Yet Another Scandal Rocks Obama Team

With the announcement by New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson that he is withdrawing his nomination to be Barack Obama's Commerce Secretary, the Obama team has been rocked with yet another scandal.

Never before in modern history has an administration been so thoroughly defined by corruption and scandal, even before the new team officially takes office.

Despite those who are willing to give Obama the benefit of the doubt on the Blagojevich scandal, the fact remains that we have yet to see all of the evidence that continues to be collected by federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald on the alleged scheme to sell Obama's Senate seat to the highest bidder.

It would be the height of naivete to believe that neither Obama nor his staff chief Rahm Emanuel had contact with Blagojevich concerning the seat, since it belonged to Obama, and since all three are part of the infamous Chicago political machine.

In addition, it is odd that most of Obama's closest longterm associates and friends are of dubious reputation at best.

And then there is Norman Hsu, who could very well further taint the careers of both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton before his trial is over. Hsu's Ponzi scheme to raise money for Obama and Clinton could implicate both.

Now we discover that Bill Richardson, Obama's nominee for Commerce Secretary, is under a federal investigation for corruption.

Obama and the Democrats clearly have a culture of corruption at present. And the Obama team will take office under a heavy cloud of suspicion.

Yet Another Federal Investigation of Obama Team

This time the focus of the federal investigation is none other than New Mexico Governor and Clinton protege Billy Richardson, one of the NRA champions for gun rights among Democrats.

Let me cut right to the chase here. I never trusted Bill Richardson. His politics were as leftwing as anyone's. OK, so he supported gun rights to a degree. But what good is a socialist with a gun if he supports the basic goals of statism, which always lead to tyranny?

Billy is now being investigated for corruption.

Not only has he been caught in a barefaced lie about his past associations with baseball (it never happened), but apparently he has been selling government business in exchange for campaign contributions.

This crowd is beginning to make Nixon look like an angel. We have not seen this level of potential corruption in any administration since Warren G. Harding in the early 1920s.