Motivation: 11th Hour Grand Jury Investigation of Richardson

[McCamy Taylor]

I. Just the Facts, Ma’am

I am wearing my shiny black raincoat and my waterproof boots, today, because I know that the usual skeptics will hurl a lot of verbal abuse my way. How dare you question people’s motives? Only tin foil hat conspiracy theorists (and the nation’s law enforcement community) talk about motives. Just the facts, ma’am!

I happen to believes that nonfiction is nothing but fiction that pretends to be truer than some other story in a world where everything is relative. But, for those of you who insist that this lil ole fiction writer from Texas begin each OP as if it was a feature in the Beeville Gazette-Dog Swatter, here is the obligatory who-what-where-when-how and why (Eeks! Motive!). Colonel Mustard in the dining room with the candle stick----

Just kidding. The Bush Department of (IN) Justice has announced that it is attempting to indict someone (anyone!) in the administration of Gov. Richardson of New Mexico in a pay to play scandal involving contributions to both Richardson and maybe even Obama. The Grand Jury meets today in Albuquerque, but anonymous sources could not wait to spread the news about the charges that have not been filed.

The Grand Jury is only just getting the case, but the administration thought that the whole country should know about it (!!!!). That is why both the Washington Post and CBS News have the story, which could well turn out to be a non-starter, but it will not be a non-story, not if the RNC has anything to say about it. Here are links:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/15/AR2008121502940.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/16/politics/washingtonpost/main4671020.shtml

As with the Blago case, I do not think that the nature of the charges matters. The evidence which the DOJ has decided to leak to the public in violation of Grand Jury secrecy rules is equally immaterial. In a situation like this, the identity of the folks doing the prosecution---or should I say the persecution---makes the facts of the matter irrelevant. Obama appointed Bill Richardson his commerce secretary. Now, we learn that one of Rove’s political Justice appointees was conducting a long term investigation of a Democratic front runner all through the campaign. Just in case he was a nominee or VP pick? And what about the timing of this Grand Jury leak? Stinks, doesn’t it? Especially when Obama wanted to present the results of his internal investigation about the Blago matter, which exonerate him, but Patrick Fitzgerald told him “No, not for another week.”

A lot can happen in a week. In a week, a president-elect can have two pay-to-play scandals hanging over his head and the heads of people closely associated with him.

But, we would not want to talk about motive. Only tin foil hat conspiracy theorists go there.

From the CBS article linked above:

A federal grand jury is investigating whether a financial firm improperly won more than $1.4 million in work for the state of New Mexico shortly after making contributions to political action committees of Gov. Bill Richardson (D).

The probe focuses on whether the governor's office urged a state agency to hire CDR Financial Products. The probe is in a highly active stage at a time when President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Richardson as his nominee for secretary of commerce, according to two sources familiar with the investigation.

II. Everybody Speculates

I want to make one thing straight. The impartial journalist is a myth that the modernists exploded. Those who pretend that there is no I behind what they write are capable of creating some of the most biased journalism of all. They pretend to speak for everyone. They present themselves as an authority on this or an expert on that. They claim to represent the common man---forgetting that everyone is uncommon. They also forget that no one ever looks at a set of facts----say a group of objects scattered on a table---without wondering how they got there and how they are related to each other.

Here is an example of journalistic speculation from the very conservative Times.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5354760.ece

Barack Obama dogged by ethics doubts as education chief Arne Duncan named

A fresh ethics controversy threatened to further complicate Barack Obama's White House transition today as his cabinet neared completion with the nomination of his Education Secretary.
After a week in which Mr Obama's team has been sidetracked by the scandal over the Illinois governor's alleged attempt to sell his Senate seat, it emerged that a federal grand jury is investigating donations made to political action committees belonging to Bill Richardson, the New Mexico governor and the president-elect's pick as Commerce Secretary.
Snip
Even as Mr Obama today announced Arne Duncan, the head of the Chicago school system, as his Education Secretary, he was again faced with a question about Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's alleged attempt to auction his vacant Senate seat to the highest bidder.
Mr Obama cut off a reporter who asked whether his incoming White House chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, has been heard on a federal wiretap talking with an aide to Mr Blagojevich - and whether Mr Emanuel ever handed over a list of preferred replacements.

