spent.
Obama lied, transparency died. That was clear a year ago. From my May 6, 2009 column, here’s a reminder of how committed Obama is to disclosure and the public trust:
[H]ostility to transparency is a running thread through Obama’s cabinet:
• Secretary of State Hillary Clinton… and a half away from President Obama’s Swagga Recovery Speech. He’s going to get his mojo back, we’re told… husband’s library and foundation coffers.
• Top Obama advisor David Axelrod ran fear-mongering
and moderates who were duped by Obama’s rhetoric during the 2008 campaign now know the real Obama. They know what his agenda means for them and they want no part of it.
Obama is out of touch. He didn’t change Washington. It’s more corrupt than ever.
Where’s the transparency? Obama lied on a number…Friend —
On Wednesday evening, President Obama will deliver his first State of the Union address…/m/55c10165/6beb6b9c/c4b842b5/11886dc6/1267171824/VEsC/
Plouffe says the Obama regime has hit some “serious bumps
…issues. Obama stated on numerous, numerous occasions that transparency was a major issue since Bush had none or very little. But Obama has lied.
Scott Brown, the independently-minded Republican who last month was thirty points behind the state’s Democrat Attorney General Martha Coakley, has won a decisive upset victory in the special election for the U.S. Senate seat that was held by Ted Kennedy for fifty years. The takeaway: Obama promised more transparency and less cronyism; instead, he delivered less transparency and more cronyism. Scott Brown was elected by pointing out a simple truth to the people: Obama lied when he promised hope
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