Barack Obama's Is No Small "Change" Agent: Only Big Bucks Will Do
GRANTED, THE MAN IS A GIFTED ORATOR WITH A UNIQUE BACKGROUND AND A BOATLOAD OF CHARISMA. And though he promises "change we can believe in," I would say that the change he chants about upon close inspection seems an awful lot like "more of the same."
The Washington Post has a fascinating albeit late story in today's paper about the billionaire "bundlers" who have helped Obama rake in an unprecedented $240 million in campaign contributions. All of them have ulterior motives that go unspoken.
These big money contributors give Crabby, a Chicago resident, queasy unease about the commonalities they share with accused con and real estate developer Tony Rezko from whom Obama sought help in buying a sliver of property to expand his back yard. Published accounts show that Obama approached Resko about two properties for sale next door to each other on Chicago's South Side and CLOSED on the properties the same day. Later, Rezko sold a sliver of his new land back to Obama for less than market rates. Barack apologized, said he made a mistake with his typical feigned sincerity, but the belated apology is a typical behavior pattern for him, according to Chicago's Sun-Times' columnist Lynn Sweet. She notes Obama's pattern of "taking on a higher standard, but only when it appears to be politically expedient." The Wall Street Journal points out today yet another example of Obama backing into virtue in an article regarding Obama's flip flop on accepting public funds for his presidential campaign.
While Barack's givers say they support the man because he "inspires," the political truth is they don't have to give voice to why they support an unseasoned junior senator with a cowardly record in the Illinois legislature. Their contributions are louder than any "change" chants.
Posted April 11, 2008
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