So , a cover – up of a crime with a ridiculous story is fine with George . The party of Al Franken , Rangel , Pelosi , Rendell , Frank , Murtha , etc. have a new talking point .

From BHO:

Transparency and Open Government
Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies

SUBJECT: Transparency and Open Government

My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government.

CBS Evening News

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2010
Obama Reneges on Health Care Transparency

The poor teabagging babies really struck out on this on.

It seems to me that most of the Republican establishment have been trying to stomp out further investigation of the Sestak “affair” because both parties have done such things, some of which have been carried out in public and I’m sure others have taken place behind closed doors.

These same folks have never really been a fan of an “Independent Counsel”, so I find it perfectly understandable why they’d want to keep a rebirth of the position off the table and why they wouldn’t want to open a whole can of worms about a pretty benign, comparatively common situation.

I love George but he has lost his mind.

It is preposterous – absurd and silly too – to call for an independent counsel (not council) over this matter and the Republicans are playing cheap politics by doing so (welcome to America circa 2010).

But it drives yet another stake into the heart of the “I’m going to change how Washington does business” promise of candidate Obama. After all, this is how Washington has done business. Democrats and Republicans.

And it intriguing for me that Bill Clinton was tasked for this job. Why go to him for such a apparently meaningless offer (advisory board offer?)?

Haha….”preposterous” and “not being very intelligent” (DADT)

A perfect end to a perfect week to those opposed to the increasingly strident and obsolete Right-wing scum in this country.

Sucks to be you.

Can’t we all just agree not to talk about this anymore? Who cares if a crime was committed or that people have been trying to cover it up for months? Please, let’s just say nothing more about it, at least until after Sestak is elected. Ah forget it, let’s just promise to never mention it again. OK? (Unless, of course, this can all be blamed on Bush, in which case someone needs to go to jail ASAP.)

Nobody actually buys the story as put out on Friday, I mean, someone would have to be a serious retard to believe it. Everyone got together, agreed to the same phony story, and that’s what we got. I doubt that very many people care, I know I don’t, but it’s just about par for this racist pap smear you idiots elected. He was gonna change things and be all transparent, and now the excuse is hey, everyone does it. The guy’s such a douche.

@SteveMG: Aw… come on… let’s let the Tea Party folks scream so much about an Independent Counsel that one would have to be appointed. Then my side of the aisle would be able to ask for one with good conscious to investigate the relationship(s) between Halliburton, Blackwater, Cheney, the Bush Administration and members of Congress, plus we could get one to delve into Alberto Gonzales and I’m sure that we could come up with a half dozen other situaions, if we were to put our mind to it.

It’d be fun to cripple the government just because Bill made an exploratory phone call, one afternoon.

BTW: Is there a newsletter to which one can subscribe, so that everyone can know the most recent memes to use against the White House? This whole “transparency” thing has been around for a few days, so I assume they’ll be another one next week.

“The most recent development in the case is that GOP would like the FBI to launch an investigation into the matter.

During the This Week roundtable this morning George Will put the kibash on that idea.”

With all do respect to Will, and I think he is great, but it’s not really up to him, is it? He’s a journalist and a political commentator. It’s not really with in his power, or persuasion to “put a kibash” on it.

Magister says:
May 30, 2010 at 4:00 pm

No, there are no newsletters, it’s just obvious that Obama, who has claimed to be the most transparent WH evah is full of sh*t. He also claimed to be “change” and now his supporters are running around claiming “everyone does it.”

We don’t need a “memo” to point out the frickin obvious.

As for the newsletters sent out, they are only sent out from the Obama White House.

Then my side of the aisle would be able to ask for one with good conscious to investigate the relationship(s) between Halliburton, Blackwater, Cheney, the Bush Administration and members of Congress, plus we could get one to delve into Alberto Gonzales and I’m sure that we could come up with a half dozen other situaions, if we were to put our mind to it.</i.

I'm bipartisan on this: I'm against unsubstantiated attacks whether they come from Republicans or Democrats.

With all the shit that you teabaggers have been slinging at Obama hoping it will stick I think it is hilarious that you are now reduced to calling him a “politician” as some kind of feeble takedown.

PLEASE!! NO MOAR!!! UNCLE!!!! LMFAO

We never thought of or wanted Obama to be God. It was a Righty talking point that christened him “The One”.
Not us.
All we wanted from him was to kick your ass, so yeah….happy happy joy joy.

Close italics.

We never thought of or wanted Obama to be God.

C’mon. That’s baloney. Obama promised to save the world and recede the world’s waters and save the universe.

And much of the press and his supporters went along with the fable.

What about all that talk about changing how things were done in Washington? About transparency?

One doesn’t have to be a Limbaugh loon to be critical of some of the stuff candidate Obama said he was going to do. And has abandoned.

“What about all that talk about changing how things were done in Washington? About transparency?”

Stop being naive. This is Washington. If you don’t play politics you quickly lose power. And that would make us considerably more upset with Obama than him playing the game.

