Musings of a Banana

Where’s the transparency?

January 7, 2010 1:29 pm Jana Musing

“A broken promise is bad enough in private life. It is worse in the field of politics.” – Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President (1901-1909)

While then Senator Obama was campaining for the White House, he said several times that his administration would be transparent.  We, the public, would know what is going at all times through web sites and C-Span.  That is not happening.  We have already seen the web site that is devoted to stimulus money and where is goes, is full of mistruths.  Now, we are at the pinnacle of the health care debate and the negotiations that Obama said would be on C-Span are being held in back rooms and at the White House.  President Obama or BO (that’s how I like to refer to him) isn’t getting much help from the Speaker of the House, Botox Nancy or excuse me, Nancy Pelosi.  When a reporter reminded her that Obama said several times that all health care negotiations be open to C-SPAN cameras, she said “There are a number of things he was for on the campaign trail.”  Ouch! I am sure BO didn’t like that at all.  I think he should call C-SPAN up right now and offer them full access.  Wouldn’t that be a bee in Mrs. Pelosi’s bonnet.