The Times does more than report the facts. It speculates that Obama is becoming associated with ethics scandals and corrupt politicians. The article demonstrates that when he attempts to focus on his agenda, the press is distracted by the ongoing investigations. This may be an attempt to remind readers of Bill Clinton, whose effectiveness in his second term was lessened by the Monica incident.

Judicial Watch eats it up, too:

http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2008/dec/another-scandal-rocks-camp-obama

Another Scandal Rocks Camp Obama

Barack Obama hasn’t even moved into the White House and already his administration is embroiled in a second corruption scandal, this week the grand jury investigation of a cabinet member who’s the governor of New Mexico.
The week after his friend and political ally—Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich—gets indicted for operating a massive bribery scheme, the president elect’s new Commerce Secretary is being investigated for giving a shady company a lucrative state deal after it donated tens of thousands of dollars to his political action committee.

Now, I am going to speculate. At this point, I am 100% sure that Patrick Fitzgerald filed his charges against Blagojevich prematurely at the orders of someone higher up in the Bush administration. That someone planned the indictment of the Illinois governor as part of a larger attack against Obama. The Blago scandal was meant to be the first assault.

The Grand Jury investigation of the Richardson administration is clearly the second wave. I wonder if the investigation in New Mexico was set up by the replacement of fired U.S. attorney, David Iglesias. Larry Gomez is one of Rove’s political prosecutors. Richardson was always considered a prime VP pick, and so an indictment of him after the Democratic convention would have been an effective Thomas Eagleton ploy . An indictment of him now embarrasses the new administration.

Will there by a third? Here is list of the political attorneys that Rove appointed after the mass firing. If any of them is in a location to hassle Obama or his new cabinet, I am sure that they have been hard at work doing so.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismissal_of_U.S._attorneys_controversy

I can not help wondering if Richardson was passed over for VP and Secretary of State, because everyone knew that there was a political prosecutor working his state for Rove. You can not be too cautious when you live in a country where the folks who are supposed to protect us from criminals are the biggest criminals of them all.

III. Motives: Attorney General Holder Who Believes in the Constitution vs. Attorney General X Who Believes That Former Administrations Still Have Executive Privilege

Why? Why would the current administration go to all this trouble to harass Barack Obama? Are they just trying to soften him up, so that the Republicans can win some Congressional seats in 2010? The Bush family has never cared about anyone in the Republican party except themselves. I do not believe that they are acting out of party loyalty. I think that Bush, Rove, Cheney and Mukasey may have some crazy idea that they can control the new Department of Justice even after they are gone.
The whole criminal gang must be scared to death of being prosecuted for their crimes. Bush will pardon all the big fish, but can he really pardon every single attorney who worked at the DOJ and every pencil pusher at the EPA and FERC and FCC and all the other agencies that accepted bribes and failed to uphold the law? Plus, pardons will not keep these former Bushites from having to answer questions in official inquiries---or face perjury charges. And public hearings designed to expose the corruption of the Bush administration a la Nuremberg Trials or Pecora Hearings would probably be better for the country and our democracy than a few scattered prosecutions.

Rove is already leading a campaign to keep Eric Holder from being named Attorney General.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/14/rove-will-help-lead-gop-f_n_150869.html

Note that Ceci Connely of “Gore is Liar” fame is now back doing political news at the Washington Post. This woman should have Gore is a Liar tattooed across her head and pasted on her byline, so no one forgets how she helped W. get selected in 2000.

