Double Yikes.... Newsweek compares Obama to Cheney!

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http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/archive/2009/10/26/barack-obama-s-idea-of-government-transparency-would-make-dick-cheney-proud.aspx?GT1=43002

Barack Obama's Idea of 'Government Transparency' Would Make Dick Cheney Proud

Remember when Barack Obama was running for president and he promised that, unlike secrecy-obsessed George Bush and Dick Cheney, he would insist on a “transparent” administration that wouldn’t hide information from the American people unless it was absolutely necessary? That would have been nice. But of course it turns out it was just talk. Obama has only been president for 10 months and already he is just as casual as his predecessors about demanding secrecy for things that have no good reason to be kept secret at all. Why, for instance, is the Obama White House fighting so hard to prevent the release of documents about who lobbied Congress to give immunity to the telephone companies that cooperated with Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program?

Back then, of course, Democrats were outraged that the Bush White House would try to hide that information from the public. One of the angriest was Rahm Emanuel, then a congressman and now Obama’s chief of staff.
 
“The vice president’s willingness to ignore the rules remains just as strong as ever,” Emanuel fumed. “Democrats are prepared to hold the vice president accountable and ensure that no one in our government is above the law.”
 
So why isn’t Rahm just as furious at his own boss, seeing how he is doing the same thing?

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So why isn’t Rahm just as furious at his own boss, seeing how he is doing the same thing?

The kool-aid has blurred his vision, perhaps?  Oh hell, let's just call it what it is......Rahm Emmanuel is a ruthless, opportunistic, socialist turd, just like his boss.  The White House and Capital Hill are nothing but a viper's nest.

I am saddened by the death of our Republic.