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Obama: I never talked to Blagojevich about the Senate seat; Axelrod: Yes, he did;
hotair.com ^ | Allahpundit

Posted on 12/09/2008 1:51:09 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

Sweet catch by Tapper, showing why he got that promotion.

Obama today…

“I had no contact with the governor or his office and so I was not aware of what was happening, ” Obama told reporters today in Chicago. “It’s a sad day for Illinois. Beyond that, I don’t think it’s appropriate to comment.”

…versus Axelrod on November 23, as seen below.

Be sure to read Tapper’s post, as he has plenty more on The One’s long history as a friend of — and advisor to — Blago. Axelrod himself begged off Blagojevich’s first gubernatorial campaign because “I was concerned about whether he was ready for … governing.” Not so Obama and Emanuel; they both served as advisors, and they and Blago went on endorsing each other to the bitter end.

Watch the VIDEO

Update: Awesome. Let’s just drag this out as long as possible. Either we get the spectacle of the Illinois legislature impeaching him or we get the spectacle of Blago appointing The One’s successor while in jail. And based on the charges, he’s just stupid/nutty enough to do it.

“He didn’t do anything wrong,” attorney Sheldon Sorosky told reporters after Blagojevich was arraigned. “A lot of this is just politics.” Blagojevich should be in the office Wednesday, Sorosky added.

So, reporters asked, he does not intend to resign? “Not that I know of, no,” said Sorosky, who added that the governor was “surprised” by the day’s events.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
HUSSEIN IS A LIAR.
81 posted on 12/09/2008 2:47:11 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Parley Baer

They may have met where their children attend the same school, eh?


82 posted on 12/09/2008 2:47:29 PM PST by papagall (Atta boys are great to collect, but one dagnabit wipes out dozens of them.)
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To: toomuchcoffee
What is “Open Road Tolling”?

Another way to fleece Illinois taxpayers to pay for giant political billboards that span eight lanes of traffic with "Blagojevich" written in illuminated/reflecting letters (reminds me of Saddam's sweeping monumentrs toi himself!). Now, the taxpayers will have to pay millions to take 'em down.

83 posted on 12/09/2008 2:49:53 PM PST by XR7
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To: Arkinsaw
Agreed.....we need to devote ALL our energies fighting nationalized health care, tax increases, the global warming/U.N. taxes, and all the other unconstitutional things that the ONE and his Democrat comrads will try to do to us.

This is SOOOO serious....and.....the "birth certificate" thing isn't going anywhere. It just gives the msm an issue to try to make us look petty or nutty....

IMHO

84 posted on 12/09/2008 2:50:52 PM PST by cfrels
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To: Hot Tabasco

Well, guess what: he’s already suggesting otherwise

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2145762/posts

*guffaw*


85 posted on 12/09/2008 2:51:03 PM PST by lainie (The US congress is full to the brim of absolutely disgusting thieves who deserve humiliating ouster.)
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To: AmericanGirlRising

After I watched the presser I said a prayer for the Fitz-fam.
This could get ugly.

(saw your homepage - may the Lord bless you)


86 posted on 12/09/2008 2:52:44 PM PST by tractorman
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To: randita

don’t hold your breath, they’ll claim executive privilege


87 posted on 12/09/2008 2:54:01 PM PST by houston1
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To: Arkinsaw
What happened to the first one? No, they don't have legs. They are a distraction from the real stuff.

That remains to be seen:

Ed Morrissey of Hot Air: "In any case, if Donofrio didn’t get four votes, there’s no reason to think that Wrotnowski will do any better — but it seems that Scalia and Thomas have made themselves the go-to guys on the court for all legal challenges to Obama’s election."

Me: Ummmmm Hot Air. Why even submit it for conference in the first place? Why not just deny Wrotnowski case, who had Donofrio co-authored it? How about this Morrissey. The Wrotnowski case is better written and does not have the same baggage that Donfrio case had. They chose the best of the two.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2145569/posts?page=69#69

88 posted on 12/09/2008 2:55:35 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: Rennes Templar

“Blago a fall guy? Lots of popcorn!”

I THINK SO!


89 posted on 12/09/2008 2:56:10 PM PST by maggief
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To: tractorman

Thank you. Daniel 6:23 is the assurance that leads us all.

Prayers up for Fitz & Family.


90 posted on 12/09/2008 2:59:46 PM PST by AmericanGirlRising (The cow is in the ditch. We know how it got there. Now help me get it out!)
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To: mewzilla

Funny thing, Mark Levin has been referring to Øbama as “Millhouse” for months as a jab at the “don’t use the middle name” crowd. Is he psychic?


91 posted on 12/09/2008 3:01:34 PM PST by 5thGenTexan
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To: autumnraine

Is David Axelrod the “Advisor B” that Rush was talking about this morning?


92 posted on 12/09/2008 3:09:51 PM PST by La Enchiladita (Don' need no steenkin' bipartisan..... Oops, have I failed to be "gracious" AGAIN?!!)
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To: toomuchcoffee

It’s the use of EZ Pass for the Chicago Skyway, which is a short but heavily used road between Gary, Indiana and Chicago, Ill.

The EZ Pass lets you go under the big metal arch in the picture without slowing down and the toll is automatically deducted from your electronic EZ Pass account.

EZ Pass is a toll collection system used by many states, mostly in the Northeast.


93 posted on 12/09/2008 3:12:14 PM PST by exit82 (It's all Obama's fault. And Biden is still a moron. They are both above their paygrade.)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

Barry is teflon. The MSM will see to that.


94 posted on 12/09/2008 3:14:15 PM PST by headstamp 2 (Been here before)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Ok, now things have moved beyond the “Obama didn’t mean it that way” explanation, as team Obama has now explained that it was Axelrod that “misspoke”.


95 posted on 12/09/2008 3:16:51 PM PST by oscars300
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To: TexasCajun
President Bush should appoint a Special Prosecutor to investigate the President Elect before leaving office! How sweet would that be.

It was just reported that the only way this wiretapping is permissable in court and legal is with a Presidential Approval. So Bush is well aware of this and did his job.

96 posted on 12/09/2008 3:17:00 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: lainie

"He has not. I mean uh, I know he (Barack Obama) has talked to the Governor (Blagojevich), and uh, you know, he’s, ah, there are a whole range of names many of which have surfaced, and he’s, I think he has a fondness for a lot of them."


97 posted on 12/09/2008 3:17:23 PM PST by StAnDeliver
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To: XR7
http://www.daylife.com/photo/0dm7g219xj5Ss


by Charles Rex Arbogast

98 posted on 12/09/2008 3:20:25 PM PST by lainie (The US congress is full to the brim of absolutely disgusting thieves who deserve humiliating ouster.)
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To: houston1
"don’t hold your breath, they’ll claim executive privilege"

BS. HE'S NOT IN OFFICE FOR WELL OVER A MONTH AND HE RESIGNED FROM THE SENATE. DEPOSE HIM NOW!

99 posted on 12/09/2008 3:23:47 PM PST by StAnDeliver (We Are Your Overlords.)
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To: StAnDeliver

The Marxist world keeps spinning round, round, round, round. Sung to Someone’s House Is Burning Down.... It doesn’t matter.


100 posted on 12/09/2008 3:24:36 PM PST by gathersnomoss (General George Patton had it right.)
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