Posted by
Bill Crawford on Wednesday, February 04, 2009 8:05:52 PM
Gosh, that's a bit unfair, isn't it? I mean, give the poor guy a chance!
No, for a couple of reasons. First, Conservatives get smacked in the head all the time for morals issues, they being perceived as hypocrisy a priori because they are the "family values" party. This is why Bill Clinton could use the oval office as a whorehouse and remain in office. Liberals pose themselves as the ethical versions of the virgin birth all the time, and they get kicked in the head that much faster as a result.
Secondly, Barrack spent an inordinate amount of time on the campaign trail carping about the state of things in Washington, in the White House and in McCain's campaign. He was going to "change" all that.
Now he is finding that it is really hard to filll an administration with the talent he needs without coming up against the same ol', same ol' of revolving door lobbyists, tax cheats and ethics lapses. In the tax cheat cases, they are serving a party and a philosophy where the well-to-do are supposed to do their patriotic best to fork over their full share of tax money to fund the government for all those who are there to benefit from Obamas "net tax cut".
Things got so bad by the time poor Tommy Daschle got there that the new President did his best 'buck stops here' song and dance.
Sorry again, how is "I screwed up" a song and dance? Listen to the follow-on explanation- a lament about how Daschle was still the best man for the job, which is why he originally passed him up to the Senate. The vetting people knew about his tax problems, and so did the President. You see, he is on a special mission from God, and he needs to be above his own rules at times. Like, whenever he deems them necessary.
That is because, like many others on the Left, Barrack is a moral relativist. He feels no compunction about being consistent. Whatever it takes. Whatever Barrack thinks is needed, today. If tommorow calls for something else, so what?