CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST

Posted at 8:01 a.m. ET

The great Ed Lasky, of American Thinker, e-mails us an alert about one Hollis French.  Remember the name?  We referred to him yesterday.  He's the Democrat up in Alaska who's heading the "investigation" into Sarah Palin's activities as governor.  No doubt it will be a fair, thoughtful, balanced probe.

Not.

Ed did a search giving the keywords "Hollis French Obama."  He sends us this raw extract for results 1-10:

1.. Riehl World View: Obama's Man In AK: Hollis French Speaks Out On Palin
  Sep 2, 2008 ... "Senator Obama has a plan to end our dependence on foreign
oil and reduce skyrocketing energy prices," said Senator Hollis French of
...
  www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2008/09/obamas-man-in-a.html
 - 74k - Cached - Similar pages
  2.. Media Blog on National Review Online
  Sep 4, 2008 ... Obama Using Hollis French to 'Fact-Check' Palin? [Greg
Pollowitz]. I was reading the Democrats' fact-check of Palin's speech (which
I ...
  media.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZWJkYjE2MTY3ZTY2ZDg3ZmQ1ZmI0MjFhODMwOGRlNDA=
 - 17k - Cached - Similar pages
  3.. Obama's Man In AK: Hollis French Speaks Out On Palin - White House '08
  Obama's Man In AK: Hollis French Speaks Out On Palin - Talk about a
conflict of interest. This guy French should either step down, or at least
stop talking ...
  beltwayblips.com/story/obama_s_man_in_ak_hollis_french_speaks_out_on_palin/
 - 46k - Cached - Similar pages
  4.. Alaska's Hollis French should recuse himself from Palin Probe by ...
  Alaska's Hollis French is a full blown Obama supporter, which is a
conflict of interest in this case being drummed up on Palin. Dan Riehl has
the details. ...
  macsmind.com/wordpress/2008/09/03/alaskas-hollis-french-should-recuse-himself-from-palin-probe/
 - 96k - Cached - Similar pages
  5.. Media Blog on National Review Online
  Sep 3, 2008 ... That would be Hollis French, Obama surrogate. (See below.)
Maybe the Times thinks Caroline Kennedy should have been consulted, too? ...
  media.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZDZiZTNkNzM4NGFjNjk1OTkzZDNiZjk4ZTNlYjA2ZTc=
 - Similar pages

Nice, huh? 

This is the way the Obama people play ball.  There's no "change" there.  It's Chicago street politics on a world stage.  Starry-eyed young people, take note.

The Alaska probe is a farce, and should be exposed.  Where are all those "investigative reporters" we've heard so much about?

September 6, 2008.