little creeping money vine to give everything an ivy league veneer.

  • Bob the builder
  • jd4hill

    Amen.

  • http://ksclematis ksclematis

    How true….way back when he first starting to go for the presidency he remarked that he didn’t need experience in any of the presidential duties as he’d surround himself with specialists in all areas. To me that shows his transparency….when he has to make a apeech or answer a question, he just hedges around a response with all of his verbocity. So it will be ineresting to see how all of the people in his cabinet will be his “specialist.” I just can’t believe he’s not appointed Wes Clark to any cabinet post….personally, I supported Clark for POTUS in ’03-’04 and was ready to go this year. Damn shame to waste great people.

  • Pat Racimora

    You know, Choo Choo, I hate saying bad things about Chicago. I have been there many times and from a visitor’s point of view it is just lovely and a lot of fun. Best delis in the world and many fascinating things to do and look at.

    It has always been hard to believe what lies below the visitor’s view.

  • GBS

    Very clever cartoon. Too bad such a fun city has such a bad reputation.

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