Posted on 12/10/2008 10:08:07 AM PST by NormsRevenge
ATLANTA (Reuters) – U.S. conservatives rubbed their hands with glee on Wednesday over news that the Democratic governor of Illinois has been accused of attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat of President-elect Barack Obama.
Federal prosecutors said Obama was not connected to charges on Tuesday that Gov. Rod Blagojevich tried to sell the seat Obama vacated shortly after winning the presidency on November 4 for financial and other benefits for himself and his wife.
But news of his arrest came at a perfect time for conservatives reeling from big losses in November's congressional and presidential elections that put Obama in line to succeed U.S. President George W. Bush on January 20.
The story's shock value and explosive quotes from wiretaps by FBI investigators ensure the Blagojevich scandal is something voters will talk about amid questions about possible links between Obama and the governor.
"Folks, this sitcom just gets better and better every day. This is unbelievable! Except that it's all too believable," said Rush Limbaugh, a leading conservative U.S. talk radio host.
Obama should escape being tainted by the scandal since he has never been close to Blagojevich, analysts said, and Limbaugh did not accuse Obama of involvement in the alleged crime.
But Limbaugh said it was evidence of Democratic Party corruption.
"Both parties engage in this stuff but corruption is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Democrat Party, always has been, always will be," Limbaugh said on Tuesday.
The issue of Democratic Party corruption is sweet for Republicans, whose party has been rocked by a series of corruption and sex scandals that helped lead to large congressional losses in 2006 and continued with the recent conviction of senior Republican Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska.
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What goes around comes around. Let’s just hope the Illinois GOP has learned their lesson and it doesn’t come around again.
This is a news story? From a reputable news agency? Oh, no, I see it's Reuters...
YA THINK?!
Would the last remaining honest Democratic politician (if there are any), please stand up. Or better yet, would the last remaining politician stand up.
Gleeful?! I’m f’n giddy!
Of course we are! When the corrupt and evil get what’s coming to them, are we not to be overjoyed?
Well in all fairness, I was actually rubbing my hands together with glee.
Keep an eye on Mr. Bigg, he’s a real up-and-comer.
If they decide to have a Special Election for Obama’s vacant seat, will a REPUBLICAN candidate be eligible to run for the seat?
YOU BETCHA!
The BIB smile on our faces? Our rubbing our palms together as we say: "ALRIGHT!"? Or maybe our pulling out our most treasured and expensive adult beverage and toasting this heaven-sent DemoRat, scandal, which no matter how hard the MSM tries to defend and isolate DEAR LEADER, it is inconceivable that he or his sycophant corrupt, Chicago-trained, handlers, are blameless in some manner or another.
Rush just mambled on about “What has Blago done? Has he even committed a crime?”
Rush is smart enough to know better. It’s illegal to CONSPIRE to commit a crime, just as it is illegal to commit the crime itself. Yesterdays arrest was based on 76 pages showing probably cause that Blago engaged in criminal conspiracy.
Maybe some of Rush’s people ought to explain this so he doesn’t sound stupid.
Jeepers...my secret vast right-wing conspiracy memo said to gleefully run up & down my street wearing tinsel in my hair with Christmas lights flashing. Didn't all conservatives get the same memo? Oops.
We can’t be GLEEFUL for a change????
THEY are GLEEFUL enough when a CONSERVATIVE, like Larry Craig, gets skewered.
A corrupt bastard is a corrupt bastard.
If it were revealed that Gov. Palin was doing the sort of crap that Blaggie is accused of, I'd feel the same way and hope for the same result.
A corrupt Dem or Repub is a threat.
I'd say the same about Libertarians, but... come on... they aren't powerful enough to do much of anything (write an angry OpEd?), yet.
Im sorry but that is not exactly what Fitzgerald said and the way he used the word “yet”, this isn’t over either.
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