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Breaking KEY FACTS in Blagojevich Case


Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich, D-Ill., left, speaks before the Base Realignment and Closure Commission with U.S. Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., looking on, June 20, 2005, in St. Louis. (AP/James A. Finley) [WSJ, 12/09/08]

FOCUS ON THE CHIEF OF STATE, John Harris, who was also arrested this morning:

  • Square this fact: David Axelrod was on a local Chicago television station two weeks ago [UPPITY WOMAN FOUND IT!], and Axelrod said that President-Elect Barack Obama had talked with Blagojevich about his replacement.

  • With This Fact: HOWEVER, today at P-E Barack Obama’s press conference, P-E Obama said he had not talked to the governor.

OF NOTE in re John Harris/Richard Daley: John Harris was a member of the administration of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, 1996-2005 (including as Budget Director). [PHOTO CAPTION BELOW: Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Barack Obama, and Mayor Richard Daley.]

  • This means that John Harris — who faces SERIOUS charges — has all the “dirt” on Richard Daley and all of his shenanigans.

OF NOTE in re P-E Barack Obama & Tony Rezko & Gov. Rod Blagojevich:

  • Obama used Rezko as a “cut-out” to get favors from Gov. Blagojevich — specifically to get people (i.e., his cronies) appointed to jobs with the State of Illinois.

We will provide details, and substantiations, later but one of the issues likely to surface are the favors that BO secured from Blagojevich.

PDF, Chicago Tribune

Press Release, U.S. Attorneys office, Chicago (see LisaB’s story below for more)

Obama Senate Seat For Sale?,” The Smoking Gun.

  • mimi

    Oh this is beginning to assume fabulous aspects.

    Keep the popcorn handy.

    Let Frat Boy govern and just sit back and enjoy the fun.

  • Touchet

    What is this! Oh the horror of it all. Obama must have have been so lost in chicago. I mean for 8 years he was amongst all this. God bless his little heart. He must be soooo happy to be out of this. God only knows how he survived it. I weep tears and play my violin for him.

  • Texas Playwright

    First time I saw the 2004 video with old BHO saying he’d have to start running for “higher office” w/o having served a day in his newly elected cum dirty tricks Senate seat, I could see/hear his snake oil salemsan lies. Then I read Evelyn Pringle’s excellent series, “Operation Board Games” and knew the fix was in for years. Shame on Kerry, Kennedy, Brazile, Pelosi, Dean, Axelrod, ACORN, the IL Combine and all the rest who cheated for years to bring this corrupt culture to D.C.

  • beaming

    Rumor is Washington DC to be renamed New Chicago.

  • http://deleted Buzz Latte

    Let’s hope there is time for Fitzgerald to bring ALL of the corruption to light.

    The need to completely eradicate corruption in government has been brewing since Kennedy.

    Blagojevich and Obama are just more symptoms of the problem. At this point will it really matter if Obama cries innocent?

    The chips are falling again. The obots thought it was over when Obama escaped Rezko, then Wright, then Ayers, then the COLB. But is this one that knocks down the Obama house of cards.

    Evelyn Pringle’s investigative reporting may hold the key.

  • cathnealon

    BO
    “That’s not the Rod I knew.”
    On Fox today
    “Somehow BO has manged to stay above the fray and not be connected with all of the corruption in Chicago.” What kind of crap are they shoveling? Who in their right mind could believe that?

  • pamOBSP

    I have hinted over the months of my knowlege of what IL politics was about, now it out there for everyone to see. Why do you think a black women who lived in BO district until 2001 could not support him. Maybe now my family and friends will realize that all of them are corrupt. I’m waiting for the hammer to fall on Valerie Jarrett and her association with Dirty Tony to really be invesitgated, I doubt the MSM will do anything, Tony is going to have to give her up. And if anyone would like to bet, I would lay you 10-1 that Pat F will not be reappointed.

  • http://ezinearticles.com/?Three-Basic-Parenting-Styles&id=744499 Northwest rain

    Is that the world’s smallest violin that was for sale on that shopping cable channel?

    Perhaps you also have trained fleas to play the violin?

    Blago tells us that the Senate Seat is worth something and that he needs “something” to appoint one of Obama’s choices.

    What this also tells us that when Obama “won” the Senate Seat — in order to get that seat he had to play the game — because 2 years ago that seat was “worth something”.

    It would seem that Rezko, Blogo and Harris just might, possibly know what sort of pay-off deals Obama made to “buy” the Senate seat to use as a spring board for his Prez run.

