The Grease That Makes Government Work

December 10, 2008 | Jim Vicevich | |

While we are on the subject of selling Senate seats. A favor for a favor. Obama’s Axelrod in 2005 (From Politico)

“When a congressman responds to the president’s request for support for a judicial nominee … by replying that he’d like the president’s backing for a new bridge in his district, he’s fighting for his constituents. If the money for that bridge is approved over a worthier project elsewhere, should the deal between the two officials become a crime?” Axelrod wondered, questioning whether a “system free of political influence … is really desirable.”

Eh … you lookin at me? Get outta here.

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Jim Vicevich

Jim is a veteran broadcaster and conservative/libertarian blogger with more than 25 years experience in TV and radio. Jim's was the long-term host of The Jim Vicevich Show on WTIC 1080 in Hartford from 2004 through 2019. Prior to radio, Jim worked as a business and financial reporter for NBC30 - the NBC owned TV station in Hartford - and as business editor at WFSB-TV in Hartford for 14 years while earning six Emmy nominations and three Telly Awards.

2 Comments

  1. Wyndeward on December 10, 2008 at 4:23 am

    If Mr. Axelrod is such an ethical invalid that the doesn't understand that a government free of pork-barrel spending and back-room deals is a *good* thing, then I suspect that we're in for a bumpy ride.



  2. Dimsdale on December 10, 2008 at 2:30 pm

    Axelrod is going to be everything the left accused Cheney of being.

    We just won't hear about it….



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