So basically, are they saying that because this Illinois Congresswoman was invited to a state dinner along with her husband (typically couples are invited together) and Creamer is a convicted felon - that the White House surrounds itself with "convicted felons"? WTF?
It's not about him attending a dinner..... It's about the man and his connections to this Administration. If you think that's just attending a dinner, then maybe you should find out more about him. Just sayin'.
Convicted felons with ties to Bush.....
John Poindextor: National Security Adviser in the Bush Administration, was convicted in 1990 on five felony charges
Elliott Abrams, pleaded guilty to withholding information from Congress in 1991 over Iran-Congra (is that a felony? Not sure)
Otto Reich - another Iran-Contra figure, White House Special Envoy
Charles Colson - Bush awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal to Colson
Convicted felons with ties to the Obama Administration
Obama Administration - according to
this wonderful example of Smear by Association (or to be more accurate,
Bad Company Fallacy) Obama is "surrounded" by the following convicted felons:
Tony Rezko who raised money for a number of Chicago politicians (of both parties). Rezko was convicted in 2008 thus, a bona fide "convicted felon". I can't find any references to him "surrounding" Obama post-conviction.
Robert Creamer...apparently he also worked on Obama's campaign.
Maybe there are other "convicted felons" - I wouldn't be surprised. I bet if we looked at Clinton we'd find a pretty colorful Rogues Gallery. But, Obama, like Bush or any President or prominant political figure likely has thousands of associates with varying degrees of intimacy. Realistically though - I'm just not getting that warm fuzzy feeling of "surrounded by" here....maybe you can stack the numbers a bit?