    With all the horse trading we are supposed to believe that Obama was above all the corruption that he was only allowed to run for the Senate seat because he gives really good speeches????

    0bots — WE told you so. Obama is as dirty as the rest of the Chicago politics.

    BOTH parties are so corrupt and dirty.

  • Tuppence411

    There are more interesting tidbits in the court filing. Mrs. Blago wanted corporate board seats just like MEchelle. At one point Hot Rod says “she more qualifed than (a certain other person) to sit on corporate boards.” When he learned they would have to wait two years for his wife’s appointments after appointing Canidate 1, that’s when he called Obama a motherfu@ker.

  • http://ezinearticles.com/?Three-Basic-Parenting-Styles&id=744499 Northwest rain

    What is the deal with the “two years” — does this somehow not make it look like a pay off?

  • Steve1

    Yes, but pity our poor country…that it fell for this phony messiah, with the criminal support of DNC, Howard the screamer, Dean. The corporate controlled, corrupted MSM. Can we say, Chicagogate?
    This is just the tip of the iceberg. God-Damn the MSM,which propped up and pushed the myth of Mr. Change!

  • http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/ Not Your sweetie

    Watch the media working as hard for Obama as they did for W on Enron
    http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/extricating-obama-from-blagojevich/

  • Tuppence411

    Yeah I guess so….lol….. later on in another wiretapped conversation Blago’s advisor warns him to be “leery” of the two year promise.

  • Steve1

    Hey don’t forget the coporate controlled MSM. With their pack of fat, lazt liars! They played a major role in creating the myth of MR. Change and dragging down Senator Clinton.

  • Steve1

    lazy!

  • Steve1

    corporate controlled MSM. They have to held accountable for their criminal hehavior!

  • Fancy

    The country is facing a critical juncture, truly, and now we have to go through another melodrama of presidential theatrics, given Obama, and the IL corruption.

    He will be distracted.

    Two wars, and a broken economy, the country needs true leadership and bold decision making, and no matter the press spin of the day, Obama, and MO, will not get Blago out of their heads.

    This is major league stuff, with major players, and now he’s the President, not just a sitting senator.

    Way to go!

  • Steve1

    No drama-Obama, yeah, right! Barry Soetoro, Little Boots! I hear he has developed a nervous twitch! No smoking in the WH???? Our poor country!

  • I’m a Linda too

    And also, MRS Blagojevich is involved, not just the latest involvement with the Senate seat, but her possibly getting positions from the PEBO…and her involvement in REALESTATE WITH REZKO.

  • Texas Playwright

    You’re right–I include the corrupt MSM in this fraud puppet fiasco.

  • Sonic Ninja Kitty

    This is so beautiful…the most beautiful thing I’ve seen in months!!!!

  • http://watchpaul.blogspot.com Rose

    Fitzgerald is going to need a team of – very trusted and reliable – bodyguards.

    Seriously. I fear for him.

  • Pennsylvania Red

    Your anger at the MSM is well placed, however it would not have been successful without the compliance of an American-Idolized electorate who couldn’t be bothered with the RELEVANT facts.

  • samb

    THE DOMINOS ARE LINING UP – ALL FALL DOWN

    http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/12/questions-arise.html

    AXELROD ARTICLE AND VIDEO

  • Kal

    has the COLB issue been tossed out finally?

  • http://deleted Buzz Latte

    Don’t you think that Fitzgerald answers to some very covert and influential people and that his safety has already been measured and insured? I do. I think Fitz was just given the go ahead to act this morning. But, it’s just my opinion.

    Too bad Donald Young wasn’t afforded the same consideration. And for all you obots that’s just a statement, not a conspiracy theory.

  • samb

    DELFINO CASE TOSS OUT SUR- COURT, BERGS APPEALING TO SUR-COURT,AS FAR AS I KNOW ?

  • The Robot

    Uh oh, look like BoBo been lyin’…But BoBo said Hillary was the liar!

    BoBo is doing a snake-oil salesman two-step!

  • IndayHill

    As US Attorney Fitzgerald requested this morning, people of ILL were asked to come forward & report any form of corruption in the government.The FBI need the people’s cooperation, especially now that the big players are getting out of reach.
    The question is: Will they be courageous enough to speak-up & ignore to be bought?

    To Mr. Fitzgerald and the FBI agents, the country prays for your continued success, in arresting this corrupt politicians & bring fairness and justice to our political system.
    God Save America !!!