Stop being naive

Please, he ran most of his campaign on that theme. Change, change, change.

Fine, okay. He was blowing smoke.

And you wonder why the public is cynical about Washington and politics? You think all the “Teabaggers” are just racist white trash?

It’s stuff like this that is fueling their antipathy – against both parties.

LOL! The teabaggers had better luck proving the existence of the Kenyan birth certificate than they did proving anything illegal was done here.

Sarah,
You certainly get around on the blogs. I dropped in to the Radio Equalizer for the first time in months and low and behold there was “An American girl in Italy”.

” CBS Evening News

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2010
Obama Reneges on Health Care Transparency”

Not too slick, notsofast.

Obama held an all-day, bipartisan health care summit with congressional leadership in February, keeping his promise. Use those new health care benefits to get help with your memory.

“I love George but he has lost his mind.”

Hell hath no fury like a jilted lover.

Now-now. I’m sure Georgie will say something ridiculous soon. In the meantime, clutch his picture to your bosom and pine away.

“And it intriguing for me that Bill Clinton was tasked for this job.”

Sestak worked in the Clinton administration. They know each other.

“With all do respect to Will, and I think he is great, but it’s not really up to him, is it? He’s a journalist and a political commentator. It’s not really with in his power, or persuasion to “put a kibash” on it.”

Metaphor: a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

“As for the newsletters sent out, they are only sent out from the Obama White House.”

No Republican White House EVER put out a press release?

Drink a little too much vino? Ran out of Kool-Aid?

“If you don’t play politics…”

Everyone knows that, tard-man. It’s just funny watching this minor league douche nozzle flounder. He thought he had a mandate, but all he really had was a really bad opponent. Progressivism came out from the shadows for all to see in all its ugliness. Normal people reject those politics big time, and I guess we can thank Obama for being such an incompetent ass when it comes to advancing that agenda.

Transparency is a goal – a worthwhile one.

Politics always involve a back-and-forth, wheeling and dealing. Obama was perhaps optimistic about the level of transparency he could achieve, but is it so bad to thus aspire?

Compared to the “bunker mentality” of W and Darth – if Dumbya can be accused of “mentality” – Obama has been far more open and candid.

“He thought he had a mandate, but all he really had was a really bad opponent.”

Republicans eating their own! Dig in!

Think again, vag stain, I’m not a Republican.

OK – This is way offtopic for the post and I admit that I’m (at least) partially responsible, but putting aside the fact that only newbie voters and the truly naive could’ve bought into some of the rhetoric from the campaign and I occasionally found myself cautioning against unrealistic expectations… “most” and “more” are simply measures which are open to interpretation and though maybe some may see them as not being perfect, one could certainly make the argument that this administration has been “more transparent” than most of those which preceded it.

George Will is just another smarmy RINO and an Obama apologist. There is much more to this story than the White House SHYSTERS are disclosing to the public. It is NOT going away until we have all the facts. There needs to be an independent investigation, whether George Will agrees or not.

Bubba’s smack dab in the middle of the story……hmm,makes you wonder.

The problem to me isn’t so much the to-do about Sestak’s having been offered a job, but what appears to be stonewalling, hemming and hawing, and refusal to give detail by Sestak or the WH when repeatedly asked about it. Concerns me that the time was used to collaborate and corroborate a unified response, which wouldn’t be necessary if all were above-board. That’s what I’m interested in knowing more about.

I have 2 words for anyone thinking they want to exploit the Sestak story: Judd Gregg

Thank you George. Finally, a man of reason. There just isn’t enough time in anyone’s life to investigate job offers made by politicians, For those who just want to investigate things – let’s start with the MMS department within the Dept of the Interior while also looking at all the politicians who have been paid off by the oil companys.

“At another point in the show, Will also noted that the time for DADT is long gone and that the public now views homosexuality the way it looks upon people who are left-handed.”

He made quite an assumption with that one. Though if one’s point of reference is just a television, or more specifically, Family Guy, it’s understandable.

Fox News: We proudly pander to Teabaggers says:
May 30, 2010 at 5:15 pm

I don’t recall what I was there for. I read Memeorandum, and Hot Air daily, and tons of other sites, and follow their links to stories every day. I spend a lot of time reading the events of the day all over the net. If I read something I agreed or disagreed with and left a comment, so?

Do you just spend all your time here?

Integr8d says:
May 31, 2010 at 9:07 pm
“At another point in the show, Will also noted that the time for DADT is long gone and that the public now views homosexuality the way it looks upon people who are left-handed.”

“He made quite an assumption with that one. Though if one’s point of reference is just a television, or more specifically, Family Guy, it’s understandable.”

??

Yes this issue needs to be addressed. Think of it…. If you wanted a job at the White house. All you have to do is find someone to run against that would receive less votes then you but the administration wanted in place. You really don’t want the seat you just want a prestigious job. Pretty slick huh? Ya This needs to be prosecuted to put a message out that this type of ploy will not be tolerated. George Will? He is just a tool, what else is new…