The Change We've Been Looking For- Union Bribes and Indictments for Selling U.S. Senate Seats?

Wayne Alyn Root's Blog ^ | December 10, 2008 | Wayne Allyn Root

[Bokababe]

America wanted change and we sure got it. We elected a politician who looked and sounded fresh and new and different (and don't forget "clean" as Senator Biden once remarked), and promised that magic word "change." Aren't we lucky? It appears that the change we got is that we've moved Chicago machine-style politics into the White House. We found out on Tuesday what that business model consists of- the good Governor of Illinois was arrested for allegedly trying to sell Barack Obama's United States Senate seat. Yes, I said sell Obama's seat to the highest bidder. It's nice to know even in this terrible economy, you can still sell a Senate seat. I wonder if Governor Blagojevich accepts credit cards? I can hear the announcement now in Marshall Fields department store on the Miracle Mile: “U.S. Senate seat on sale now on the 4th Floor- Ladies Lingerie.”

Governor Blagojevich's “play for pay” request allegedly included cash up front, major federal government appointments, and a high paying job or corporate Board appointment for the his wife. No wonder Democrats win the female vote in Illinois- this Governor is certainly committed to equality. The Blagojevich's motto is “the couple that commits fraud and extortion together, stays together (in federal prison).”

Keep in mind this isn't just any Governor. Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is Barack Obama's good buddy. Obama endorsed Blagojevich twice for Governor, and served as a top adviser to him. Blagojevich also endorsed Obama in his run for the U.S. Senate. David Axelrod, a top aide to President-elect Obama, said only days ago on FOX News that Obama had recently spoken to Blagojevich about potential replacements for his U.S. Senate seat. Now Obama denies they ever spoke. There's our change- Obama's story is changing swiftly to avoid political corruption charges......

[Bokababe]

Amazing that all this is happening and Obama isn't even in the White House yet.

[WayneS]

Well, I BELIEVE it, at any rate...

[Bokababe]

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[xroadie]

Now THIS is change I can believe in!

[Jay777]

Illinois AG Asks Illinois Supreme Court to Declare Blagojevich Unfit....Blago's Chief of Staff Resigns! Federal Sources: Fitzgerald Held Off Blagojevich Bust to Protect Obama Election Chances

Sources: Rahm Emanuel Spoke with Blagojevich about Senate Seat on Multiple Occassions

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Hope and change?......what a damn joke!

[EagleUSA]

Well, the truth in it is, that is is CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN....but those of us that used our brain, our eyes and our ears BEFORE THE ELECTION knew what was coming....that is why we voted for McCain.

[griswold3]

Character matters.
‘Tell me who you run with and I’ll tell you who you are.’

No one can point to any of Obama’s accomplishments. All we got are ‘just words’. So we must look to his associates/fellow travelers to tell the story of the Messiah. Actions speak louder than ‘just words’.

“You don’t have to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.”

[devistate one four]

Yeah, his little girls must be awfully proud of him.

[Bokababe]

"Sources: Rahm Emanuel Spoke with Blagojevich about Senate Seat on Multiple Occassions"

And the Fox News video on that website has been pulled from both the blog and the Fox website.

[Red_Devil 232]

Who is this “We” he says elected Obama?

[Bokababe]

..but those of us that used our brain, our eyes and our ears BEFORE THE ELECTION knew what was coming....that is why we voted for McCain.

That presidential election was a choice between a root canal without anesthetic and a violent anal cavity search. There were no good choices between the two.

[Bokababe]

"Who is this “We” he says elected Obama?"

Americans.

[XR7]

Pals.

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• Obama 'saddened' by allegations against Blagojevich

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  Source: Feds take [Illinois] Gov. Blagojevich into custody

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  Your tax dollars at work!

  Chicago Sun-Times
  Rezko pal runs Tollway oasis eateries despite owing state $359K

  December 13, 2007
  BY CHRIS FUSCO AND DAVE MCKINNEY Staff Reporters

  Al Chaib owes the state $359,639 in unpaid business taxes that date back five years. But that hasn't kept the longtime associate of indicted ex-gubernatorial adviser Tony Rezko from being part of an exclusive Illinois Tollway deal, despite a law that bars tax deadbeats from getting state business, a Chicago Sun-Times investigation has found.

  Chaib's firm, Morpheus LLC, owns Subway sandwich shops at all seven tollway oases. The deal includes his 23-year-old daughter, Alia, and a Schaumburg businessman, Adam A. Yala, records show.

  Selling sandwiches on state property is just one of the perks Chaib's family has secured under Gov. Blagojevich. In September 2003, the governor gave Chaib's wife a part-time job in a state agency charged with collecting more than half of her husband's tax debt -- a decision a government watchdog said "does nothing but increase suspicion of how the Blagojevich administration does business."

  Excerpted from: http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/694850,CST-NWS-watchdog13.stng

[Dick Bachert]

[Guenevere]

bttt

[doc]

The real question is, if someone is willing to buy a senate seat for $500,000.00 for a position that only pays $150,000/yr. just how much money from other sources does a senator get to stuff in his pocket over the course of his term?

[Bokababe]

The real question is, if someone is willing to buy a senate seat for $500,000.00 for a position that only pays $150,000/yr. just how much money from other sources does a senator get to stuff in his pocket over the course of his term?

Excellent point.

[FormerACLUmember]

HOPEnCHANGE!

The change is that we have a President Elect for the first time in US history suspected of pay for play bribery.

The hope is that Blagojevitch, Harris, Rezko, and God knows who else won’t turn informant before Obama can shut down the investigations.

[bamahead]

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