Is it the well-intentioned Truthseeker trying to soothe, or the heartless imp playing a prank on us poor derailed cynics? I lamented above the transparent perversion of our political discourse that makes Centre of Right and Left of Centre, and here is another prime illustration of such empty-headed journalism offered as. . . comfort? The first sentence alone should earn these “journalists” a life-time on traffic duty:

By STEPHEN POWER and LAURA MECKLER
WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama, after picking moderates for several cabinet positions, is looking at more-liberal candidates to fill some of the remaining vacancies.

Foul is fair and hawks are moderates we learn, so who are the “liberals”?

One potential choice is Rep. Xavier Becerra, a California Democrat who is in talks with the Obama transition team about heading the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, according to two Democratic officials familiar with the selection process. Mr. Becerra is widely seen as a skeptic of free trade.

A skeptic of free trade? Here is what earned Mr. Beccerra this reputation:

Rep. Becerra, who sits on the House Ways and Means Committee that oversees trade issues, voted for the North American Free Trade Agreement but later said he regretted it. He helped lead congressional opposition to the 2005 Central American Free Trade Agreement, citing concerns about labor standards, and opposes a pending free-trade pact with Colombia. But he has supported some other free-trade deals, such as those with Peru and Chile.

If you’ve once stated concerns about labour standards you’ve earned your bona fides as a leftie loon against all things free – despite the fact that Beccerra has voted for the so-called fee trade agreements almost every time.

Ok, so What else would make the whole Obama admin. slide to the Left?

Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva has emerged as a leading candidate for interior secretary, two people familiar with the deliberations said. Mr. Grijalva has been an outspoken critic of the Bush administration’s policies on oil and gas drilling on public lands.

Aha! If you’re not an enthusiastic supporter of Bush’s unrestrained drill now, drill here, drill to your hearts’ content my cronies. you’re a one of them tree hugging cultural marxists that aid and abet oil producing terrorists. Much worse than that:

In an interview this week, Mr. Grijalva said he is interested in the job. He said his priority would be to “return facts and science back to the equation” of how Interior makes decisions about the use of public land.

How profoundly un-American! A pulitzer would be quite in order for the intrepid reporters Stephen Power and Laura Meckler, the first to expose the rumoured-to-be-contemplated liberal excesses of the Prez-Elect.

Needless to say we are shocked at the lack of perception of the cynics to whom Obama is not sufficient inspiration. Are you not aware that the man is a saint? Imagine all the women who must be throwing themselves at him. yet not a murmur of scandal even of the Jimmy Carter “in my heart I lust” variety.

We understand, though. Battered by eight years where the Oval Office was hijacked by a banana republic takeover, you find it too hard to believe that the new political Christ will with his extended hand raise you up out of ill health and beggary to walk with Him into the Light as the Sun Rises on a New Earth.

All we can say is, Please believe. One thing you may not understand. Wimpy good hearted truthtellers such as Ron Paul or principled truthtellers like Nader will never gain office, they don’t have the moxy to win the game. In Obama we have lucked into a man rises above petty ideologies which in the Cabinet officers you deplore mainly reflect self interest, roots, powerseeking and rationalization, all easily brushed aside by the Iron hand of the new Leader with Purpose who will herd these cats toward the Sunrise of Peace and Prosperity. These sillinesses are merely the fodder of media hacks. All the men and women he has chosen are pragmatic realists who if they have made mistakes in the past are sorely chastened and ready to profit from the lessons. Even Gates is a new man, is he not? under the transcendent leadership of a man who talks more sense that anyone else in politics. Thank God he is in charge. You cannot see this? Just look at his wife and daughters. Obama will now be the father of the nation in the same successful manner.

Here some comfort for all you cynics. Maybe. Next Picks May Reflect Liberal Tilt . Obama may now pick liberals to fill out Cabinet.

Cynicism exacts a personal price in the 21st Century: irrelevancy.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/election_2008/2008/12/01/security_team/

I didn’t make it more than 1/3 through.