In case you were tempted to buy the faux Washington outrage at BP and
its gulf oil spill in recent days, here's a story that reveals a
little-known corporate political connection and the quiet way the inner
political circles intersect, protect and care for one another in the
nation's capital. And Chicago.
We already knew that BP and its
folks were significant contributors to the record $750-million war chest
of Barack Obama's 2007-08 campaign.
Now, we
learn the details of a connection of Rahm Emanuel, the
Chicago mayoral wannabe, current Obama chief of staff,
ex-representative, ex-Clinton money man and ex-Windy City political
machine go-fer.