Obama: No contact with Blagojevich

The Hill ^ | 11 Dec 2008 | Reid Wilson

[BGHater]

President-elect Obama said he has not spoken with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) about filling his former Senate seat.

Obama, at a Thursday news conference in Chicago, pledged to research who on his staff had been in communication with the governor's office and promised to report back.

"I was as appalled and disappointed as anybody by the revelations earlier this week," Obama said of Blagojevich's arrest on federal corruption charges, including a charge the governor allegedly tried to profit from filling Obama's seat. "I'm confident that no representative of mine would have any part of any deals related to this seat. I think the materials released by the U.S. attorney reflect that fact.

"I've asked my team to gather the facts of any contacts with the governor's office about this vacancy so that we can share them with you over the next few days," Obama said.

Obama repeated his call on Blagojevich to resign, saying the governor cannot effectively serve. "I want to make sure that the next senator from Illinois ... is not tainted by what has taken place so far," Obama said.

A public servant who came of age in the rough-and-tumble world of Chicago politics, Obama said Blagojevich's actions were on the "far end" of "a culture that thinks of politics as a means of self-aggrandizement."

"There are times when people are not thinking about what's best for the public good," Obama said. "This Senate seat does not belong to any politician to trade. It belongs to the people of Illinois, and they deserve the best possible representation."

The president-elect said neither he nor his transition team have been contacted by federal officials seeking interviews in the matter, and pointed out that the affidavit filed on Tuesday makes it clear Obama's team was hesitant to make any deals.

The president-elect also made light of Blagojevich's frequent profanity-laced tirades, in which he used various vulgarities to refer to the president-elect. "I'm not going to repeat back some of the things said about me," Obama joked. "This is a family program, I know."

[AliVeritas]

Obama hasn’t been contacted for questioning... even though it concerned his seat. Mkay.

We all know IL senators and the governor wouldn’t talk.

We also know he worked on Blago’s campaign (inc. weekly meetings along with Rahm). This investigation started five years ago, why did Obama endorse him?

Why would Blago ‘assume’ he would want to deal (especially in view of it being illegal)?

Next up, Alexi, Jones, Stroger, Auchi, Alsammarae, Frawley, Gutierrez, Jarrett, JJr., Jan and a host of characters he didn’t know or had no idea about. That’s his backyard, so what of the country?

But Bush is the tyrant... /s

OT: Due to statement from Egyptian cleric, Obama has noted he will use his middle name now; A luxury rebuffed when used by citizens of the US. Maybe he likes the way it rolls off the clerics tongue and he must listen to him first. /s

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Gee, he had no contact with Ayers, Blogojevic, Clinton, Daschle, Estrich, ... He seems to be working his way through the alphabet.

[printhead]

“I think the materials released by the U.S. attorney reflect that fact.” He’s learning Clinton-speak. It’s the materials NOT released that reflect otherwise.

[AliVeritas]

Wink

http://www.gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/

Could someone please make a vid re: I didn’t know, evolving answers, distraction?

[the invisib1e hand]

Everything that deceives also enchants: Plato

Tag line of the year, possibly of the decade or millenium.

Maybe even of all history.

[HereInTheHeartland]

Obama will need bigger tires of the bus, to accommodate all the people who have been thrown under it

[AuntB]

self ping

[AliVeritas]

Welcome to FR. He hasn’t figured out it’s on his website either... multiple times. I’ve got the captures, just waiting for him to talk himself in some more.

The problem with scrubbing and having Google/Youtube in your pocket is... we know that and they always miss stuff.

[Arrowhead1952]

....and he’s already using the Sergeant Schultz defense.

"Nothing. I know NOTHING!!"

[Las Vegas Ron]

10:1 he won't make it

I'll check the casinos and see what odds their giving, lol

[1000 silverlings]

Thank you, and as the bible tells us, the devil was the most beautiful angel of all

[avacado]

Interestingly Google scrubbed their ‘cache’ on December 11, 2008 of the entire website that had the story.

http://www.connecttristates.com/news/story.aspx?id=219212

[savedbygrace]

A public servant who came of age in the rough-and-tumble world of Chicago politics, Obama said Blagojevich's actions were on the "far end" of "a culture that thinks of politics as a means of self-aggrandizement."

Flash - shot of Obama giving big speech in Germany

Flash - shot of Obama's acceptance speech in front of a mock-up of the White House

Flash - shot of Obama speaking from behind lectern with "Office of the President elect" sign

Yeah, right, you self-aggrandizing pompous poseur.

[tumblindice]

“Clinton-speak”

Yup, the dhims have had a good teacher. JJJ insisted he offered no “favors” for the Senate seat.
When pressed he will admit, “No favors: I offered Benjamins—it was a cash deal—straight up!”

[MrB]

And prov 24:21

[TLI]

He is off in Fantasy Obamaland.

http://beltwayblips.com/story/who_will_fill_obama_s_senate_seat_news_khqa/

[b4its2late]

So clintonesque........

[freekitty]

You knew he was going to say that.

[Commander X]

The Obama death list begins in 8,7,6,5...

[KEmom]

“...and pointed out that the affidavit filed on Tuesday makes it clear Obama’s team was hesitant to make any deals.” What does that mean??? Hesitant because they knew his phones were tapped??