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Contact: Emanuel spoke with Blago “on multiple occasions” about Senate seat
Hot Air ^ | December 12, 2008 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 12/12/2008 5:26:54 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

The attempt by President-elect Barack Obama to distance himself from the scandal erupting in Illinois took a big hit last night with this exclusive report from Chicago’s Fox affiliate. Sources within the investigation say that Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s chief of staff, spoke with Governor Rod Blagojevich on “multiple occasions” about the Senate succession that Blagojevich had wanted to sell to the highest bidder — and that Emanuel will likely be on the FBI wiretaps:

(VIDEO AT LINK)

On the surface, this makes sense. The notion that Obama and his team had nothing to say about the Senate appointment and had no contact whatsoever with Blagojevich was ridiculous. Emanuel, with his ties to Illinois politics and his status as Obama’s right-hand man, would make the most likely candidate to handle those negotiations.

That doesn’t necessarily mean that Emanuel knew about Blagojevich’s efforts to extort payment for the selection, but it puts a damper on the idea that Emanuel tipped off the feds, too. It wouldn’t take “multiple” meetings for Emanuel to decide to squeal. If Emanuel continued meeting with Blagojevich, that indicates some kind of negotiating was happening, and that would strongly suggest that Emanuel was working on Blagojevich’s terms. It’s still possible that Emanuel was working with the feds, but why stay silent about it now? They’ve already arrested Blagojevich. Emanuel could now say, “I helped Patrick Fitzgerald when I saw something wrong and worked with them to get him to make explicit statements,” rather than spend this week ducking reporters. The “sources within the investigation” would hardly want to make a cooperating witness look bad, either. Emanuel has been acting like someone advised him to keep quiet to keep from making incriminating public statements, and this may be the reason why.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: bho2008; blago; blagogate; blagojevich; chicago; corruptdems; corruption; democrats; ebaygate; obama; obamatransitionfile; rahmemanuel
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To: teletech
Does anyone think Blago will roll over on anyone in order to avoid a long jail sentence? I don’t see him as a “good soldier”.

I see him as a guy that wants to keep on breathing. So, he may be instructed to implicate a few smaller fish as a token, but that's about it.

201 posted on 12/14/2008 12:07:28 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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To: ChildOfThe60s
I see him as a guy that wants to keep on breathing. So, he may be instructed to implicate a few smaller fish as a token, but that's about it.

I don't look for Blago to implicate anyone like Obama or Daley. Wouldn't surprise me if Blago himself skated on these charges. DemocRATS don't go to jail.

202 posted on 12/14/2008 12:12:29 PM PST by teletech (Friends don't let friends vote DemocRAT)
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To: teletech

if blago doesn’t implicate dumbo then the American people will. We are onto him, everyone is digging for the truth and bama boy has so many skeletons in his closet, he will NEVER be a legitimate president. My bet is he doesn’t make it 6 months.and the MF’er needs to show that damn bc. At first I thought it was BS, now I think he’s hiding something.


203 posted on 12/14/2008 4:14:33 PM PST by KellyM37
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To: KellyM37
if blago doesn’t implicate dumbo then the American people will. We are onto him, everyone is digging for the truth and bama boy has so many skeletons in his closet, he will NEVER be a legitimate president. My bet is he doesn’t make it 6 months.and the MF’er needs to show that damn bc. At first I thought it was BS, now I think he’s hiding something.

Obama is hiding something all right but I doubt he will be removed from office. He seems, at least thus far, to be teflon man.

204 posted on 12/14/2008 4:17:57 PM PST by teletech (Friends don't let friends vote DemocRAT)
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To: KellyM37

Welcome to FR.


205 posted on 12/14/2008 4:53:02 PM PST by mplsconservative
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
It is high time we stop referencing the BO “administration” and start calling it what it is. This promises to be a very interesting and telling week. No doubt ducks were put in rows over the course of the past 48 hours. I dare say the potential is enormous for anyone associated with Blago to have “a most unfortunate slip-and-fall accident” in front of a bus bearing a Zed-08 bumper sticker.

So let's name the posse. I always liked the sound of Dutch Schultz's “Purple Gang.” I think something “-Gang” or “ - Syndicate” would do quite nicely.

Suggestions?

206 posted on 12/14/2008 5:22:27 PM PST by shoutingandpointing
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To: teletech
“NO CONTACT BY ME . . . Ummmm . . . errrrr . . . WE . . . Uh . . . NO ONE FROM MY . . . UH . . . HMMMMM . . . ERRRR . . . “

NOT TRUE!

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24799317-5012748,00.html

BS 0bummer.

207 posted on 12/14/2008 5:51:38 PM PST by shoutingandpointing
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
Now I know why he needed an office ....he had business to attend too.

And everyone thought Obama never ran a business.... fooled all of us!

208 posted on 12/14/2008 9:37:05 PM PST by PA-RIVER
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To: Grampa Dave

“rohm may be sacrificed and thrown under the zero’s big-wheeled bus.”

is that the same rohm who said that the republicans (countless millions of voting americans) can go f*&^ themselves?; the very same one? is that the one?


209 posted on 12/15/2008 5:07:25 AM PST by ripley
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To: ripley

Looks like Rahm may be serving his mandatory community service before the rest of us.


210 posted on 12/15/2008 6:21:18 AM PST by BIG_CARBON_FOOT_PRINT
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It really bugs me when these things happen and these jerks try to cover it up. Why not just come out and say YES, we talked about it. So what???? Talking about it is not a crime. Talking about MONEY and selling the position IS.


211 posted on 12/15/2008 9:31:56 AM PST by Marysecretary (.GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL)
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To: VRWC For Truth

Oh knock that crap off.


212 posted on 12/15/2008 9:32:36 AM PST by Marysecretary (.GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL)
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To: FMBass

He’s acting like he was.


213 posted on 12/15/2008 9:33:44 AM PST by Marysecretary (.GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
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214 posted on 12/16/2008 12:29:01 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: EyeGuy
...Republicans have stored their balls in a nice, lace-trimmed wicker basket somewhere on grandma’s farm..

I'd laugh if it weren't so true.

215 posted on 12/16/2008 12:30:56 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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