Joe Hearts Hillary, Michelle Does Too, Obie Not Getting Audited

Yeah, that’s a lot to put in one headline, but after perusing the news this morning, that’s “all the news that’s fit to print,” as they say.  Well, except for the fact that President-elect Obama tried to Bogart President-now Bush into doing his bidding with the auto industry yesterday, then had his boys drop a dime to the media in an attempt to show off his flex, but Bush got his boys to hip Drudge to the fact that Obie’s actions are crass and out of line.  Being lectured about etiquette and protocol by Bush has to suck, but it’s just one more example of how Obie rolls.

But I digress.  At a mainstream media panel discussion last night, reported here, here, and here, Joe Scarborough professed his love for Hillary Clinton:

Discussing the perceived bias against Sen. Hillary Clinton, Scarborough joked, “I love Hillary. She’s my girlfriend. We don’t like to talk about it much.” (She already asked him to be her running mate.)

Oh, what might have been.  Clinton/Scarborough; beats Obama/Biden and Joe and Mika all to hell, doesn’t it?  Moving on, last night’s festivities gave the mainstream media-types a rare opportunity to good-naturedly bash themselves while simultaneously patting themselves on the back.  Neat trick, glad we finally figured out what they’re good at.

Next up, Ms. “If she can’t run her own house” Obama, suddenly feels that Hillary Clinton can run a house just fine, especially the White House.  In fact, Shelley wants tips.  Oh, happy day.  Just what we need more of in the media, political “women’s place is in the home” girl talk.

“Michelle may not have loved the senator, but she always respected how the Clintons raised Chelsea,” said a person familiar with Clinton’s end of the call. “They need to talk. There just aren’t too many people who have shared that kind of experience.”

An aide briefed on Obama’s side of the chat said she was “grateful” for Clinton’s “pointers” on “raising children in the public eye.”

What’s next, friggin’ meatloaf and macaroni recipe swaps?  I guess the two women do have something in common, though; they’re both being used and abused by the same man.

Yet a half-dozen Clinton insiders told Politico they are disappointed that Obama’s vaunted fundraising operation hasn’t reciprocated by planning new events or an Internet campaign to help Clinton pay off the $7.9 million she owes to vendors. (Clinton has already written off the $13 million she loaned the campaign during the primaries, aides say).

And in other news, talk about adding insult to injury; looks like Barack Obama’s prodigious, yet apparently dubious, fundraising will escape scrutiny, while John McCain is going to be audited up the yingyang, by law.  Again, according to Politico:

The Federal Election Commission is unlikely to conduct a potentially embarrassing audit of how Barack Obama raised and spent his presidential campaign’s record-shattering windfall, despite allegations of questionable donations and accounting that had the McCain campaign crying foul.

Adding insult to injury for Republicans: The FEC is obligated to complete a rigorous audit of McCain’s campaign coffers, which will take months, if not years, and cost McCain millions of dollars to defend.

Obama is expected to escape that level of scrutiny mostly because he declined an $84 million public grant for his campaign that automatically triggers an audit and because the sheer volume of cash he raised and spent minimizes the significance of his errors. Another factor: The FEC, which would have to vote to launch an audit, is prone to deadlocking on issues that inordinately impact one party or the other – like approving a messy and high-profile probe of a sitting president.

So, if I’ve got this straight, Obama gets away with collecting gazillions of dollars from Doodad Pro and other fictitious donors, some from foreign countries, by disabling the security features on his donor site, because he decided to do it that way.  Humph, imagine that.  If he had actually agreed to play by the rules, like he promised, he would actually have had to play by the rules.  But since he didn’t, he doesn’t.

Ya gotta hand it to the guy, he and his boyz and blogger bullies might be thugs, but they’re damned good at it.  And, according to his ace gangsta bitch chick, Valerie Jarrett, he’s ready to “take power and rule” from Day One.  Thug life, president for life, ride or die, a’ight?