truthilicious

Throughout President-Elect Obama’s campaign for the White House, he paid a good deal of lip service to being a unifying person who would “reach across the aisle” to bring people together in order to compromise and best resolve the seemingly insurmountable issues that confront our nation without the interference of “partisan politics.”

Wow - how refreshing that sounded… and the message caught fire - igniting one of the most impressive campaigns in American history.

But with Obama’s selection of Rahm Emanuel as Chief-of-Staff, the reality of the Obama Administration is coming into focus; it’s Barack’s way or no way.

For the uninitiated, Rahm Emanuel once stood up and pounded a steak knife into a table screaming “DEAD! DEAD! DEAD!” while rattling off names of Clinton foes following the 1996 campaign (source).  He sent a dead fish to a former colleague who had pissed him off.  I mean, there are crazy people in Congress (you could easily drop about any Ted Stevens reference here to prove that point), but Rahm takes it to a whole new Godfather-esque level.  This guy is just off.

Couple that powder-keg demeanor with the fact that Rahm ran Freddie Mac from 2000-2001 during a period of constant scandal regarding campaign contributions (source).  Oh, and he’s a product of the Chicago political establishment - which should raise a red flag or at least an eyebrow.

Beady-eyed, five-headed Liberal pundit Paul Begala described Emanuel as having “a big old pair of brass balls,” and that he is “just what the Democrats need to fight back.” (source).

Fight?  Wow - that seems like **gasp** more of the same!

That’s right - while disparaging the current Administration’s strong-arm politics, (and for good reason), the reality is that the next one will be just as bad… only the Obama Administration will be so far to the left that we’ll think LBJ  is back in the White House.

And to add insult to injury, now President-Elect Obama has decided to deride former First Lady Nancy Reagan by making an offhanded remark about her rumored consultation with “spiritual advisers.”  (source)  Nice work there Hussein - take a shot at arguably one of the greatest Presidents in history via a rumor involving his wife.

I guess the high ground is a bit much to expect from you, Mr. President-Elect… after all, you spent more money on negative ads than any candidate in history, (source) so why should we expect that you’d have a change of heart now that you are mere weeks away from moving in to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?

Pass the Hopium - I need a fix…