Posted by
David Zublick on Sunday, November 16, 2008 4:35:26 PM
For all of the rhetoric during the recent presidential campaign about
change, there certainly doesn't appear to be any major shake-up when it
comes to the players involved in the new Obama regime.
It looks increasingly like the
Clintons
are moving back into the White House, and that may provide some comfort
to those of us on the right who thought we'd be seeing Tony
Rezko, Bill Ayers and Jeremiah Wright in the situation room at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Don't
get me wrong: Barack Obama is one dangerous individual whose Marxist
ideology of spreading the wealth around should instill fear into any
conservative capitalist. And the thought of Obama answering that all
important telephone call at three o'clock in the morning is enough to
give any American concerned about national security an ulcer.
But
Obama appears to be surrounding himself with the old Democrat guard.
Whether he's doing it to reassure the moderates that he is not the
radical that he appeared to be in the primaries and the run up to the
general election, or to placate the
Clintonistas who helped (grudgingly) to send their votes his way is not entirely clear.
In any case, 31 of the 47 appointees named so far have ties to the
Clintons. The usual suspects include John
Podesta, John White, Wendy Sherman, Sandy Berger, Robert Rubin, William Perry and Madeleine
Albright. This cast of characters is right out of the Clinton playbook.
And
Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff? It's like old home week.
Now
comes word that Hillary will be tapped to be Secretary of State. Maybe
those 3 a.m. phone calls can be forwarded to her extension. Can't wait
to see her dodging sniper fire on her way to visit some war torn
hot spot. Maybe Obama wants her for that cabinet post because Joe "stand up, Chuck"
Biden
put the fear of God in everyone with his remark that the new president
will be tested with an international crisis within six months of taking
office. Let's face it... you send
Biden into a crisis situation and you end up with World War III.
I guess the only thing left is to appoint
Bubba to the Supreme Court. Do the justices have interns? Just asking.
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