Testimony: Obama Had 4 Senate Successors In Mind

cbs2 chicago ^ | 6/24/10

[Nachum]

Jurors in ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial got a purported look Thursday at a short list of candidates President Obama favored to replace him in the U.S. Senate.

Federal prosecutors played a tape that revealed the first official message from the budding Obama administration about who the president supported for the Senate seat.

In the call, Blagojevich's chief of staff, John Harris, tells his boss that Rahm Emanuel, Obama's soon-to-be top aide, had called him to give him a list of four people that Obama would find acceptable as his successor in the Senate. They were Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.; injured Iraq War vet Tammy Duckworth; U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky and Illinois State Comptroller Dan Hynes.

[Nachum]

The list, ping

[subterfuge]

It’ll be interesting. But unless they have video of Barama saying “pay the man” then he’ll never have to answer for it.

Sorry to be so cynical.

[Sunshine Sister]

This is going to be a fun trial to watch!

[unkus]

This is going to be a fun trial to watch!

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Maybe 0bama will at least sweat a little.

[Chi-townChief]

Jan Schakowsky ?????

Now I know Barry is insane.

[MaxMax]

All he has to do is lie to a Fed investigator.

[TigerClaws]

Obama has already lied to an FBI agent. He said he was unaware of any deal.

Regardless of the legality of the deal itself, Obama has already set himself up for impeachment and may do jail time. This is what Martha Stewart was convicted of doing. No one is above the law. Of course, Biden would likely pardon Obama after he steps down.

[Sunshine Sister]

This trial and a lot of other things too.

[Pining_4_TX]

Wish it were so. After reading about the scams with CCX and other financial misdeeds, I think Obama and his fellow crooks can get away with anything. What happened to all the investigators in this country anyway?

[Vendome]

Or catch a few flies

[SatinDoll]

“What happened to all the investigators in this country anyway?”

Too busy chasing after high-profile Conservative Christians, trying to catch them with their pants down with women not their wives.

[NormsRevenge]

Obama gonna have to wag a lot more than Generals to cover this kind of stuff up.. It's toxic.
The lamebrain media will do all it can to not report it as well.

Bite Me! .. if I'm wrong. ;-)

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) walks out to announce that Gen. David Petraeus will replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal as his top commander in Afghanistan while in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, June 23, 2010. From L-R are U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Vice President Joseph Biden, Petraeus, and Obama. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)

[Boardwalk]

0bama is a cruel joke and a domestic enemy of the Constitution of the United States of America. We have to impeach this Resident!

[RatsDawg]

That, or in Alaska trying to find something about Sarah.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Popcorn ‘n Beer.

[Eyes Unclouded]

Impeaching a Democratic president for lying under oath after a GOP landslide midterm election victory.

Where have I seen this movie before?

[EGPWS]

Oh, to be a fly in the room...

[Boardwalk]

It’s pretty bad when you wish the fly could take the Resident’s place! How much worse could the fly do?

[Pan_Yan]

I said back during the election that someone could show up with a video of Obama in Kenya chopping up political enemies of his cousin with a machete and it would not change a thing. The rule of law no longer applies to the government. Obama has empowered his oil spill panel with subpoena powers. He seized private industries. Obama care was bought with naked bribes. He just negotiated a 20 billion extortion payment from BP in plain view of the world. The DOJ mandated that Georgia not check the IDs of voters in direct violation of a federal judge's order. The list goes on. The Republic hangs by a thread. The only people with the power to investigate, censure and/or remove him have every reason not to. And I don't believe that a Republican landslide in November will change that.