He is off in Fantasy Obamaland.
http://beltwayblips.com/story/who_will_fill_obama_s_senate_seat_news_khqa/
So clintonesque........
You knew he was going to say that.
The Obama death list begins in 8,7,6,5...
“...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??
This is taken from Katie Allison Granju’s blog at the Knoxville, TN “Knox News” website (http://blogs.knoxnews.com/knx/granju/2008/12/more-evidence-that-obama-and-b.html). I may post a separate thread because the Obama-Blago visit has been censored on her original link to KHQA TV 7 serving Illinois, Iowa and Missouri. However, other news outlets independently reported the meeting between BO and Blago. Here is her blog.
CHICAGO, ILL. — Now that Barack Obama will be moving to the White House, his seat in the U.S. Senate representing Illinois will have to be filled.
That’s one of Obama’s first priorities today.
He’s meeting with Governor Rod Blagojevich this afternoon in Chicago to discuss it.
Illinois law states that the governor chooses that replacement.
There’s already been speculation about his selection...from Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. of Chicago’s south side who co-chaired Obama’s presidential campaign, to recently-retired state senate president Emil Jones, to the governor himself.
It’s likely the governor will make his decision quickly so the new senator will get some seniority before newly-elected senators take office in January...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 4:04 p.m.
KHQA TV wishes to offer clarification regarding a story that appeared last month on our website ConnectTristates.com. The story, which discussed the appointment of a replacement for President Elect Obama’in the U.S. Senate, became the subject of much discussion on talk radio and on blog sites Wednesday.
The story housed in our website archive was on the morning of November 5, 2008. It suggested that a meeting was scheduled later that day between President Elect Obama and Illinois Governor Blagojevich. KHQA has no knowledge that any meeting ever took place. Governor Blagojevich did appear at a news conference in Chicago on that date.
(source http://www.connecttristates.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=233822)
By Alexis Hunt
Saturday, November 08, 2008 at 9:48 p.m.
QUINCY, IL — Now that Barack Obama will be moving to the White House, his seat in the U.S. Senate representing Illinois will have to be filled.
Obama met with Governor Rod Blagojevich earlier this week to discuss it. Illinois law states that the governor chooses that replacement. There’s already been speculation about his selection…from Congressman Jesse Jackson, Junior to Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs Director Tammy Duckworth.
Duckworth made an appearance in Saturday’s Veterans’ parade in Quincy. We asked her about the possibility of filling Obama’s seat.
“The Governor’s office confirmed yesterday that he is considering me and I am deeply honored jus to be considered. I hope whoever is selected is someone who is willing to travel around the state and gets to know this wonderful state. I’m just honored to be considered,” Duckworth said.
The governor expects to make his decision before Christmas. Part of the timing depends on when Obama officially vacates his senate seat.
3) http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2008/10/gov-mum-on-who-may-succeed-obama.html
Blagojevich mum on possible successors to Obama
Chicago Tribune (IL) - Friday, October 31, 2008
Author: Rick Pearson and Monique Garcia, TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Thursday cited the potential for bad “karma” and avoided discussing potential Senate successors to Barack Obama should the Democratic nominee win the White House, but acknowledged he has a process in mind for making the most important appointment of his career.
“I just don’t want to jinx him and I don’t like the karma of me thinking that far ahead,” Blagojevich said of Obama ‘s prospects in Tuesday’s election. The governor added, “We have had some discussions about a process which we’ll share ... if all goes well.”
http://www.connecttristates.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=233822
“I’ve asked my team to gather the facts ...”
Didn’t Bill Clinton say something just like this when the Lewinsky scandal was starting to brew ?
The similarities are unbelievable and yet, absolutely believable.
The corruption bubbling around the edges, the hinky land deals , the same exact players.
That short woman hectoring in the background.
We should hear the sound of ashtrays breaking any day, now.
The Big He has morphed into The One.
POLL TO FREEP
Quick Poll
Will the Blago scandal tarnish Obama’s reputation?
1. 1 Yes. it shows Illinois breeds corrupt politicians
2. 2 No. He has no connection whatsoever
3. 3 Maybe. But he’s managed to distance himself
4. 4 It’s too early to tell
1. 1 25% Yes. it shows Illinois breeds corrupt politicians
2. 2 27% No. He has no connection whatsoever
3. 3 24% Maybe. But he’s managed to distance himself
4. 4 24% It’s too early to tell
Obama even acknowledged in his presser today that the Governor spoke to aides about Obama not being willing to play the game. How could the Governor know that Obama wasn’t willing to go along unless their had been some contact between the Governor and the transition team? Why was the Governor mentioning that he might just give the seat to himself if Obama didn’t want to play ball if he hadn’t spoken to someone in the Obama camp?
The way 0bama’s talking smack about they guy who’s got the goods on him makes me think Blago might be taking a dip in the Chicago River real soon.
In blago speak... “hussein is a lying MF’er”!
LLS
My guess is that, since Fitzgerald is such a relentlessly partisan Democrat, he will do as he did in the Wilson/CIA Deskjockey investigation: ignore the core of what he was tasked to find out, and put the matter quietly away in a manner that doesn't damage his Party's interests. In the case of the blonde CIA deskjockey, he failed to inquire or draw a conclusion on what was the entire subject of his grand opening press conference, and the only legal justification for his investigation: Was the covert identity disclosure law violated? At no time did he attempt to establish that Mrs. Wilson had a covert identity to violate. Meanwhile, statements put into the public record by her buffoon husband in his book establish that she was not, by the definitions in the law, working as a covert agent for the CIA. And that's why Fitz was forced to go out with a whimper—a little he-said-she-said perjury charge.
In this case, I'm betting Fitz will not do what real prosecutors do in cases like this: start making deals in exchange for testimony all the way up the food chain to see how high the corruption goes. He will not turn Blago in the hopes of bagging, say, Obama for colluding to sell the Senate seat. He will pin the whole thing on Blago and his wife and shut the investigation down. Fitz is a coward, and a man who seems to have his own, invisible set of principles that safely keep him from protecting the public weal.
Curiously, as with the Wilson case, Fitz came on like an amateur in his Blago arrest announcement. He was self-important, but not serious about his job. He made blanket assertions about the Governor that left no room for the presumption of innocence, using inflammatory language instead of making bare, respectful statements about "the People's charges against the defendant." If I were Blago's lawyer, I'd petition the Court for a change of venue, since Fitzpopinjay's public statements have made it impossible for Blago to get a fair trial in Illinois, or possibly anywhere south of Alaska.
Hey Zer0, are you hanging in there with the big boys? How's the smoking and facial tics coming along? Enjoy your ride. The fun is just beginning.
The people of Illinois haven't hadn't decent representation in quite awhile. Why start now?