Lieberman
keeps his chairmanship, leaks are
coming out from the Obama transition team, reports that dogs and cats are
living together.
HAS THE WORLD GONE MAD!?!LOL!
Calm down.
Let's try to stop speculating and think about what we know.
On Lieberman
We want Lieberman to pay for his betrayal. All of us do, probably not as much as the people of Connecticut do, but we're all pretty disappointed in him.
So, what's the best way to look at this? Have we seen how Obama has dealt with people who have betrayed his trust?
Have we really forgotten about Reverend Wright so soon?
Obama had been a member of his church for 20 years and when Wright began taking advantage of his most famous parishioner's success, Obama denounced Wright's divisive comments. When Wright continued with his rhetoric, Obama quit his church.
Think about it: Obama quit the church he had been going to for 20 years and where his children were baptized because the pastor thought Obama's rise to national prominence would be a good time for Wright to be in the spotlight too.
Looking back now, Obama would have had to change churches anyway, so really he could have just waited it out. But, that's not what happened. Wright used his relationship with Obama to boost his own stature, Obama denounced his negative comments, Wright ignored the warning.
Where is Wright now? He's retired and the only people who pay any attention to him are the GOP extremists.
Lieberman should pay attention. He too took advantage of the situation before him: his good friend McCain was their party's nominee for president, Lieberman gambled that this would improve his stature and with the glare of the media spotlight on him decided to use that opportunity to say some really stupid things. In reaction to this, Obama has stated that Lieberman must not be touched.
It's now up to Lieberman to keep his chair.
On the leaks
The Obama transition team has so far been very good about security. Except those few that have been speculated about endlessly.
In addition to the speculation surrounding possible cabinet positions, there's been quite a bit of talk in the tubes about how the Bush Administration will be held accountable for the crimes they've committed prior to the election and all the shit they're pulling now before their ship sinks.
Then we wonder who will be Treasury Secretary and ooh, look over there! Hillary Clinton might be picked for something. Oh, wait, now the news is she might be Secretary of State!
Oh. My. God!
What about Bill!?
Oh, but doesn't all this mean that the Clintons are slapping Bill Richardson in the face and where will John Kerry fit into all this, take another detour on the Lieberman train and Teddy comes back and now we're juggling so many rumors we can't think straight.
Well, speculation and rumor aside, let's consider what we actually know: Obama picked a notoriously ruthless partisan to be his Chief of Staff and the only other cabinet position announced so far has been his Attorney General.
Are we back on the right track yet?
On dogs and cats living togetherJust remember everything's going to be alright ... starting in January 20, 2009.
And, it's not that far away.
We know the GOP will continue to break the law and play games like they always do, but Obama has already selected an AG who, while he can't do anything in any official capacity, may very well be watching what they're doing, and taking names.
As far as the dogs and cats thing, just
click on this link and let the love calm you down.