Which is known as the Hal Briston strategy.
The Chicago Tribune has a story titled “Obama-Rezko Ties Again At Issue”.
The story itself is basically a fluff piece repeatedly saying some variant of “but there’s nothing much to the allegations”
Doesn’t mean they shouldn’t give the article a title insinuating otherwise, though :rolleyes:
http://minipundit.typepad.com/minipundit/2008/01/obama-on-reagan.html
Obama cetrainly looks like he is praising Reagan. Here is the quote.
I would be suspicious of anyone who denied Reagan’s skills as a communicator and a facilitator. They would have to be either an idiot or a liar. The “Reagan Democrat” phenomenon was objectively real, as was the camaraderie between Reagan and (Democrat) Tip O’Neill, Speaker of the House. Despite his numerous faults, Reagan lifted America out of its malaise with his contagious optimism, and O’Bama’s recognition of that speaks volumes about his deep understanding and prodigious knowledge of that period of American history.
Really, can’t we replace the two words “Clinton lie” with “politician lying”?
I’m starting to wonder if it is even possible for Obama to lie or to engage in sleazy tactics. What’s even more amazing is that a national campaign is conducted by dozens of people. Somehow, not one of them is capable of doing anything the least bit untoward. He’s so beyond reproach it puts me in the mind of some historical figure… I can’t quite put my finger on it, but I think his middle name started with H.
It’s quite wonderous to behold!
Hubert Horatio Humphrey? George Herbert Walker Bush?
Wouldn’t that imply that Obama was lying, too? I think in this thread at least that would be doing him a disservice.
Serious question - do you think Obama is lying to the same degree as the Clintons? Would you think it was fair to lump them all together as lying politicians?
Regards,
Shodan
Or, is Obama even a politician?
What’s the buzz? Tell me what’s a-happenin’!
No I don’t lump them all together…the Clintons have years of lying under their belt that they have to be accountable for at some time or the other…Obama not so much.
I have no idea what the hell you are talking about. If you are writing the score of Barack Obama, Superstar, see who you can get to sing the lead and we can talk about backing.
Regards,
Shodan
Hillary will sing the lead of course! I just do not simply dump them all in the same pot. If Barack is as dirty as the Clintons - and I liked the 90’s presidency - I’ve yet to see it…that’s all I’m saying.
Now if you were in truth being sarcastic, I’ve just been whooshed.
Damn upon edit again…you were repsponding to Hentor…
I haven’t had enough coffee today yet forgive me
So, you are B.O.!
You’re the great B.H.O.!
Prove to me that you can rule,
Walk across my swimming pool!
That’s all you need do,
And I’ll know it’s all true,
Come on, King of the Dems!
I’m afraid you are unaware of the true nature of Obama’s ties to Rezko.
Read this article by the Chicago Sun Times
Among the devasting highlights (for Obama’s reputation) is the fact that two years ago Obama and Rezco bought adjoining properties at the same time from the same person, Rezko paying full asking price while Obama paid $300,000 less than asking price.
As far as the principals are concerned, it had to be clear that Obama just received a $150,000 personal gift on top of considerable campaign contributions from a developer who could use political favours. And Obama was aware of Rezko’s character. It was long before that Rezko couldn’t come up with the money to provide heat for his poor black American tenants while able to provide a campaighn contribution to his buddy Obama.
This really stinks. This isn’t like Whitewater where the Clintons lost money and tremendous effort could not apply blame to them. Obama clearly sold his soul to the devil.
Hentor has decided to take a page out of the Hillary Clinton play book and malign and mischaracterize those who disagree with him, by painting us as mindless morons who’ve been sucked into worshiping our cult leader. Obviously we’re “glazed over” and cannot have possibly come to our opinions with an honest assessment of the data.
Who wants to join me in a rousing chorus?
Barack O’Christ, Superstar
Tell us that you’re who they say you are!
I’m afraid you are wrong. I’m fully aware of the “true nature” of Obama’s ties to Rezko. And it is my opinion that while ill-advised, nothing he did rose to the level of fraudulent, illegal or “shady”, let alone self-serving at the expense of his constituents.
I couldn’t care less how much Obama paid the original owner for his home. That was between him and the seller, and had nothing to do with Rezko. And he paid Rezko over the fair market value for the strip of land he purchased from him. Also from the Chicago Sun Times. . .
A politician who made the mistake of the appearance of impropriety actually acknowledging it and apologizing instead of trying to spin it or cover it up. I’ll take that any day over the behavior of the Clintons (and I loved Bill Clinton as President!).
Well if you are not going to read the link I provided I can only assume you just made up your mind and are not willing to get the facts.
Since my previous link didn’t work properly, here it is again for the benefit of those who are interested in the facts.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/353829,CST-NWS-rez23.article
Honestly, I don’t think anyone’s above it. I don’t know if Obama has lied or done anything sleazy, but that could just be because it hasn’t been discovered.
So yeah, I think it’s worthwhile to lump all politicians (on a national level, at least) into some degree of sleaze.
Hope you don’t mind that I added a link. One must cite Cecil, if Cecil cite there be. 
Shodan thinks only Clinton lied. Big story right now is Bush group lied about a thousand times to get us into Iraq. In Shodan world Clinton would be worse.Clinton would by definition always be worse.
Shodan got any memories of swiftboaters? Wait that would not be as bad as Clinton .Nothing is ever as bad as Clinton.
Quit making assumptions about me. I did read the link you provided (though I had to fix it in the address window in order to do so). In fact, it’s still open in another tab on my browser. I simply do not buy into all the allegations and supposition contained in it. I do not believe it makes Barack Obama “dirty” to have accepted donations from Rezko (which he has since donated to charity), or purchasing land from him. Your mileage obviously varies, but don’t accuse me of not bothering to come to my opinions fairly with my own assessment of the facts.