Why Obama Will Throw ACORN Under The Bus
By Frank Salvato
September 25, 2009
The spotlight of scrutiny is shining brightly on ACORN these days and rightly so. Where ACORN's defenders have the audacity to insist that the employees caught on undercover videotape giving advice to a perceived "pimp" and "prostitute" on how to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and internationally traffic in underage Guatemalan prostitutes were simply "a few bad employees," anyone with a brain recognizes that the problem is systemic in the organization. But what some are misdiagnosing or not completely understanding is how President Obama could be so nonchalant about the issue in recent interviews. It's because ACORN -- for Mr. Obama -- has served its purpose and just like Van Jones, Tom Daschle and the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, ACORN is about to be tossed under the bus.
In past articles and in many radio interviews, I have insisted that Barack Obama is just another Chicago machine politician, albeit a very successful one (If you don't understand the phrase "Chicago machine" read the book Boss (web site) by legendary Chicago journalist Mike Royko). And like every good Chicago machine politician, Barack Obama is following the cardinal rules
Do what you have to in order to get elected.
Once elected, consolidate as much power as you possibly can.
Reward those who helped you get elected.
Position yourself for re-election and your retention of power.
In each of the steps Barack Obama has performed so far he has done so in a most exemplary fashion.
In getting elected to the various and limited number of offices he has held Mr. Obama has done what he has needed to do in order to be victorious. From using legal avenues to get his competition removed from the ballot to leveraging his clout with the Chicago Democrat machine to pilfering the mantra of the 1992 Clinton campaign -- "Hope & Change" -- Barack Obama has said and done everything required to win elections.
Once Mr. Obama was elected to the presidency, he and his team -- led by Chicago politicians Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod -- started to consolidate power, not only amongst the ranks of the Democrat national organization but in the Executive Branch. In addition to his nominations for cabinet posts, Mr. Obama set to putting in place a shadow cabinet of "czars." From Van Jones to Mark Lloyd to Cass Sunstein to John Holdren, Mr. Obama began empowering trusted and like-minded individuals to help oversee his agenda while enlisting special interest groups and community organizations to facilitate legislation of the agenda.
Additionally, once Mr. Obama ascended to the Oval Office, he began to craft ways to reward those individuals and organizations that aided him in his political quest for the presidency. But here is where the rubber meets the road. In order to position himself for re-election Mr. Obama has to retain the individuals and organizations among his supporters who performed and/or have the potential for providing superior campaign performance while dispensing with the non-performers and/or liabilities.
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