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Blagojevich Meets with Obama to Address Budget Shortfall (12/1/08)
WMBD/WYZZ Springfield, IL ^ | December 1, 2008 | WMBD/WYZZ News Staff

Posted on 12/10/2008 5:40:18 PM PST by Clinton's a liar

“Blagojevich Meets with Obama to Address Budget Shortfall

Reported by: WMBD/WYZZ News Staff

Monday, Dec 1, 2008 @07:24am CST

WMBD/WYZZ - SPRINGFIELD Governor Rod Blagojevich is turning to the president elect for help in a billion dollar budget shortfall.

The governor will meet Monday and Tuesday Philadelphia with Barack Obama. Their discussion will focus on Illinois’ $2 billion deficit and how the Land of Lincoln will manage its 2009 fiscal year.

In November, Blagojevich announced a plan to manage the state’s deficit. Part of that plan requests more than $1 billion dollars in federal money over the next three years, in addition to short-term borrowing to help pay bills on time. Illinois is currently facing a potential $5 billion backlog of unpaid bills.”


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: blagojevich; bleepgate; liarliar; obama; obamatransitionfile; obamatruthfile
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To: muawiyah

They got rid of Obama


???? In the worst way, I suppose?


61 posted on 12/10/2008 6:20:30 PM PST by txhurl (somebody just bought 12 Carrier Battle Groups for 600 million dollars)
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To: maggief
OUTSTANDING~~~!!!!!

Another Midwesterner flies a private (state) plane to DC to seek lots of money.

Why was Blog treated so much nicer than his friends at GM, FORD, Chrysler?

Oh, they are not his friends?

Don't count on it.

And the politicians who criticized them? Didn't that include DICK DURBIN, the Turban from Suburban? He's the "other Senator" in Illinois, and he didn't criticize Blog but he did criticize the auto guys ~ I saw this on TV!!!

Did the Tribune corporation do a total coverup on this at the time? Look up "state park" and see! Bet there are even more articles about this "non event" (Obama told us so, eh) than we can believe if we know but where to look!

62 posted on 12/10/2008 6:21:23 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: Clinton's a liar

Here’s an interesting article from Politico:

7 Blago Questions For Obama
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16465.html


63 posted on 12/10/2008 6:21:35 PM PST by Free America52 (I just want it to be the way it always has been.)
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To: Jay777
Thanks, I'm trying to bookmark everything in this. Hope Obama Abu Hussein has a PhD( piled Higher and Deeper) on the staff and a Clinton spin doctor...look out Kosovo!! INCOMING!!
64 posted on 12/10/2008 6:24:17 PM PST by Karliner ("Things are more like they are now than they ever were before. DDE)
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To: Prole
Sociopath ~ if he was a psychopath he'd be running down the hill with his hair on fire with a pack of Freepers chasing him., all the while typing furiously on their laptops!

I can envision this!

65 posted on 12/10/2008 6:25:16 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: Clinton's a liar

Screen capture this because these articles are disappearing fast.


66 posted on 12/10/2008 6:25:27 PM PST by kezzek
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To: txflake

Not yet. Illinois folks consider it a great victory to make him just go away somewhere else.


67 posted on 12/10/2008 6:26:22 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: All

Amazing. People call Bush “stupid” yet zer0bama has all these crooked friends and associates and plays dumb and gets a free pass.

Either zer0bama is ignorant or stupid, or perhaps both, but if Palin, Bush or any other GOP’er had such a history of associating with so many known criminals, the MSM would never let them get by with the “I didn’t know” excuse.

Instead, the MSM is avoiding mentioning that Blago is a Dem and they go out of their way to say that zer0bama didn’t do anything wrong, even though the investigation isn’t nearly finished.

How many times did Bush get the benifit of the doubt by the MSM on anything?

Never.

Same with Palin. In fact, they resorted to inventing stories about her.

The MSM spent more time “vetting” JtP then BOR, and now the chickens are coming home to roost, and the MSM is covering for this empty suit.

zer0bama hasn’t even been sworn in yet and he’s already up to his ears in scandal.

But the Dems and the MSM will cover for him for the next 4 years.

How long does he get away with playing dumb, and why is that a legitimate excuse?

You think the MSM would do the same for Bush or Palin or any “R”? - Hell no.

The MSM would be digging up every picture of Bush and Blago together right now, and running them 24/7 and implying guilt by association.

zer0bama won’t be able to keep this criminal eruptions on the down low forever though.

It’s just a shame that the MSM won’t bother with such trivial matters as they have more important things to report, like the cost of Sarah Palin’s outfit, or JtP’s SAT score...


68 posted on 12/10/2008 6:28:03 PM PST by Rodney Dangerfield (Barack Obama aka "The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers")
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To: muawiyah
Oh, I hear you!

I call him a psychopath because the pathological liar is operating without a moral compass... No conscience at all.

He is a flippant narcissist who does evil things, and he shows no remorse for it.

That is what I always understood a psychopath to be, but you are right about his sociopath tendencies.

69 posted on 12/10/2008 6:28:53 PM PST by Prole (Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them.)
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To: Clinton's a liar

“I had no contact with the governor or his office and so we were not… uh… I was not aware of what was happening,”

Not that it matters (or so it seems) but in the actual audio it sounded like he went to say “I had no contact with the governor wh(atsoever)...” like he’s constantly self editing and we all know why people do that. :-)


70 posted on 12/10/2008 6:29:04 PM PST by Kent C
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To: Clinton's a liar

Are you the CAL who was Alan Keyes’ campaign manager in 2000? If so, is there any chance he would run again for this Senate seat, if there were to be an election?


71 posted on 12/10/2008 6:29:39 PM PST by giotto
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To: Clinton's a liar
What the other news outfit did is very scary. I cannot believe that this is happening in our America. The liberals are pushing it in a very dangerous way.
72 posted on 12/10/2008 6:29:45 PM PST by jveritas (God Bless President Bush and our brave troops)
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To: maggief

Thanks for sharing, maggief. I’m feeding these directly to a few big talkers. ;-)


73 posted on 12/10/2008 6:30:28 PM PST by Clinton's a liar (We, the willing...)
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To: Pamlico
Great job. I am impressed. Of course, you are just doing the job that liberal media types won’t do.

All they have to do is a f***ing Lexis Nexis search. The media is totally corrupt at this point.

74 posted on 12/10/2008 6:31:00 PM PST by SunStar (Democrats piss me off!)
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To: Army Air Corps

Excellent point, Army Air Corps. Why would the governor say that Obama was only offering appreciation if they (or members of the staff) hadn’t had a conversation about it with possible offers made?


75 posted on 12/10/2008 6:35:12 PM PST by Clinton's a liar (We, the willing...)
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76 posted on 12/10/2008 6:38:39 PM PST by Doofer
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To: randita
I think it’s important because it corroborates other reports, which are now being discredited.

Yes, it does. Obama said he had NO CONTACT with the governor. Obviously he not only has had contact, but this is a contemporaneous document from the governor in the form of a release saying that they not only had contact but spoke specifically about Obama's replacement. Obama lied.

77 posted on 12/10/2008 6:48:11 PM PST by Clinton's a liar (We, the willing...)
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To: Clinton's a liar
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO KNOW OBAMA IS LYING!
78 posted on 12/10/2008 6:49:34 PM PST by jarofants (Obama wants to bailout Kenya and other nations.)
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To: Clinton's a liar

Nice find.


79 posted on 12/10/2008 6:50:37 PM PST by Velveeta
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To: Doofer

Cool! Thanks, Doofer!


80 posted on 12/10/2008 6:52:11 PM PST by Clinton's a liar (We, the willing...)
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