WASHINGTON – So, this is Change We Can Believe In?
It’s more like the same old change we’ve heard jingling in the pockets of politicians since the beginning of time. And it’s the same dirty change that has landed the bums in jail since the beginning of democracy.
Barack Obama hasn’t even made history yet by getting into the White House, but he’s already making history for the number of serious scandals between his election and his inauguration.
First, it was Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Obama’s old pal and political ally. Now New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson – Obama’s pick for commerce secretary – bails out amid a grand jury investigation into how a major political donor snared a lucrative contract from the state.
At this rate, Obama will be lucky to have any friends left after his first 100 days in office.
And what about all the grand promises Obama made after his election about meticulously fly-specking every one of the people he plans to put in his administration to avoid improprieties or even the appearance of them?
They vetted Richardson and didn’t smell this little federal investigation?
So let’s just put him in charge of the nation’s economy. That’s not a very important position.
Obama ran for president and won handily on the promise that he is a new kind of politician, carrying a voice directly from the people. And he promised an open and honest government. People gave Obama the benefit of the doubt and decided not to hang the words and deeds of others on him.
But at some point, it all becomes much more serious. It becomes the grave issue of judgment and knowing whom you can trust. Obama has allowed himself to be surrounded by some seriously flawed people.
If you are known by the company that you keep, then Obama needs to find him some new friends.
churt@nypost.com