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Dave is right to point out that as far as we can tell from the indictment, Obama appears to be in the clear with regard to the charges about Blagojevich trying to sell the Senate seat. However, the Blagojevich connection is merely the latest in a long line of troubling associations for Obama. The most charitable assessment of the pattern is that Obama is content looking the other way in the face of wrongdoing to gain political advantage at the time. This is the case with the financing he received from Tony Rezko, his membership in Jeremiah Wright's church, and his relationship with Blagojevich. While the issues didn't cost him the election, the question that remains is whether the judgment he's displayed in his associations in the past, will be a prologue to how he conducts himself as president. Can somebody emerge from a corrupt political world, navigating it adroitly, without internalizing some of its tactics?
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Joseph Lawler| 12.9.08 @ 2:32PM
I don't understand how Obama is clear. If Blagojevich was using potential bribes as a bargaining chip, and the indictment says that he approached Obama about letting him choose his replacement in return for political favors, isn't it obvious that Obama knew that Blagojevich was soliciting bribes? Isn't he legally bound to report that? Or at least isn't he expected to put a stop to it?
The Other Ed| 12.10.08 @ 3:34PM
"Can somebody emerge from a corrupt political world, navigating it adroitly, without internalizing some of its tactics? "
That's exactly what I feel about Sarah Palin since all of Alaska is a corrupt petro cesspool.
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