Word of the Day: "Taint"
By John Amato Thursday Dec 11, 2008 2:30pmDigby has been following the Conservative Illuminati as they do their best to try and smear Obama with Blagojevich.
Today on MSNBC, Shuster had on Pat Buchanan who said that Obama reacted "abnormally" to the Blagojevich news and failed to disclose which of his aides may have spoken to the Governor about his seat. Harold Ford very ineffectually defended Obama.
Buchanan replied:
Let me tell you, the problem is not that Rahm Emmanuel or Axelrod are involved in some deal.It is that they may be "tainted" by the fact that they talked to a Governor who is trolling and selling his Senate seat. They may have talked to him and if they did, they are supposed to report that to the US Attorney. Let me tell you Harold, a lot of my friends in the Nixon white house didn't do a thing when some guy came running in saying our guys just got caught breaking in and they didn't do anything with it.
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It's politics as scandal theatre, where Obama is judged by his performance on opening night. You can see by the energy and excitement among the gasbags that they want nothing more than to wallow in this thing as long as they can.
The Media are doing their very best to smear Obama and make ridiculous accusations and conclusions when Fitzgerald did not.
The Politico's awkward attemp to hype the Blago/Obama drama
The WSJ's awkward attempt to hype the Blago/Obama "ties"
Bob Cesca has found the word of the day.
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The Rethuglicans are desperate to derail the people's mandate for Obama and the Democrats to bring America back on track from the devastation they have brought on this land. 2010 will be here before you know it and we can vote more of these SOB's out of office. Soon there will be too few of them to stand in the people's way.
I was thinking of some completely different meaning....
/not something that should be discussed here....
what you refering to: "Taint neither one." lol
The media is always looking for sensationalism instead of doing real journalism.
How long will it take before the GOP demands a special prosecutor start investigatinng Obama's ties to Blago? I give it a week. The GOP has to be jumping with joy over this BS. Look what they did to Clinton over Whitewater. A land deal the Clinton's lost money on. There's even less wrong doing here then in Whitewater, but the GOP will use it to derail Obama's agenda. You can count on that. I read Michelle Malkin's column today about corrupt democrats. She actually said that Rahm Emanuel, who tipped off Fitzgerald about Blago, that it was in itself suspiscious. In most rational people's mind, when someone reports another's wrong doing, it's commendable. Not in the mind of a wingnut like Malkin.
taint jokes, pile on.
That is the first thing I thought. As a side note, we just need to keep making them jokes. Just laugh at everything they say.
Ysbadadden, where are you?
Why did the people of IL elect Blago, you should see the repub party in IL, they are even more corrupt than Blago. In the last 5 years nobody would get close to Blago, we all knew that Fitz had him in his sights, and that staying at arms length was the smart thing to do.
There is a gordions knot in IL politics and how everybody is connected, from the Borg of Star trek that gave you Obama as a senator, to a dead family on the highway leads to Scooter Libby being convicted, or how stealing postage stamps put Blago in the govs mansion; trust me they are all connected in the wierd world that is IL politics.
When the right tries to taint Obama with Blago, be careful what you wish for, b/c the way it works in IL there will be more repub misdeeds that will come up than the dems have, and that is saying something.
I was told not to say taint caus i tain't right.
it's news, it's entertainment. CBS lost that war a long time ago. Ask Walter.
if it's politics, it involves organized crime. It is only a negotiation between mob bosses.
if it's on TV, it is based on fiction. It has to be. You don't really think people can fly through the air into a square or rectangle in your room? honestly.
how many Cons will be found to be "tainted" by the crap that BushCo pulled over the last eight years once all the investigations get going. There will be investigations...right?
But because he came up through Illinois politics, he rubbed up against all these tainted fucks.
Well, I think it's well known when someone refers to you as a "motherfu*ker", that implies that you are close and working closely together.
Maybe in Republican lingo it means that, but not for us.
According to the Cheany dictonary "Go fuck yourself" means "How are the wife and kids".
So if someone says, Go fu*k yourself motherfu*ker, what exactly would that mean in republican lingo? How are the wife and kids and man, we work together well?
As I said yesterday, going by their logic, Stevens is a convicted felon on several counts. He and Palin are both from Alaska so is Palin a suspected felon too? Does she have Stevens taint?
Oh God there is a pictute that is going to take years to get rid of. Cant you just see Palin wearing a taint skin cap from her ole boy hunting trip?
Speaking of Palin and taint, here's some good news from the Alaskan front. ;)
Yeah I was thinking the same thing. It only seems fair to investigate Palin for alleged ties to Stevens' corruption, if you apply the same logic, but with the amount of limelight focused on her during the election and the fact that Stevens' trial was taking place at same time, I would have to conclude that she is either untainted by Stevens or that she did a pretty good job covering her tracks. I personally don't think she's smart enough to do the latter.
and distract the media by outing a CIA agent or having a birthday party during a major catastrophe or ruining the economy. No, that wouldn't work as he isn't even in office yet. Guess he can only smile at the stupidity of it all.
