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December 09, 2008
Obama - No Contact With Blago On Senate Seat
Obama said today that he had no contact with Democrat Governor Blagojevich of Illinois about the appointment to Obama's former Senate seat. CHICAGO (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama says he is saddened by allegations that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich tried to trade favors for Obama's Senate seat--and says he had no contact with the governor or his office on the matter.Well that is a good thing. It would be bad if the Smartest President Ever™ was caught up in this whole Illinois corruption thing. I mean really bad. On Fox Chicago Sunday on the 23rd of November 2008 which was about 3 weeks after the election David Axelrod had a few interesting words on the subject. This morning, David Axelrod appeared on Fox Chicago Sunday and had some notable remarks on both the local and national fronts. He said that President-elect Barack Obama plans to stay out of Prairie State politics once in the White House and doesn't plan on being "a kingmaker or boss here in Illinois." When co-host Dane Placko asked him about the vacant U.S. Senate seat, Axelrod disclosed that the Obama has spoken to Gov. Blagojevich about his replacement.And you can watch the video at the link. I think it is past time that Obama got together with his team and compared notes in order to get their stories straight. You know what it reminds me of? The beginnings of the Watergate scandal. Subtle details of people's stories do not match. Funny though that didn't start happening to Nixon until he had been in office for a month or two. It looks like Obama has a three month head start on Nixon. Can any one imagine Joe Biden as President? Or Hillary as VP? Thankfully the Obama administration will be the most transparent ever. Just like the Democrat Congress is the most open and honest government in history. Our first Black President (if you don't count Bill Clinton). And possibly our first impeached Black President (if you don't count Bill Clinton). And the possibly our first Black President to resign. And possibly our first Black President to do jail time. Unless Biden pardons him. A lot of possible firsts there. And one for sure first. Fortunately he is the Smartest President Ever™. We are so lucky. Cross Posted at Power and Control posted by Simon on 12.09.08 at 04:20 PM
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No jail time. Removal from office is the highest penalty allowed for a sitting president. Phelps · December 9, 2008 04:40 PM Tri is right. Nothing will happen. Even if there are tapes they will disappear like the video of O at the Khalidi party. Gideon7 · December 9, 2008 05:43 PM Gideon et. al., Do not underestimate Fitz. He is relentless. Simon M. Simon · December 9, 2008 05:46 PM What's past is prologue... "No, heh, but it's touching. Forget the myths the media's created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand... Follow the money..." turfmann · December 9, 2008 06:54 PM Nope, none of this will touch Obama. He's squeaky clean, no matter what kind of slime happens right next to him, none of it touches him. And the press has too much invested to turn on him, at least not for a longer time than this is going to take. And the contradictory statements? We've been down that road before. His staffers are being, um... "inartful." At this point I don't even care any more. We paid out money and made our choice. I'm not even going to suggest that any of this was foreseeable. All I have to observe is this is what we voted for. Is your leg tingling yet? Steve Skubinna · December 9, 2008 08:30 PM Post a comment
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One difference: the press won't do any digging. If some Deep Throat from Obama's administration came forward to the Washington Post, the Post editors would merely report the leaker to Obama and spike the story.