  • Marge

    The pay-off for Blago and Rezko? Easy! Pardons from the new president…..

  • http://deleted Buzz Latte

    Tick, tick, tick the karmic clock will be an enemy to Obama. When will the next reminder of the real Obama be known?

    Obama made his own hell, he’ll have to deal with it.

    It is tragic that our vulnerable country pinned hopes on the likes of Obama.

    As Fitz said…the investigation is ongoing. Tick, tick, tick and we all know that Obama is still on the list since Fitz never said he was off the list.

    It’s gonna be show, folks!

  • J.J. (The PUMA)

    This country is in too big a mess for all of us to not hope for and help Obama be a success as president……..on the other hand

    I am sure enjoying this story moving closer and closer to a huge embarrassment for Obama.

  • J.J. (The PUMA)

    I think that once Obama was elected the press hung up their “Mission Accomplished” sign, and went back to work. As a result, I think you are going to see the press dive into this story.

  • ame

    The view from within the Bush Administration is that “this is bigger than the news media has yet picked up on,” he says. One conjecture is that they expect that the phone records will show that Blagojevich talked to Obama, and perhaps to Axelrod and others.

    http://www.businessweek.com/election/2008/blog/archives/2008/12/will_blagojevic.html

  • Angel

    Well, it didn’t take long at all for 0bama to have Alexrod thrown under that familiar bus. Politico’s Ben Smith says:

    Aide: Ax ‘misspoke’

    An Obama aide, speaking on the condition of anonymity, took back David Axelrod’s remark last month that Barack Obama and Rod Blagojevich had spoken recently.

    “What the president-elect said today is correct, David Axelrod misspoke,” the aide said.

    Obama said today the men had not spoken.

    An open question: When they last spoke.

  • TeakWoodKite

    The world’s smallest violin ,aka Barry Soetoro, aka Barak Hussien Obama plays it, while getting a “monster truck” lift kit installed, to make room for all those who dare speak truth to power.

    “One day, Smee, that crocodile swallowed a clock, which goes tick-tick inside him, and so before he can reach me I hear the tick and bolt.”

    Captian Hook.

  • Chicago Joe

    As I have said here before, BHO will do something to prevent Fitz from going further with this.

  • kat in your hat

    Rose,

    Yes, I know, I didn’t want to say anything but I have been worried about the same thing.

  • Chicago Joe

    i was thinking that was Mechelle. Did you read that somewhere, or is that conjecture. I read the transcipt on The Smoking Gun, but there is no specific name given. But I immediately thought of MO and her Tree House Foods Board, and of course, her $300,000 salary at the U of C.

  • Chicago Joe

    Hope (sorry!) springs eternal.

  • CentralMass

    I’m starting to feel that hope thing.

  • IndayHill

    Gov. Blagojevich asked to have a lucrative job maybe,a Cabinet post, an ambassador, job for his wife
    as a board member,etc.as payback.
    My question:
    Who is the person to grant this job but the P-E Obama?
    And yet, Obama has nothing to do with this corrupt Chicago politician? There is something “fishy” behind the scene & “hot potato” for the FBI agents.
    The puzzle is almost done, people!!!

  • LindaA1

    The case with the most merit it the one brought by Alan Keyes and his Vice-presidential running mate representing the American Independent Party. These cases are being dismissed on the basis of the plaintiffs not having “standing.” Standing is defined by having suffered personal injury as a result of unlawful actions of the defendent. Keyes certainly can claim standing since he lost the Senate seat to Obama in Illinois and lost the presidency to him as well.

    The United States Justice Foundation is supporting Keyes and the lawsuit. You can go to their website and get more details.

  • Tracy

    My understanding is that Blagojevich also has the whitey tape for sale…

  • http://quipster.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/blagos-bar-codes/ Blago’s Bar Codes « Quipster

    [...]  And No Quarter brings us Obama or Someone Close to Him Spoke with Blagojevich About Senate Appointment.  The story of Blagojevich’s arrest for attempting to indirectly sell outgoing Senator Barack Obama’s U.S. Senate seat to the highest bidder is a national headliner.  The governor has the authority to appoint someone to fill the remaining term.  But the the undercurrents are awash in finding out if Obama knew anything about Blagojevich’s desire to fill the position with Obama’s desired candidate or not.  Conflicting stories from David Axelrod who admittedObama had discussed the position with Blagojevich, on Fox News, and whose You Tube interview from two weeks ago has been yanked by Fox conveniently.  And Obama on December 9, 2008, claiming he did no such thing.   [...]

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