Holder is the exact opposite of Aschroft/Gonzo/Mukasey. Here is what it says at Wiki.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Holder

Holder's political views are broadly in line with Obama's. Holder favors closing the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention camp.<21> He is opposed to the Bush Administration's implementation of the Patriot Act, saying it is "bad ultimately for law enforcement and will cost us the support of the American people."<22><23> He has been critical of US torture policy and the NSA warrantless surveillance program, accusing the Bush administration of a "disrespect for the rule of law... not only wrong, it is destructive in our struggle against terrorism.”

If this is how Holder feels about some of the Bush administration’s favorite Constitution busting measures, you have to wonder how Holder feels about the people who have been breaking the law for the last eight years.

Here is how two 11th hour, ongoing indictments of Obama friends/cabinet members by federal prosecutors could be used to the advantage of the outgoing Bush administration. Rove could distribute talking points to his Republicans on Capital Hill saying that Holder is too lenient with Democrats---see the Marc Rich pardon. If Holder is named attorney general, they will claim, he will squash the ongoing investigations. He might even (gasp!) bring a halt to some of the terror trials that the Bush administration has brought using illegally obtained torture evidence. The GOPers will insert graphic descriptions about how we will all be murdered in our beds if this happens.

By that time, the RNC and the corporate media will have built these two anti-Obama cases up so that the public will be convinced that these are the absolute worst political scandals that have ever happened and that Lincoln is doing somersaults in his grave. The Republicans will demand that someone of absolutely impeccable honesty---like Patrick Fitzgerald--- with a history of terror prosecutions be named Attorney General to clean up all the political corruption that has driven our economy to bankruptcy as well as keeping us safe from events like those in Mumbai. People at DU who think that Fitz is a demigod will cheer.

No one in the Bush administration will ever be charged with anything.

Someone try to convince me that it can not happen in this country and that the Democrats that we have in this Congress (and at this Democratic message board) would not let it happen. The only person I trust right now to stop that kind of insanity is Obama himself. He would recognize the foolishness of allowing the person who started the whole mess (Fitz) to profit from it by getting a job like AG. However, the GOP could come up with some other "impartial" judge who has already cut a deal with Bush not to prosecute. A newer, nicer Mukasey. Or they could demand that Obama appoint a special prosecutor, and then we would have Ken Starr all over again---a Ken Starr who blackmails the administration. You want me to stop leaking negative stories to the press? Lay off the previous administration.

Here is why I think that Cheney had a cow when the Republicans killed the auto bailout deal. Like W., he does not give a fuck about the future of the GOP. When has he ever done anything for the good of the party? He just wants the Congressional Republicans to have a high enough public approval rating next January that they can spend the last of their political capital buying him and his partners in crime a get out of jail free Attorney General.

And yes, this is all speculation. But it is better to think about these possibilities than to be caught unprepared.

[Jakes Progress]

1. Another great post

It's amazing how easy this is to see when you blow away the smoke and mirrors. It astounds me that so many here prefer to think that all is well now, that Rove is being a good boy, that bush is behind us.

[planetc]

2. And not only that, but the Blagojevich impeachment is stalled !!!! (&R)

And HOW could that happen, after Mr. Fitzgerald told us with such biblical certainty that this was the most corrupt administration in recorded history? (See McCamy Taylor's last post.)

Was I surprised when I read of the investigation of Mr. Richardson? Well, no.

The only thing that would amaze me at this point is to read that anyone in the Bush administration was under investigation by anyone other than Dennis Kuchinich or John Conyers.

[McCamy Taylor]

3. Loved KO's feature last night on the REALLY corrupt politicians.

[redstate_democrat]

4. k&r

Why do I have a feeling this is just the tip of the iceberg?

[ProSense]

5. It's inaccurate to say Richardson is under investigation

Grand Jury Investigates Richardson Contributor

[AtomicKitten]

6. In the words of Emily Litella: "Oh, that's different. Nervermind."

[McCamy Taylor]

7. That must be why the TIMES and Judicial Watch have dubbed it an OBAMA scandal.

Guys, if you try to stick to the facts and ignore the innuendo and speculation which your political foes in the corporate media splash across the nation's airways and on the internet and in the newspapers, you will find yours president-elect facing an impeachment at the hands of a new Republican majority in 2010.

