Comments on Advance Indiana™: The New East Chicago

Don't take responsibility for NOLA. It was a Democ...

2008-11-22T21:07:00.000-05:00

Don't take responsibility for NOLA. It was a Democrat mayor and a Democrat governor whose incompetence led to the complete debacle there. I'm so sick and tired of hearing pathetic finger-pointers like you refuse to place blame where it belongs. If Mayor Ballard screwed up emergency relief after a tornado in Indianapolis, you wouldn't be pointing the finger at the president. You would be laying 100% of the blame on the Republican mayor. Let me ask you how many terrorist attacks have taken place on American soil since 9/11? Has Bush's War on Terrorism been a total failure as you would lead us to believe. And, of course, President Clinton and guys like Barney Frank and Rahm Emanuel had nothing to do with the sub-prime mortgage meltdown either. There is nothing more sickening than blind partisans like you who lay all the blame on the other party. When my party is wrong, I say so and I'm not afraid to do so. People like you are incapable of seeing fault among members of your own party.

He's a scary guy, all right. Kind of like the Godf...

2008-11-22T20:58:00.000-05:00

He's a scary guy, all right. Kind of like the Godfather. Almost as bad as Cheney.
"A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll found that 75 percent of Americans think Obama will be a good, even great president, far more than the 53 percent who voted for him." Newsweek, 11/22/2008
But hey, why give a guy a decent chance, right? Let's just dump on him all we can before he's even in office.
After all, even worse then if he fails is if he's successful.
And if his people are incompetent, then one question: how competent was the current administration? Seriously, idealogy aside, can this bunch really be worse? What, leave 1 war unwon (Afganistan), 1 horribly managed occupation (Iraq), kinky prisoner torture pics, 3 terrorist attacks,a hurricane ignored until too late, and a financial meltdown, all before leaving office? That's quite a record to top.
Let me break it to you gently: it is inevitable that history will record the Obama administration to be better run than the Bush one. As for the much-ballyhooed Rahm, if he's so terrible, than you should be happy. After all, won't he just torpedo the Obama administration?
I have a sneaking suspicion that all the palaver about the transition will be forgotten soon enough - probably the inaugaration speech (the vast majority of the American people will approve of it) and the first Obama State of the Union address will do it.

Hey, there was plenty more I could have added abou...

2008-11-21T16:52:00.000-05:00

Hey, there was plenty more I could have added about this sorry, corrupt lot. For example, this item from Rahm's Wikipedia entry:

"Emanuel is known for his "take-no-prisoners attitude" that has earned him the nickname "Rahm-bo." Emanuel is said to have "mailed a rotten fish to a former coworker after the two parted ways." On the night after the 1996 election, "Emanuel was so angry at the president's enemies that he stood up at a celebratory dinner with colleagues from the campaign, grabbed a steak knife and began rattling off a list of betrayers, shouting 'Dead! ... Dead! ... Dead!' and plunging the knife into the table after every name."

Emanual Rahm: a convicted criminal says he was ord...

2008-11-21T15:05:00.000-05:00

Emanual Rahm: a convicted criminal says he was ordered to have government employees campaign for Rahm. Of course, if Rahm had ordered it that would be big news. But it didn’t happen that way. I’m sure Fox News wished otherwise.
David Axelrod: a political genius who fits in your definition of “sell out”, i.e. someone who is successful in getting Democrats elected. How shocking, but of course Karl Rove is a hero. “Your winnings, sir.” “Oh, thank you.” Casablanca, 1943.
Eric Holder: He was hired to do a job by the Illinois Governor. There’s no evidence at all that he did anything immoral, illegal, or corrupt. Furthermore, in the link you provided it goes into detail how Eric Holder prosecuted Congressman Rostenkowski, a corrupt Chicago Democrat. Nice smear; too bad for you people actually go to the trouble of reading what you provide.
Valerie Jarrett: She “steered” business to bad people. Unfortunately, there’s no evidence or proof provided, but it is nice example of the “Poison Pen” approach favored by Stalinists. Hey, two can play at that. Oh, and the company she worked for had a building condemned. And Valerie is guilty….of what? Pitiful. Your Rahm example had much more heft in the innuendo.
Greg Craig: a lawyer with bad clients. So therefore, he is bad. This is a border line imbecilic reading of what lawyers do. Go back and read up on Edward Bennett Williams’ career for a better understanding of how lawyers act as an advocate for the guilty and innocent alike in our adversarial judicial system.
Of all of these, the only one with anything to it is the Rahm case, which should be thoroughly investigated. Better luck next time. And give me Chicago over Texas any time. At least they might know how to occupy a defeated country (see Iraq 2003) or even help out when a hurricane hits New Orleans. What an incompetent administration that’s leaving the White House…..good riddance.