[BGHater]

Blago, make sure you properly chew your food. 10:1 he won't make it.

[rj45mis]

“I’m confident that no representative of mine would have any part of any deals related to this seat.

wink..wink..nod..nod

[Cicero]

Yeah. Blago had better hire a couple of expert food tasters.

[Lurking in Kansas]

"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.

ROFLMAO. MY BS meter just pegged!!

[icwhatudo]

Both Axlerod and the local news media reported that there was a meeting. Someone is lying.

[the invisib1e hand]

Obama might be prince charming according the fairy tale that's being told by the media, but one thing he's not is teflon.

He's going down in flames before he even got off the ground.

[peace with honor]

of course you haven’t mr. president elect

[hometoroost]

Wow, not even elected and he’s already using the Sergeant Schultz defense.

[TommyDale]

Obama has a very bad memory lapse. He is conveniently forgetting the meeting he had with the crooked governor on November 5th, which was reported and now has been removed from both the Channel 7 website and the Obama website. Stupid people think they can just make history go away?

[Reaganesque]

Does he have ANY contact with ANY of his friends and associates?

[avacado]

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

Then what the heck is this?

[Tallguy]

"I was as appalled and disappointed..."

I sense an opportunity to codify the rules for the new Obama-Drinking-Game to be played on every college campus. Everytime the Annointed One utters either of those words, we need to knock back a shot.

[Genoa]

“I’m confident that. . .” Empty suit, empty statement.

[j_guru]

The add to the left of the article is almost as good as the article - oh the irony

[Canedawg]

Not to worry. Patti is fixing him a lunch with eye of newt and toe of frog.

[Puddleglum]

Notice the careful phraising: I have not spoken with him THEN about THAT etc etc

[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

[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.

[HereInTheHeartland]

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

[Las Vegas Ron]

10:1 he won't make it

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

[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.