We elected a new administration. Not a new set of corporate masters.

BTW, I forgot to mention that Rove and Co. will attempt to blackmail Pelosi and other Democrats into failing to stand behind Obama's AG. They will do this by threatening that if Obama brings charges against anyone for torture they will accuse Pelosi and other Congressional Dems of being guilty too because some of them were notified about the program

Being spineless Democrats they will comply. Why? They have seen progressives, like the people at DU eat their own elected representatives because corporate media whores and Bush DOJ political attorneys have told them to. Pelosi and all will forget that they have the excuse But we did not really understand what they were talking about, and we did not have the power to authorize or prevent anything, and national intelligence rules prevented us from speaking out . These Congressional Dems will recall how quick people at DU have been to denounce and reject their own Democratic leaders. and they will decide that it is safer if there are no war crimes trials.

And it will be the fault, ultimately, of the Democrats. So, decide now, Democrats, what is more important? Making sure that America never does this again? Or preserving your right to pitch a collective hissy fit against one of your own so that you can flex your muscles and gloat over your power the next time the MSM decides that it wants to target a Democrat because the corporate bosses have told them that doing so will protect Republicans like Bush, Cheney and Rove.

Just wait. Sooner or later, Obama will be the one in their sights, and you will not believe how many Democrats will be ready let him take a fall. They will be the supporters of all the other Dems who were allowed to fall, because they were not Obama so they did not count.

That is where we are heading if we try to write off Richardson on this one. I would like to see a little outrage at DU over this indictment. Instead I see a lot of Oh, my. I hope it just does away. Let's ignore it.

The MSM isn't ignoring it.

[ProSense]

8. "Guys, if you try to stick to the facts and ignore the innuendo" Richardson isn't being investigated

Judicial Watch is a wingnut organization.

BTW, I forgot to mention that Rove and Co. will attempt to blackmail Pelosi and other Democrats into failing to stand behind Obama's AG. They will do this by threatening that if Obama brings charges against anyone for torture they will accuse Pelosi and other Congressional Dems of being guilty too because some of them were notified about the program.

Give the imagination a rest. You have no evidence of what Obama plans to do or not do. You're making up situations and then attaching conspiracies to them. This entire post is fiction.

[McCamy Taylor]

9. Oh ye of little faith, Real story follows.

Check my journals if you doubt me. Remember the Iran NIE? Big news. All the progressive forums were covering it 24-7. Iran was no nuclear threat. There was no reason to invade. Yeah!

A couple of days into the celebration, Mark Mazzetti gets an anonymous scoop. The CIA destroyed a couple of torture tapes. The Iran NIE falls faster than a leaky zeppelin. Everyone is talking about investigating the CIA for torture, prosecuting them for a coverup, how high did it go? Maybe the White House? Even KO was distracted.

I was the only person here (and as far as I know on any of the internet sites I read) who stopped to think distraction . Mazzetti had already done several NeoCon stories. Was his source in the WH? A typical Bush Sr. /Rove strategy was to obscure one scandal with the smoke of a flashier but politically less damaging scandal.

I posted that the destroyed CIA torture tape story most likely came from the Bush WH. It was intended to discredit the Iran NIE so the NeoCons could continue plotting to invade Iran, part of their plan for America's domination of the world's oil reserves. For the plan to work, prominent newspapers would have to run editorials which denounced the CIA for its culture of corruption in light of the two torture tapes scandal and questioning the Iran NIE results. Also, to prevent the two torture tapes from spurring a Congressional investigation into how much the WH knew about torture, the administration would have to make torture a bipartisan scandal.

