"Did I screw up in this situation? Absolutely. I'm willing to take my lumps," Obama said in an interview with NBC's Brian Williams, one of five interviews he conducted Tuesday. In interview after interview with network anchors, Obama said there are "not two sets of rules" for people — and said that average taxpayers deserve to have public officials who pay their taxes on time.
With all due respect, I don't believe Obama when he says this. Why not? I'm glad you asked that question (thought I suspect that you, my intelligent and beautiful readers, already know the answer).
If there are not "two sets of rules" at play here, then why is Geithner still the Treasury Secretary? If Obama was serious about putting all of his people on the same playing field as all the rest of us, he would immediately fire Geithner. Think about it: of all the people who should be removed for not paying taxes, wouldn't the most appropriate one be the guy now in charge of collecting taxes?
Then, if Obama was really going to be consistent, he would also put loud and public pressure on Congress to throw out Charlie Rangel, Chris Dodd, and all the other Congressional Democrats who are involved in similar illegal financial self-enrichment schemes.
When do you think any of that will happen? Right: never.
No, the truth is that "two sets of rules" is the standard of operations in the Democrat party.
There's my two cents.
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