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My friend Michael at My Personal Litmus offers two great sketches that highlight the scandal involving Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill.) and the impact it might have on Barack Obama.
One sketch (above right) highlights three things:
- The possible blowback against Obama resulting from news that the voice of Rahm Emanual, his chief of staff, can be heard on FBI recordings of 21 separate conversations he had with Blagojevich;
- The shadow such a scandal casts on both Obama and the Democratic Party in general; and
- The growing sense of disgust ordinary Americans feel toward members of the press corps who seem more inclined to give next president of the United States a “pass” rather than doing their jobs as journalists.
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Another sketch (at right and inked since first posted) offers a realistic portrait of how a young Obama might have attempted to explain away his involvement in breaking the window of a house with a baseball.
Flash forward 40 years, and Obama can be expected to display the same “window washing” skills as he deals with “Blago-Gate.”
2 responses so far ↓
1 Trish // Dec 18, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Ok, this whole Blagojevich story really needs to go away. Sadly, the more bad publicity he gets, the more he will make when he writes a book two years from now. He doesn’t deserve it.
2 Michael // Dec 19, 2008 at 8:56 am
Trish- Don’t excuse it or brush it away because you have become uncomfortable with it. And don’t feign to be unconcerned because it might favor Blago. No, Blagojevich does not deserve to make anything off this. But America does deserve honesty and “transparency” from the men who based his election campaign on it. Especially as more reports keep coming in that Rahm had personal communications several times with Blagojevich. Even after President-Elect Obama promised us that there was no contact at all, or even knowledge of the investigation for that matter.
Funny that the ones asking for this whole thing to just go away are the same ones who will giggle in their dreams for years about thrown shoes.
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