A day or two later, on Sunday, the NYT and the WaPo each had editorials about how the 2 torture tapes story invalidates the Iran NIE. And the WaPo brought the infamous "Pelosi Knew" story---which meant that Congress would never hold meaningful hearings on torture.

This is not the only time I have predicted what Rove and Co. are up to. I live in Texas. I saw these guys at work long before they went to DC. Rove in particular likes to repeat himself. If something works once, he keeps repeating it over and over again. If he did not have such powerful friends, he would have been apprehended long ago. There are plenty of people in Texas who can do the same. Back in 2000 when all the idiots were saying Bush is the same is Gore, we tried to warn you, but no one listened, I guess because we are from Texas.

[FrenchieCat]

10. And you are advertising this for what reason?

I think this ain't going no where.....

unless the Internets start buzzing about it.

Your OP is part of that buzz.

Is it really helpful to us, or doesn't this assist publicizing the smoke where there is no fire.

[McCamy Taylor]

11. WaPo. Fort Worth Star Telegram, CBS, TIMES, Bloomberg, the entire conservative

Bloggosphere....There are almost 5000 hits right now for Obama and Grand Jury investigation in Albuquerque and he is not even a target.

But no, you are right. Let's wait until the Freeper trolls show up at DU posting about how Richardson is tainting Obama with his corruption and needs to be booted from the new cabinet in 5 or 6 identical threads, alienating a bunch of Latino and New Mexican Democrats before we respond to this leak from the Bush DOJ. That is definitely the politically sound way to handle this matter. It worked so well for Siegelman and Spitzer. The reactive position is so much more powerful.

How come people who claimed to be supporters of Obama in the primary are doing so little to protect his administration now that he is elected? Solidarity is power. Obama knows that. You guys were very effective when it came to the slash and burn politics of the primary--maybe too effective. Obama can not stand alone, and he knows that, too. Real political players know how to switch from primary to general election to administrative mode. The enemy is not fellow Democrats . It is newspapers that print things like "Obama dogged by ethics doubts" based upon the actions of the most criminal DOJ in the history of the USA.

[Alexander]

19. "Let's wait until the Freeper trolls show up"

"Let's wait until the Freeper trolls show up at DU posting about how Richardson is tainting Obama with his corruption and needs to be booted from the new cabinet in 5 or 6 identical threads"

It sounds like that's happening already. :eyes:

"How come people who claimed to be supporters of Obama in the primary are doing so little to protect his administration now that he is elected?"

How come people who claimed to be supporters of Hillary Clinton are doing so much to try to tear down her boss now that he is elected?

[The Wizard]

12. Karl Rove should be tortured

It's legal now.
Then he should be decapitated with a hack saw in the public square.
I'm against capital punishment, but sometimes.....

[Vinca]

13. On the plus side, the word "hooker" has yet to be uttered.

I'm sure Joe and Mika will figure out a way to throw it into one of the faux scandals.

[D23MIURG23]

14. I think this is a bit far fetched.

Sure the bush admin are going to want to influence the AG selection, but having random people in the periphery of the Obama administration investigated at the last minute sounds like a loosing strategy. I've seen no evidence that the Blago fiasco has damaged Obama at all, and I'm skeptical that some random ethics investigation tied to Richardson will have much of an effect either.

I also have to be skeptical of the implications toward Fitzgerald, because he was in a very good position to spare the bush admin some embarrasment a couple years ago, and you may remember that he declined to do so. I have a hard time picturing him in bed with those guys after that.

I think it is more likely that these issues were unrelated incidents that some of the right wing corners of the media are using against Obama just because their default action is to go after Democrats.

[uponit7771]

15. "...sounds like a loosing strategy..."...Remember, we're not talking about the smartest people here

...Yes, the Bush admin is full of fuck ups and people like Sarah Palin IMHO, they don't KNOW that they are stupid and I don't think Fitz is LEADING anything. He's doing what he's told while people under him are being directed by Rovians, this is the reason I don't think Obama should "deal" with the right at this point. They're too entrenched and too stupid and should be chocked out of existence.