I am not going to defend this guy but the talmudic jew thing in me is asking, "Where is the corroborating evidence?" Not one person so far has spoken up to say, "Yeah! this M-F was shaking me down so bad I gave him my first born son and washed his car every other weekend." Not one contractor, not one politician, not even anyone specific in the media. It's like everyone "knew" but no one is talking? WTF?
BTW you can add Slate's John Dickerson to your "Taint" list:
http://www.slate.com/id/2206428/
Obama's been "tainted" before!
Barack Obama limps on tainted by Hillary Clinton's encore
But there's LOT's o' dat "taintin" goin' around:
Romney's outsider image tainted by lobbyist link
The Bush taint becoming the McCain taint?
Palin’s reformer image tainted by history of ethical lapses
Gotta get ME some o' dat "taint"!
campbell brown has the same take on this. what i'd like to hear from somebody is "how refreshing that obama's camp earned the contempt of this bastard blagojevich". clearly these talking heads are looking for something sensational.
Looks like the media is a one trick pony. How can they keep putting these sick pundits back on, even after the election. What is it about entertainment news channels that they can continue hosting the same twisted Republican morons that are obviously wrong on every issue they bitch about. Is that all they know? Their time has passed. We don't care if cable has to go back to real news, we want these Bush jokers out of the discussion for good. Replace them with real people.
What a coincidence...whenever I see Blagojevich, the first word that comes to mind is "taint."
...became a popular word.
The corporate media wants to distract workers in this terrible economy with political junk stories so they won't protest all over the country like they did in Chicago, imo.
http://www.nationalreview.com/derbyshire/derb...
Every State Govenor was at the meeting with Obama/Biden. Now why would Obama talk about his Senate seat? What ever was talked about Joe Biden was their. Republicans still haven't figured it out that Obama is smart and has the people who know their tricks.
It would be inconceivable and totally bizarre if a Senator and a Governor from the same state had no ties. Of course they have to work together. It is their job. Call it "taint" if you want, but it has no implication.
Site Monitor:
I see that you have tagged this story with the following tags: Barack Obama, Rod Blagojevich, Smears
Would you please add "Taint" ? I am certain that this new tag will be applicable to many stories in the future.
This is just nonsense. last night Hannity was saying that Obama should release every email, every contact with this dumb shit that everybody hates. Hannity went on to say that it was good that Blogo said that Obama's people were motherfuckers for not playing his game but that it did not matter because Obama should release every email etc etc. my question is; what was Hannity saying when Bush was dodging everything about Valery Plamme? Did Hhannity want all of Rove's and Cheney's emails? These people are insane.
like the 'thugs will ever let that happen.
Trouble sure seems to find Obama with the people he associates with, even though it's not really Obama's fault. Any iota the GOP'ers and fixed noise find on him appearing to be "un-American" they pounce on like a piece of red meat eaten by a labrador retriever.
It's like having friends or a family member who gets into trouble, and even though it may not have anything to do with you, that's where the spin comes in...Just like if a bystander was around during the scene of a crime, and he is put blame on the spotlight by the media without the cops even arresting a mear bystander. Why can't we or the media separate apples from oranges?? Inference sure is provocative!
This furor over Blagojevich will hurt Obama about as much as Rev. Wright did, in other words, not in the least>
Two wars and an economic meltdown kinda outweigh the talking head punditry and media whores outrage and insistence that Obama disclose all the non-existent ties with Blago, as I've heard or seen no voter insistence that Obama waste any time on that phony RW outrage.
And here's a perfect chance for Lieberman to stick up for Obama, a nice way to show thanks for the Dems inexplicable stupidity in trusting him with his Homeland Security/Govt Affairs committee chairmanship.
The neocon knuckle-draggers are going to get even more shrill and insane when Obama avoids voter outrage over a situation he has no control over, his replacement's appointment.
The economic meltdowns, in particular, are of much more immediate worry for everyone but the wealthy, which is why the voters won't give a damn about why the neoclowns and far-right lunatic fringe are upset about anything.
I saw tiny dicky morris and lil billy o'lielly goin on and on about obama better not fire fitzgerald that would prove he's in it up to his eye balls where do they come up with this argument and why would obama need to fire fitzgerald just because the turdblossom tryed the same thing in the valerie plame investigation doesnt mean that obama would you see obama and his administration arent trying to cover anything up and there not corrupt treasonous rethugs
I think we're seeing they'll use anything to get the crashing economy out of the news in Bush's last lonely days in office.
Taint so.
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