President Obama won the hearts, minds, and most importantlythe votes of millions in November 2008 with promises of hope, change, transparency, a whole new type of president. He claimed to be above the political games so common to the Capitol. He even set up his website so that we could all see what is going on, even send him e-mails. I guess that's why for some it was a shock when the President's dealings with Sestak came to light.
We could write one off, but it didn't stop there. Another candidate much like Sestak came forward, and most recently Obama's name came up in the Blagojevic trial. It may not have been so shocking were it not for the fact that Obama's legal counsel denied any sort of contact with Blago concerning the scandal. I suppose in Chicago communication via messenger is common with the political fiasco that is the government of the state of Illinois and Chicago itself. Maybe it is a case of difference in the definition of "contact" or maybe it is a misunderstanding. It is even possible that Mr. Balanoff is lying, not that he has an obvious reason to. Even if the president is not at fault, do these accusations not signal that he does indeed play political games? Do they not bring his claims of transparency into question?
I suspect that the Democrats knew it was coming. Their campaign donors payed good money to get him into office. I just don't they anticipated the oil spill disaster, or the public outrage it would cause, or that eventually people would come to find Obama's eloquent speeches lacking substance. Who knows, but I hope they got what they payed for.
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