[D-Lee]

16. McCamy Isn't Going FAR Enough -- been right so far

Well, so far, the Spitzer prosecution was dropped without charges -- but it did get one Democratic governor removed.

The Blago charges are still up in the air -- but now there is no one on hand to appoint a new Democratic senator by January 20th, plus there is a "groundswell" by "reformers" to change filling the seat from appointment to a special election (giving Republicans a chance to fill the seat and certainly consuming democratic resources). Does anyone seriously think the investigation and any impeachment efforts will be concluded before Jan. 20th?

Now, Richardson is being tarred in an effort that certainly won't be over by Jan. 20th.

And, US AG Holder is being promised a grilling on a Clinton pardon to which it is clear that he didn't pay much attention.

Anyone smell a groundswell here? Rove tactics?

And, when the time comes to replace these Republican US Attorneys, wouldn't any sensible person predict that one will hear that there should be no replacement until the "investigation" of these democrats is "finished"? Isn't that consistent with the media exposure gained by the involved US attorneys who respectively (1) made extreme comments outside the bounds of proper comment and jeopardizing any right to a fair trial and (2) violated grand jury secrecy?

So, keep going McCamy!

[dionysus]

17. another poorly written, long winded sack of bullshit.

but the cap shill gang will love it!!

[Alexander]

18. How is this anything but an attempt at revenge after the primaries?

Christ, when you people aren't smearing the Kennedys, it's Richardson.

:eyes:

[Hansel]

20. This is all about swaying public opinion when and if Obama's

administration starts investigating people from Bush's administration--like Rove for instance.

First, they will file as many cases as possible so that when Obama moves to replace these US Attorneys with his own appointments, the Republican can cry that Obama is trying to hide something and should keep the existing US Attorneys until the case is closed. And the media, being obedient little dogs will follow right along (like they already are).

Then they will beat up Eric Holder in the confirmation hearings and in the media to attempt to totally destroy his credibility, but they will still vote him in.

Then, when and if, Obama's administration starts to investigate Rove and the other criminals associated with this White House, especially the US Attorneys, they can completely win over the media to their side and turn public opinion against Obama's administration by saying his Attorney General is corrupt and that Obama's admin is scandal ridden.

I think this is attended to be especially helpful to Rove in the Don Siegelman case. Also for Cheney. That is why he openly admitted war crimes yesterday without batting an eye.

These last minute investigations are for the purpose of making Obama think twice about going after them. It won't work because Obama is going to do what he wants to do without regard to outside opinion and public opinion is on Obama's side and they want him to succeed.

[McCamy Taylor]

21. AP has Gov. Richardson's name in the lead paragraph today. Obama in headlines.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.richardson17dec17,0,3947327.story

Firm's ties to Obama pick probed

Associated Press
December 17, 2008

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A federal grand jury is investigating how a California firm that contributed to the political activities of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, the nominee to head the Commerce Department, won a lucrative government contract.

snip

The proceedings follow an FBI probe in which investigators sought documents from the New Mexico Finance Authority. Investigators also interviewed former and current authority officials about New Mexico's 2004 contract with CDR for the $1.6billion transportation program.

Asked whether the probe focused only on CDR's actions in securing or executing the contract, the person with knowledge of the investigation said, "It is more than that."

Richardson ignored two shouted questions about the company at his afternoon news conference in Santa Fe and left the room.

The media whores are back in the saddle. This article contains nothing to suggest that Obama is the focus of the investigation and nothing to suggest that Richardson is the focus of the investigation and yet the title and first paragraph slime both of them.

Here is the main number at AP. You know what to do. I already did it.

Headquarters
450 W. 33rd St.
New York, NY 10001

Main Number
[phone]

Or, you can do like some of the people above and hide and hope that it all goes away.

