Obama Transition Web Site 'Open for Questions' -- Except on Blagojevich

I would like to know, with our Country hurting the way it is, how can Hilary Clinton go on her little trip around the world and donate 900 million dollars to rebuild the Gaza Strip. Does she and the president know we can use tha money here.

so ,what part of office will oprah w. get...the media and the members of conress are going ruin this country if not stopped. actors and all who support him need to be removed from this country...how stupid can people be to not see the facts about obama and his team...the wrath of GOD will soon be seen,,,judgment shall soon follow...

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"Given the current corruption charges involving Blagojevich, will "serious" campaign finance reform that takes money completely out of politics through publicly funded elections be a priority in the first term?"

want more?

Oh please, I was on open for questions last night and I posted a few serious questions which received high ratings. The questions had to do with foreign policy, education, the criminal justice system, and lack of transparency regarding the TARP funds. Other questions had to do with health care, tax policy, the mortgage crisis, energy policy, etc. Some people were clearly using the site to launch their personal agendas and vendettas. A lot of the "Blago" questions were actually the same question posted over and over by the same user. Flagged for redundancy. And many of the other "Blago" questions were just plain spiteful. Flagged for nastiness. Most of the "Blago" questions were not questions actually, but rather attacks. And they were flagged as such. If Obama had any untoward dealings with Blago, it will certainly come out in due time. In the meantime, many of us are much more concerned with getting our country back on its feet.

kat 1:45:19 Funny how you had no fictionalized answer for the rest of my post. I know exactly what I said and yeah, I look over my shoulder all the time as anyone who questions Obama should. By the way, what office will Fitzgerald be running for? Care to make a bet? I actually think he could be up for an Academy award after his tearful performance...not.

Obama's made his statement about when he'll answer questions, so what's the point of repeating the same questions over and over again? There's an ongoing investigation. We get it.

Instead of criticizing people for expressing their opinion that this questions are not important and should not take up anyone's time, you might consider paying some attention to what people actually want to hear about. What is wrong with the questions that are now on top? Too serious for you? Can't handle it? You think politics should be more like covering Britney' latest meltdown? Maybe if you listened to what people want to talk about you would increase your little bolgg's traffic by an inch.

Yes, it's the communities pleasure to digg down those questions? Have a problem with that or you think the MSM should be the only one repressing stories?

Jake, I have been one of your biggest fans, but that ended with this article. Kaput. The Open for Questions forum was not designed for the radical right wingers to spew their low-brow poison. It was designed for intelligent, serious questions about the new administration's policies and plans for America. The rad righties have plenty of palces to spew, comment sections on MSM sites like this one, who love their input.

Wow, Jake, I'm really in shock at your coarse response to such a great innovation. Open for Questions is a great way for all of us to tell Obama's team what we're concerned about. Now you have set it up for vicious attacks, and maybe you have played a part in ruining it. I could cry!!

What did Obama know, and when did he know it?

"It's only when money starts changing hands that that is bad."

The "Obama" organization bought the Democratic presidential nomination, and the White House that went with it.

What's the big deal about selling one little Senate seat? How the heck do folks figure the REST of them got there?

Better we should worry about bait-and-switch politicians who won't STAY bought.//

DYB writes:
"Actually it's not just Blago. Try asking a question about Jon Favreau - it will be flagged and removed also!"

Who dat?

In any case, DYB's post should serve to CAUTION people on using the "Obama" organization's website.

Actually it's pretty alright to have a "preferred candidate", you know, just somebody Obama thought could do his job well. It's only when money starts changing hands that that is bad.

To all those right-wingers here frothing at the mouth over the Blago scandal, please explain why Blago used expletives to refer to Obama? When did calling somebody a vulgar name become a synoym for "My good buddy"?

Posted by: Grey Matter | Dec 10, 2008 11:40:31 PM
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Remember what jessie jackson said?
Now his son is claiming 'no foul'.
Hum......

I would like to ask Obama, being African-American myself, would he be considering to appoint any more African-American in his cabinet that will also carry a higher responsibility. Not saying that each person that he appointed position isn't valuable but I would like to see more of US in the White House. Because it is TIME FOR CHANGE AND COLOR. Just because it's called,"THE WHITE HOUSE" that doesn't mean that the majority who steps foot in the house have to be the the same exact color as the house.

Actually it's not just Blago. Try asking a question about Jon Favreau - it will be flagged and removed also!

" ... perhaps you will start covering the Birth Certificate and Citizenship coverup?"

Having this mob-friendly pretty-boy -- who bought the "Democratic" nomination then showed his bait-and-switch game -- NOT take office would be best.

Somebody might want to blow the whistle before the Illinois governor gets the Oswald/Ruby flu and the whole story goes away.

Bet Jesse Jackson Sr. could put a sudden halt to the whole deal, and we well may pray that he does.

Finally the Obamafog beginning to lift? Now that you understand that everything that comes from The One's mouth is not necessarily Gospel, perhaps you will start covering the Birth Certificate and Citizenship coverup?

This just goes to show you that we are living in the chant of Obama-Nation (abomination) The people that voted for this deceiver named Obama are very foolish. Look in the news at what his friends now are being charged with there in IL. All his politician Friends are being charged with deception. Once (Clinton) Shame on us twice (Obama) just plain stupid.

Oh, please... Like all similar social promotion websites that do this kind of crowdsourcing, in the process of policing itself, the community has developed a relative consensus on what it wants to see, and what it doesn't want to see. You'll see similar effect on Digg, Reddit, Yahoo Buzz, and the rest of Google's Moderator service on which the Obama technology is based. It is a simple artifact that emerges from all such social communities.

Now, there are a couple reasons I can see for the users doing this, one is an obvious one, that many of these questions are simply spammed by certain users. One user has 30 near-identical questions about moving Guantanamo detainees to the U.S. for trial, and others have quite a few duplicates of the Blago questions, these people are abusing the system in an inappropriate manner and deserve to have their content flagged as such. As for the honest questions caught in the crossfire, when it comes down to it it doesn't really matter whether it was flagged or not, because the votes on said content are overwhelmingly negative. It would seem that the users don't see answering those questions again as a priority.

Julian,

"Maybe Obama's supporters don't care about the Bago questions and want him to answer on issues. I know the beltway pundits think that they decide what an important question is, and the general public is just supposed to accept it. That is the thing with internet beltway media doesn't control it. Time for the beltway pundits to talk about something regular Americans care about? like: will i keep my job? Not how many leading innuendo based questions can Jake and his cadre of elitist disconnected beltway pundits, ask to try and manufacture a scandal. NO wonder you guys are going out of business."

Well said and I agree. I guess news reporters gotta eat, too, so they have to *create* their stories.

After reading all twenty pages of the indictment on smoking gun, I think it is pretty clear Obama's team was in discussions with Blago. There is so much yet that has not been revealed and I think when all is said and done, the Obama administration will be regarded as the most corrupt administration in history. For anyone to think that Barry could emerge the winner from the cesspool that is Chicago politics is naive. And then to assume he is suddenly going to clean up his act is wishful thinking.

Also, for those of you who keep saying the Rezko matter is "old news", pull your heads out of the sand. With the arrest of Blago and Harris, the temperature is rising. Rezko and Blago were pretty closely linked, as I recall. Someone's gonna sing.