The MSM idiots, Politico and Time evidently know Obama isn't involved, but demand he prove it.

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Obama damage control

By KENNETH P. VOGEL & JONATHAN MARTIN | 12/12/08 9:46 AM EST Updated: 12/12/08 9:46 AM EST

He was elected president on a promise of "transparency" but barely five weeks later, Barack Obama is scrambling to meet his first big test on openness.

Obama's campaign lawyer Bob Bauer is taking a leading role in conducting what one top aide described as "an internal review" stopping short of a full-blown investigation.

The goal is simple and urgent: find who talked with disgraced Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and when - and precisely what they said.

But it's also loaded with hazards. They need to make sure they meet Obama's vow to release findings "in a few days." More importantly, they need to make sure they don't miss something that could come back to bite them later.

In trying to meet the first rule of Washington scandal-management – get the facts out on your own terms, and fast – Obama may have promised something he’ll later regret, one expert warned.

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Bizarro World

We've highlighted some absurd attempts by news media to tie Barack Obama to Rod Blagojevich's alleged corruption. But this may be the most ridiculous, :

On more than one occasion during his stunning press conference on Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald bluntly said he has found no evidence of wrongdoing by President-elect Barack Obama in the tangled, tawdry scheme that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich allegedly cooked up to sell Obama's now vacant Senate seat to the highest bidder. But for politicians, it's never good news when a top-notch prosecutor has to go out of his way to distance them from a front-page scandal.

So, the US Attorney who is going after Blagojevich says there is absolutely no evidence Barack Obama has done anything wrong.

This, naturally, is bad news for Barack Obama. Also, up is down and black is white.

Note also that Time says Fitzgerald "has to go out of his way to distance" Obama from the scandal. But Fitzgerald did so not because there have been indications that Obama is connected to the scandal -- no, he did so because reporters asked him multiple questions about whether Obama was involved.
Let's sum up:

1. Reporters ask Fitzgerald, based on nothing, if Obama is involved.
   
   
2. Fitzgerald says there is no evidence Obama is involved
   
   
3. Reporter writes that it is bad news for Obama that Fitzgerald had to go out of his way to distance Obama from the scandal.

Heck of a racket, isn't it?

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