BTW, if you Google Obama and this investigation you get over 20k hits today.

[ProSense]

23. It still doesn't say Richardson is under investigation.

Surely you recognize spin when you see it. The problem is that your thread title is worse than the media spin.

[McCamy Taylor]

24. Yes, I recognize spin. I recogognize your spin. You have deliberately

encouraged division within the ranks of Democrats for a whole year, ProSense. When I try to point out an attack that is being leveled at a fellow Democrat so that we can present a united front, you want to shut me down. There are a group of people in this country who prosper when Democrats are divided and conquered.

Democrats need to denounce the Grand Jury leaks in this latest case, because this is the weakest assault that the Bush DOJ will make. Everyone likes and trusts Richardson. Everyone knows that the attorney who replaced Inglesias is one of Rove's minions. There was no compelling reason to take the case to the Grand Jury now. The leak is criminal. The press is giving this one only light coverage, because they know that on its own, Dems can destroy it---and they can use the case to attack the politicized Bush DOJ. So, they are giving it just enough coverage that the nation's Republicans can include it in their creepy posts about how Obama has already had more scandals than Bush had in 8 years.

When the next investigation/indictment is brought, it will be too late to come back and say "But number two was clearly bullshit!" The press will talk about three investigations. The time to publicize this stupid case is now.

This one makes the DOJ look bad. Why do Dems feel the need to hide their heads in shame? Go on the offensive. People at DU have been criticizing Congress for not having the balls to impeach Bush or end the war. Do we lack the balls to attack the press for its biased coverage of this bullshit investigation?

[ProSense]

25. "You have deliberately encouraged division within the ranks of Democrats for a whole year, ProSense"

What the hell does that have to do with your misleading title?

[McCamy Taylor]

26. You are right. It should have been "Grand Jury Persecutes Richardson"

Maybe I will repost the whole thing under that new title.

[McCamy Taylor]

22. Here is what the RNC is up to....

http://environmentalrepublican.blogspot.com/2008/12/hope-and-change-another-obama-nominee.html

Jeez, his people have been in more scandals in the month and a half since the election than Bush was in nearly eight years:

A federal grand jury is investigating whether a financial firm improperly won more than $1.4 million in work for the state of New Mexico shortly after making contributions to political action committees of Gov. Bill Richardson (D).

The probe focuses on whether the governor's office urged a state agency to hire CDR Financial Products. The probe is in a highly active stage at a time when President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Richardson as his nominee for secretary of commerce, according to two sources familiar with the investigation.

The grand jury in Albuquerque is expected to hear testimony today from several key witnesses, including officials at Richard's political action committees and bankers at J.P. Morgan who worked with CDR on the state's investments.

Easy guys, you may want to wait for The One to be inaugurated before you start implementing the Chicago way in DC.

This is the new Democrat party where ethics are paramount and the people will be returned the government that is truly theirs...Yeah right. I actually typed that with a straight face.

One would have thought that Obama would have been warned of the baggage that accompanies Clintonista's. Evidently not as he has taken every single one that would work for him except Gore.

Hope and change baby. Hope. And. Change.

Jeez, his people have been in more scandals in the month and a half since the election than Bush was in nearly eight years. That is the work of Karl Rove's politicized Department of Justice, for those who have not noticed. Fitz helped a lot. The press has been slower to latch onto the NM story, because they know 1) Richardson is well respected and 2) the U.S. attorney out there is corrupt. But if the DOJ comes up with a third indictment or investigation, it will be a Republican trifecta. And Cheney is sitting on 7 years worth of wiretaps, and Obama has invited a bunch of prominent Democrats to join his cabinet.

This investigation is going to be the weakest, most vuolnerable of them all, coming in Inglesias's old jurisdiction, with the associated Grand Jury leak and the suspicious timing. The time to accuse the DOJ of political prosecutions of Democrats associated with Obama is now not when the next shoe drops. By then, it will be too late.