This one really takes the cake, even by the low standards Senator Obama has set in some of his previous statements, like claiming he didn't really know people he's known for twenty years (Jeremiah Wright, Pfleger Flav, Tony Rezko, William Ayers... Doesn't Obama know anyone who isn't a kook and/or a crook?).
From the ABC News "Political Punch" blog, in response to a question about Obama's appointment of Jim Johnson (who seems to have received some really primo loan terms from Countrywide) and Eric Holder (who recommended the Marc Rich pardon to president Clinton) to head his VP search committee:
"Well, no," Obama said. "It becomes sort of a, um, I mean, this is a game that can be played - everybody, you know, who is tangentially related to our campaign, I think, is going to have a whole host of relationships...
"So this - you know, these aren't folks who are working for me," Obama said.
People who are heading up your VP search are "tangentially related to the campaign"? They don't work for Obama? Who's actually going to believe such a whopper, besides some of Obama's most obsessed cult-like followers?
Is Obama doing some sort of grand sociology experiment, to see how many outrageous things he can say and still remain a viable candidate for national office? Are we Americans all being "Punked"? He's got to be kidding.
More from:
Hot Air
The Campaign Spot
Commentary
It is interesting to note that when a person applies for a job, volunteer work can be counted
as work experience. Ultimately, when people volunteer they do work for someone. So if Mr. Obama means
that he doesn't pay these people therefore they don't work for him, it kind of blows some employeer's
applications and work experience ideas.
Comment by scathf — June 11, 2008 @ 9:54 am June 11, 2008