re: #397 ggt

Get real, he may not be overtly corrupt, but you don’t get to the top of anything without paying the piper. You don’t get to be POTUS from Chicago without paying substantially.

The Resko home buying deal, Michelle’s cush job etc. etc. We hashed it all out in 2008 here. Was any of it earth-shattering? No. Rumors are still flying about Blagohairs trial and what info he is withholding. Nothing will come out that will jeopardize the Presidency. WE can bitch and moan about past corrupt presidents, the the fact is we not damage the reputation of the president. Obama is gold-plated now, as are past presidents.

History is written by the victors.

I guess what baffles me about this line of argument is that I can easily accept that no one gets to the White House without a certain amount of pull and dealing in their background.

But is it really possible to become the POTUS from Texas, say, with clean hands and clean heart? What you’re describing, if I assume the absolute worst, still doesn’t sound remotely unique to Chicago.

I’m willing to accept that it’s regionally variable, but again, even if I assume the worst, there doesn’t seem to be anything specially Chicago about these things.