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Obama's House of Cards Already Falling Apart
The Policy Project ^ | 11 December 2008 | Patrick gibson

Posted on 12/12/2008 5:48:04 AM PST by NorthShoreGibby

Last night, Fox News in Chicago was already reporting that Rahm Emmanuel personally met with the governor "on several occasions" to discuss the patronage Senate seat being vacated by Obama. This is getting very sticky already. There are already many cracks in Obama's story, and rumors range from suggestions of his complicity and knowledge to suggestions that his camp blew the whistle on the Blagojevich crime spree. Was the crime stopped before it had an opportunity to implicate Obama? (video)

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: blagojevich; bleepgate; emanuel; emmanuel; obama; obamatransitionfile; obammunism; rahmemanuel
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1 posted on 12/12/2008 5:48:05 AM PST by NorthShoreGibby
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I think an Obama supporter in either the Justice Dept or the FBI tipped off the Obama camp before they made a deal with Blago. That said, it may be that Rahm Emmanuel could be guilty of something by even taking part in such discussions without informing the Feds. Knowledge of corruption and not reporting it is a crime.


2 posted on 12/12/2008 5:53:38 AM PST by milwguy (........)
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To: NorthShoreGibby

The Messiah would never lie! The Messiah that is Obama, that is. :)


3 posted on 12/12/2008 5:54:09 AM PST by RexBeach ("There is no such thing as a good tax." Winston Churchill)
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To: NorthShoreGibby

I would like Freepers to consider participating in an email campaing to Blago, offering support and encoraging him to call the legislature’s bluff to impeach. I don’t think most Illinois Democrats could survive such a public inquiry, including the President Elect. Blago should say, “Go ahead. Let us air our dirty laundry. Let he who has not sinned cast he first stone.”


4 posted on 12/12/2008 5:54:33 AM PST by Zevonismymuse
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5 posted on 12/12/2008 5:55:33 AM PST by Diogenesis
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To: NorthShoreGibby
Was the crime stopped before it had an opportunity to implicate Obama?

Yes, but it wasn't stopped for that reason. Once Obama is installed, he was going to fire all those Prosecutors because they are of the wrong political persuasion (wasn't Bush investigated for that). Thus, if Fitz waited much longer, he'd have been out of a job and the man/woman replacing him would sweep the whole matter under the carpet. So they may have pulled the trigger a little early, but they nailed a big bad guy with the shot.

6 posted on 12/12/2008 5:56:23 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspell)
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To: NorthShoreGibby

Actually, it’s not that bad for Zero. All of the tapes have Blago ranting about getting nothing from Zero in exchange for his senate candidate.

The only thing that could bite Zero in the butt is if it later comes out that he did in fact have at least one meeting (face to face or on the tapped phones) with Blago about Zero’s replacement. Zero has denied that he ever met with Blago for that purpose, so he would then be caught in a lie. (I hope Fitz puts Zero in front of a Grand Jury.)

I think Zero knew for a long time that Blago’s phones were tapped and so he knew not to offer any quid pro quo to Blago for a senate appointment. That’s why Blago went so ballistic when he was turned down.


7 posted on 12/12/2008 5:56:47 AM PST by Yo-Yo
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To: milwguy

He was at the courthouse in Chicago yesterday. My first thought: shredding documents. And he wouldn’t answer any questions.


8 posted on 12/12/2008 5:57:45 AM PST by sarasota
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To: Zevonismymuse

It appears that his phone conversations—the ones revealed thus far—aren’t enough to convict him of anything, according to all the talking heads I heard this morning. Saying something doesn’t mean any money changed hands or anything untoward actually took place. So he’s got one foot out the door already. I agree that Blago should take a stand. It’s the Chicago way. (And hopefully he and the rest of those involved get their just “rewards”.)


9 posted on 12/12/2008 6:00:58 AM PST by sarasota
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To: Yo-Yo

And that’s why guys like Emmanuel do the dirty work.


10 posted on 12/12/2008 6:02:13 AM PST by sarasota
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To: NorthShoreGibby
Was the crime stopped before it had an opportunity to implicate Obama?

Bingo! We have a winner!

11 posted on 12/12/2008 6:02:47 AM PST by pgkdan
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To: sarasota

No word yet on whether Sandy Berger was with him.


12 posted on 12/12/2008 6:05:42 AM PST by vietvet67
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To: NorthShoreGibby

Here’s another one to ponder. How about taking a good look at Michelle Obama’s previous activities. She tripled her salary by getting on that hospital board. What happened there? Who did who a favor and why? Do hospital boards always give raises like that? Was she THAT good? Nah.........


13 posted on 12/12/2008 6:10:18 AM PST by bergmeid (Best entertainment I've had in a while.)
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To: sarasota

My first thought: shredding documents.

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Ditto, I can’t believe Mr Hairdo would be allowed back into the center of a crime scene to tamper with stuff. I guess if all the paper could have been confiscated it would have been ....but guess not??


14 posted on 12/12/2008 6:11:06 AM PST by Esther Ruth
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To: vietvet67

I actually saw Sandy Berger on CNN a couple of weeks ago. That guy should be in jail.


15 posted on 12/12/2008 6:12:08 AM PST by sarasota
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To: NorthShoreGibby

And here I thought we’d actually have to wait for BO to be crowned before the scandals started.


16 posted on 12/12/2008 6:15:53 AM PST by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: milwguy
that's the rumor going around here...the Feds specifically told jarrett to “walk away”
17 posted on 12/12/2008 6:16:52 AM PST by stylin19a ( Real Men don't declare unplayable lies)
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Time to confiscate Blackberry's, cell phones, and hard drives from all of these low lifes.

That is, if they haven't already been wiped!

18 posted on 12/12/2008 6:17:20 AM PST by unixfox (The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
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To: sarasota

he’s in violation of his plea deal. He’s still hasn’t shown up for his polygraph. And the Feds still haven’t asked him to show up for it.


19 posted on 12/12/2008 6:20:42 AM PST by stylin19a ( Real Men don't declare unplayable lies)
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To: sarasota

“It appears that his phone conversations—the ones revealed thus far—aren’t enough to convict him of anything”

Well, not entirely true otherwise Fitz never would have busted him. Blago conspired to use a public trust for his personal gain.


20 posted on 12/12/2008 6:22:57 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel
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