I WOULD care if talking heads had any shame. But they don't and you can bet that none of them will say they were wrong in jumping to conclusions. As a matter of fact, looking into my crystal ball Joe Scarborough will actually say this is proof that Rahm knew about Blago's pay to play scheme and now the question that has to be answered is if he told the Feds. And they will paint it as scandalous if in theory he didn't.
Of course the GOP will continue to mention to how e was "impicated" in the scandal, just as they forever mentioned "ananswered questions" about Whitewater long after all investigators had concluded that the Clintons were innocent of any wrongdoing.
yeah, can we now move on to his dealings with Freddie Mack, campaigning against withdrawal from Iraq (Duckworth),
16 million bucks for 2 years work in investment banking,
and his involvement in US-Israel relations?
Yeah, we care. If his integrety had been compromised it might have weakened his ability to get things done in Washington. How much, I don't know, but Obama's going to need all the muscle he can get.
Yeah, I definitely care. While I've got some fundamental disagreements on policy and plain ol' statements he's made over the course of 2008, the proverbial crap has hit the proverbial fan. Exactly what we don't need is even the hint of a corruption scandal dogging the new administration.
It's a broken record with me, I admit, but that's the Boomer way of politicking and I want none of it, even as I welcome Obama's presidency with a very cynical eye. There's too much to deal with to have to fight a legal and, far more importantly, media battle of some short, stupid governor in a state I used to call home.
Here's a piece no one cared about. Meh, whatever, probably the most enjoyable article I did during my stint at TIME. Premiered a month before I got laid-off. The nail in the coffin? Ya think?
Here's me going after Al. I didn't so much have a problem with him, as I had a problem with media acting like this dude was the go-to guy for everything black.
This was my first real story at time. I was writing for the Business section, a real change of direction for me. At any rate, it's about Wal-Mart's attempts to colonize the inner-city. As much as I enjoyed this piece, I mostly enjoyed going out to Chicago, which is a beautiful, beautiful city.
This a piece I did about the cops just outside our nation capitol, in Prince George's County, a few years back. I wanted to offer a counter to the dumb, conventional wisdom that if you paint your police force black, you could eradicate police brutality. In fact, Prince George's--one of the richest, blackest counties in the country--also had one of the most brutal police force's in the country.
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood 
I WOULD care if talking heads had any shame. But they don't and you can bet that none of them will say they were wrong in jumping to conclusions. As a matter of fact, looking into my crystal ball Joe Scarborough will actually say this is proof that Rahm knew about Blago's pay to play scheme and now the question that has to be answered is if he told the Feds. And they will paint it as scandalous if in theory he didn't.
Of course the GOP will continue to mention to how e was "impicated" in the scandal, just as they forever mentioned "ananswered questions" about Whitewater long after all investigators had concluded that the Clintons were innocent of any wrongdoing.
yeah, can we now move on to his dealings with Freddie Mack, campaigning against withdrawal from Iraq (Duckworth),
16 million bucks for 2 years work in investment banking,
and his involvement in US-Israel relations?
full transparency, right?
But, this is good for John McCain, the surge worked and we really are a nation of whiners!
Cleared from what?
Outing a CIA agent? Violating the Geneva Conventions? Failing to uphold his oath to defend and protect the Constitution of the United States?
Yeah, we care. If his integrety had been compromised it might have weakened his ability to get things done in Washington. How much, I don't know, but Obama's going to need all the muscle he can get.
Yeah, I definitely care. While I've got some fundamental disagreements on policy and plain ol' statements he's made over the course of 2008, the proverbial crap has hit the proverbial fan. Exactly what we don't need is even the hint of a corruption scandal dogging the new administration.
It's a broken record with me, I admit, but that's the Boomer way of politicking and I want none of it, even as I welcome Obama's presidency with a very cynical eye. There's too much to deal with to have to fight a legal and, far more importantly, media battle of some short, stupid governor in a state I used to call home.