If I Had Subpoena Power: Five Questions for Obama

Get a life! Obama is a champion for the middleclass and for people all over the world. So stop looking under the rug and start admiring the view...it's about to get a lot better with Obama as president.

As he did with Bilill Clinton, Michael is at it once again with the President-elect. Amazing how little he had to say during the past eight years about the death, destruction, and corruption all aound him in the Bush Administration.

WIth regard to #4, he already sat down with the Chicago papers for hours until they were satisfied that he had answered all of their questions about Rezko. This was after they had been dogging him for months to answer more questions. At the end they gave him a clean bill of health.

So Obama runs a brilliant campaign with hardly a missed step, becomes the first black president elect in history, appoints a brilliant cabinet faster than any other president elect in history--- and then decides he needs one more jewel in his crown.

He must put the person he wants in his old senate seat! So he gambles everything and sends Rahm over to bribe Blagojevitch, a guy who he and everyone in Chicago knows stinks of corruption. Risky, but what the hec---gotta have his guy in that senate seat!

Then even though he knows Fitzgerald has miles of recorded conversations with God knows who, he puts out a report that is all lies! After all, who's going to believe old Fitz? (On second thought, you might want to ask Scooter Libbey about that.)

Mr Isikoff, I am not worried about the answers to your questions because the whole thing defies logic. I have enjoyed many of your investigative pieces in the past, but this story built on desparation for a story does not become you. I'm sure you'll be the first to know if I'm wrong, but untill then I'd sure appreciate it if you'd put your talents towards something important...Lord knows, there's enough to choose from these days.

I am really impressed at how you journalists are willing to set standards for public officials that you are not willing to meet yourselves. Mr. Isikoff and others in the profession really get self-righteous when writing about full-disclosure- releasing transcripts and notes. Transparency in the media seems to take hit when reporters write without disclosing their sources or their relationships to those sources. Maybe you should share your standards with Judith Miller. You made her a standard bearer of the free press and journalistic integrity, only to discover that she was using her position with the New York Times to push the Bush Cheney agenda under the guise of reporting.

I will do it by proxy.

1. Not violating ethical or legal standards, you know what those are right.
2. Yes we were aware that more was wanted than appreciation and we were not going to give more than appreciation.
3. People have all kinds of wants, realistic or otherwise, see answers 1 and 2.
4. I have offered all the appropriate information about my connection with Rezko.
5. There is no reason why I would treat Fitzgerald any different than any other US Attorney.

Would that satisfy you? Probably not. No story there.

I find this article obnoxious and more of the same old garbage from the main stream media. Stop trying to stir scandal to sell magazines/papers. Not everyone in Illinois is a mobster or a crooked pol and the citizens of Illinois are sick of the press dragging us through the mud because G-Rod got greedy. Obama is so far above Blago in intellect and talent, he does not need to resort to political dirty dealing. And as for Rezko and the strip of 10 feet of land Obama bought at MARKET RATE, give it up already. jeez.

Awesome!

Now, how about asking these questions about the people who've been in the White House for the previous 8 years?

Just go through each of the questions and everywhere "Rezko" appears, replace it with "Karl Rove" OR "Dick Cheney" OR "Enron" OR "Richard Clarke".

Or is asking tough follow-up questions of a Republican administration just unpatriotic?

Where was your bravery when the current president REPEATEDLY violated the consititution? Took us to war based on a lie, did away with habeas corpus and now the US is no longer a signatory for the Geneva Convention. The US press is permanently broken. They're a bunch of pussies when the republicans are president and rabid dogs when democrats are. No wonder so many newspapers and magazines are closing. None of them are worth anything.

You can't even let the man be sworn in before trying to chase the man out of office. Where was your bravery when the current president took us to war based on a lie or did away with habeas corpus? You're a bunch of cowards when the republicans are presidents and ravenous dogs when democrats are.

Mr. Isikoff, please go use your imaginary subpoena powers somewhere else. I hope you asked your friends in the White House the same questions before going to Irag, Katrina, the economy (as they kept telling us that the fundermentals of the economy was strong) and so forth. I am sorry but did you just woke up in America? Give us a break.

I wonder if this man asked similar hard hitting questions to members of the Bush administration before the war in Iraq, Katrina, the economy (as they - the Bush administration kept telling us that the fundermentals of the economy was strong) and so on. Give me a break. Please go use your new found supboena power somewhere else.

Towards the end of the campaign, Newsweek ran a story about how policial junkies would suffer withdrawal when there was no more 24/7 campaign news.

They forgot to mention that there would be reporters who would suffer from the same problem.

Is there a news writer rehab for guys like Isikoff? If there isn't, there should be.

Attention, Michael: get help, dude, before it's too late.

Did anyone bother to tell this moron the election is over?

Can the man at least take the oath of office before we declare this a failed administration?

This country has serious problems, and we need serious journalists, a serious President and VP, a serious Congress and a serious electorate to solve them together. I always thought Isikoff was a lightweight - I was wrong - he's a featherweight. Isikoff needs to start writing for the National Enquirer. For gawd's sake, Blago called PEObama a "MF". And, Obama stated previously that he thought Fitzpatrick is doing a great job. Mike - we need some serious journalism - and your's ain't cutting it. Grow up, man. This isn't high school.

This country has serious problems, and we need serious journalists, a serious President and VP, a serious Congress and a serious electorate to solve them together. I always thought Isikoff was a lightweight - I was wrong - he's a featherweight. Isikoff needs to start writing for the National Enquirer. For gawd's sake, Blago called PEObama a "MF". And, Obama stated previously that he thought Fitzpatrick is doing a great job. Mike - we need some serious journalism - and your's ain't cutting it.

Is this article for real? When does one man 's ignorance become another man's burden? It was reported in my local newspaper two months ago that the pizza delivery man who regularly delivered my pizzas had served time for rape. This article insinuates I should have known this fact, and after discovering what I should have known, I then should have alerted every home that the delivery guy had ever delivered to. This article takes the idea of being your brother's keeper to a entirely new level.