Obama Known by the Company He Keeps

With tax cheats Tim Geithner and Tom Dasche in or on their way to cabinet positions, Don Surber looks at some of the other associations of the man in the White House:

Let us review the list of people who belong in jail he has hung out with over the years: William Ayers. Rod Blagojevich. Tony Rezko. Timothy Geithner. Tom Daschle.

The rest of Obama’s cast of imbeciles: Arne Duncan whose 7 years as Chicago schools CEO was highlighted by worsening test scores and no-bid cappuccino machines.

20 years with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. I give Obama credit. He titled his book from the “Audacity of Hope” sermon and not the “God Damn America” sermon.

Nadhmi Auchi, the Iraqi-born billionaire who loaned Obama the money for their $3 million mansion they got at half price courtesy of Rezko.

Bill Richardson, his second choice as commerce secretary, had to withdraw because of a federal corruption investigation of his administration as governor of New Mexico.

Penny Pritzker, his first choice at commerce, who was chairman of a bank that the FDIC had to take over due to mismanagement. Her family agreed to shell out $460 million over a 15-year period to cover some of the losses from that fiasco.

Small wonder that Obama has to look outside the Democratic Party for a commerce secretary as Republican Sen. Judd Gregg is rumored to be in line for the job.

It is sort of like Bill Clinton picking the childless Janet Reno as attorney general after his first 2 picks were embroiled in nanny controversies.

Eric Holder was appointed attorney general despite his role in pardoning terrorists in a votes-for-pardon scam and his role in pardoning a billionaire who failed to pay $100 million in taxes in 1983 dollars.

Hillary Clinton was appointed secretary of state despite the millions Saudis and other foreign interest groups have given her husband, who has shown a willingness to pardon $100 million in taxes for a few million donated to his presidential library, the modern equivalent of a pyramid.

The vetting of these people was done by Valerie Jarrett, who Obama wanted to take his seat in the Senate. Let’s see, she is CEO of Habitat Co., which operates housing projects. After 5 years of her management, one 504-unit scored an 11 out of 100 in a federal inspection.

Small wonder she never discovered Daschle and Geithner are tax cheats.

Does he have any honest friends? One crooked friend or associate can be a misunderstanding. Multiple crooked friends or associates indicates a serious moral flaw.