One sign of the biased media coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign was that one major outlets took the Democratic nominee’s claims of being a new kind of post-partisan at face value while failing to wonder how someone could be such a reform-minded politician having cut his political teeth in one of the greatest political cesspools in the United States today, the Chicago Democratic machine.
Over at the Washington Examiner, the ever-insightful Michael Barone looks into the Chicago roots of Barack Obama:
An interesting thing about Barack Obama is that he chose, on two occasions, to live in Chicago — even though he didn’t grow up there, had no family ties there, never went to school there.
It was a curious choice. Chicago has a civic culture all its own and one that is particularly insular. Family ties and personal connections are hugely important. Professionals who have lived and worked there for a quarter-century are brusquely reminded, “You’re not from here.”
It’s Barone. Read the whole thing.
Let’s see…
Rahm Emanuel tried to push Rod Blagojevich to appoint Obama crony Valeria Jarrette to his senate seat.
Joe Sestak, claimed he was offered a plum administration job in return for not running for a senate seat.
Andrew Romanoff, claimed he was offered a plum administration job in return for not running for a senate seat.
There’s kind of a pattern here, isn’t there?
Barack Obama & The Traveling Daddy Pants.
http://youhavetobethistalltogoonthisride.blogspot.com/2010/06/barack-obama-traveling-daddy-pants.html
Al Capone is SO proud.