Audacity of Truth
Rahmbo:
"Rahm Emanuel is son of the devil's spawn. He is an individual who would sell his mother to get a vote. He would strap his children to the front end of a steam locomotive."
-Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) on Obama's COS, 3/7/10
Velvet Lair- Legends March 18, 2010
- Some things are just not cute March 18, 2010
- The adventures of the lady spider killer continue March 11, 2010
- Intermission February 19, 2010
- People who allow their dogs to poop in other people’s yards February 16, 2010
Biased BBC watch
It’s a well-known fact – and one even admitted by the network itself – that the BBC blatantly shills for the left at every opportunity. Today is no exception. Check out the headline on their story about the internal review Team Obama did on itself in light of the Blago pay to play scandal:
Just from reading that headline alone, you’d think that an independent investigation had cleared Team O of any legal wrongdoing/inappropriate contact, right? But you have to read the actual story to find out they were “cleared” via an internal review:
President-elect Barack Obama’s team had “no inappropriate discussions” with Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, according to an internal review.
But his Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel talked to Mr Blagojevich about who should fill Mr Obama’s senate seat.
Mr Blagojevich has been accused of attempting to “sell” the seat, but says he is not guilty of any wrongdoing.
The review reveals that the US Attorney leading the Blagojevich probe spoke to Mr Obama as part of his investigation.
Patrick Fitzgerald also questioned Mr Emanuel, and Obama aide Valerie Jarrett last week about their contacts with Mr Blagojevich.
No quid pro quo
The internal review was conducted by Greg Craig, a legal adviser to Mr Obama.
And so that’s supposed to mean that we believe the findings without question.
Right.
A lot of people are “headline” readers. If they know there’s a big issue on the table, they’ll pick up the paper (or scan the online headlines) and see something like the BBC headline and think the review was external, and that the coast is clear. Some of them won’t read the accompanying article which, naturally, gives more detail. I know you can only fit so much into a headline, but at least the Washington Post and NYT of all places had the decency to note that it was an Obama report. The headline from the BBC will convince many of the Obama worshippers in the UK that the controversy is over, because the Obama team has been “cleared.”
This isn’t too suggest that I believe that Obama and Co. are guilty of any legal wrongdoing, but instead to point out the BBC’s willingness to swallow whole and without question the assertion that Team Obama has been cleared of wrongdoing – especially considering it was an Obama lawyer who conducted the “review.” Show of hands out there how many believe the BBC would have treated George W. Bush … or John McCain the same?
I didn’t think so.
And where are Obama and his COS Rahm Emanuel at this time? Obama’s in Hawaii, and Emanuel’s on his way to Africa.
Dodge ball, anyone?
Update – 6:49 PM: ST reader Anthony finds a hilarious headline from the LAT: “Obama team probe of Obama team finds no Obama team impropriety.” Priceless. This nugget was buried in the article:
The Obama team did not keep phone logs, so their contact list was developed from memory, which may or may not match the federal wiretap chronology if it’s ever released.
“From memory” yet the BBC … well, you know.
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Check out this one from the LA Times politics blog:
Obama team probe of Obama team finds no Obama team impropriety
Follow the link. I’m surprised the Times still has a sense of humor.
LOL. I just linked up to your post about that, Anthony.
I am absolutely delighted that you guys have finally worked out the truth about the BBC. Nothing is so frustrating as to be told by very well meaning Americans about the wonders of the Beeb and how much better it is than anything American broadcasting can produce. Stuff and nonsense. Oh, and don’t forget that the domestic part of the BBC lives off something they call the licence fee, which is, in actual fact, a tax on the ownership of a TV set. Even if you never watch BBC on it you have to pay that benighted organization a tax. They are desperately trying to work out how to tax people for downloading or watching TV programmes on their computers.
Helen–
This is one American you’ll never hear such words from. I for one never approved of the BBC, and never thought all that much of the programming it produces.
I notice that for all the praise of such programming, when the shows finally get over here they end up on our tax-subsidized stations, not the ones that actually have to make their own money.
LOL Helen – it’s the left here who are clueless about the BBC. The right’s been on to ‘em for a while. The left thinks everything is a-ok … and it is – for them.
Well, I for one am not shocked. When people or organizations investigate themselves, they never seem to find any wrong doing. According to The Smoking Gun Obama and two members of his team were interviewed by federal prosecutors about the Blagojevich scandal.
I will await the report from Federal Prosecutor Fitzgerald.
Edited for length. Read the rest of TIR’s post here. – ST
“…no Obama team impropriety…”
Until the prosecutor’s report is released, I give Obama’s release as much weight as I gave this, “I did not have sex with that woman…Ms. Lewinsky…
Or Nixon saying “I am not a crook!”
Suddenly ol’Fitz will go from being a hero for going after Scooter to being a cad for daring to question the Dali Bama.
It’s been just fraking amazing to hear the liberals falling over themselves to make excuses for any potential wrongdoing the Dali Bama and/or his entourage may have made.