Contact: Emanuel spoke with Blago “on multiple occasions” about Senate seat

Hot Air ^ | December 12, 2008 | Ed Morrissey

[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:

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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.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

The Office of the President-elect has been forever tarnished.

[nascarnation]

The good news as I see it: Baraq is already on defense and we haven’t even started the game yet.

[CommieCutter]

Rahmbama-gate!

[lilylangtree]

White House when the RATS takeover will be ever known as the Chicago Whore House.

[CommieCutter]

LOL I thought I just coined that phrase!

[Shanty Shaker]

I guess it is now ok to try to bribe a Governor? It only becomes wrong when the Governor considers which bribe is best? The back story on this is bigger than the story by far.

[KellyM37]

They’re all guilty as sin. The first day when blag was arrested, watch that news clip with Gore, Obama and Biden. Watch it good, body language, ashen faces, speaks volumns

[saganite]

Obama has pretty much done that already with babies who are aborted but live. The MSM could care less.

[randita]

Mark Levin reported today that there is NO ONE from the Obama team scheduled to appear on any of the Sunday shows.

They absolutely do not want to answer ANY questions.

[Guenevere]

bttt

[unkus]

“Obama has pretty much done that already with babies who are aborted but live. The MSM could care less.”

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Right you are. What else can we say? Sad,sad, sad.

[gotribe]

Yep. Bush will pardon them all.

[EyeGuy]

“The good news as I see it: Baraq is already on defense and we haven’t even started the game yet.”

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The Zero was supposedly nervous and on the defensive about the birth certificate issue, and we see how that turned out.

I’m cynical, and it is directly related to the fact that Republicans have stored their balls in a nice, lace-trimmed wicker basket somewhere on grandma’s farm..

Many Democrats will be sacrificed on the altar to save The Pompous Elect. Not such a bad consolation prize if that is all we can get.

[SkyPilot]

Bush will do something more stupid to make the ‘Rats look good.

Satire.............

"President Bush responded to allegations that Sen. Barack Obama's newly appointed Chief of Staff, Ron Emanuel, had been discovered on FBI wiretaps of committing felonies by illegally negotiating for Obama's Senate seat in a "Play for Pay" scheme. In his statement, President GW Bush pardoned ACORN, Obama, Emanuel, and then fired every US Attorney associated with the case. Not to be outdone, Sen. Harry Reid and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi urged the President to fire every FBI agent who had participated in the prosecution of Governor Rod Blagojevich (D). The President promptly agreed.

[NavVet]

“...and Obama prevented her from suffering the slow death that so many seniors experienced during the Bush years.”

[fhayek]

If you listen to the Blago tape, Obama has been sworn in, big time.

[Osage Orange]

The whole Obama candidacy is bigger than Watergate.........

[bray]

This goes all the way to the Top! What did he know and how much was he getting??

Pray for W and Our Troops

[Osage Orange]

Rahman Noodle

ROFLOL!!

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Emanuel spoke with Blago “on multiple occasions” about Senate seat

Simple common sense dictatews that Obama and Emmanuel would be by all means involved in the "senate seat for sale" scandal.


Obama and Emmanuel were (are) major players in the crooked and sleazy way of dong business and politics in Illinois.

Anybody that believes or says that Obama or Emmanuel are clean in those deals are just plain stupid or in heavy denial or involved in covering up for them, and that includes the dirty media, such as CNN and the NYTimes.