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Director of Illinois Dept. of Veterans' Affairs visits Quincy [Obama met with Blagojevich]
KHQA (CBS affil) Qunicy Ill ^
| Saturday, November 08, 2008 at 9:48 p.m.
| By Alexis Hunt
Posted on 12/10/2008 1:14:59 PM PST by Bob Hyneman
Director of Illinois Dept. of Veterans' Affairs visits Quincy
Duckworth comments on consideration for Senate
By Alexis Hunt Saturday, November 08, 2008 at 9:48 p.m.
QUINCY, IL -- Now that Barack Obama will be moving to the White House, his seat in the U.S. Senate representing Illinois will have to be filled.
Obama met with Governor Rod Blagojevich earlier this week to discuss it. Illinois law states that the governor chooses that replacement. There's already been speculation about his selection...from Congressman Jesse Jackson, Junior to Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs Director Tammy Duckworth.
Duckworth made an appearance in Saturday's Veterans' parade in Quincy. We asked her about the possibility of filling Obama's seat.
"The Governor's office confirmed yesterday that he is considering me and I am deeply honored jus to be considered. I hope whoever is selected is someone who is willing to travel around the state and gets to know this wonderful state. I'm just honored to be considered," Duckworth said.
The governor expects to make his decision before Christmas. Part of the timing depends on when Obama officially vacates his senate seat.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: blago; blagojevich; bleepgate; duckworth; fitzmas; obama; obamatransitionfile; obamatruthfile
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Are they going to remove this one too?
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12/10/2008 1:16:13 PM PST
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Jay777
(My personal blog: www.stoptheaclu.com)
To: Bob Hyneman
Need a screen capture. It will be gone soon.
To: Bob Hyneman
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12/10/2008 1:16:52 PM PST
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RatsDawg
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12/10/2008 1:17:17 PM PST
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Paine in the Neck
(Nepolean fries the idea powder)
To: Bob Hyneman
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:17:32 PM PST
by
FrankR
(“Turtle up”, economically, for the duration of the 0bamanation.)
To: RatsDawg
You’ll get a kick out of the comment at the end of the article left by some reader. You can’t make this stuff up!
To: Bob Hyneman
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12/10/2008 1:18:18 PM PST
by
Tarpon
(America's first principles, freedom, liberty, market economy and self-reliance will never fail.)
To: Bob Hyneman
To: Bob Hyneman
Better cache and snap that sucker. It’ll be gone, too.
To: Bob Hyneman
He's being framed. He said he did not meet with the gov. You KNOW that our dear leader, Commissar Obama would never lie too us. He is like totally honest don't you know. /yes, severe sarcasm on
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12/10/2008 1:22:06 PM PST
by
RetiredArmy
(I vote for freedom, liberty and the way the USA was founded. Not the way the Marxists want it.)
To: jennyjenny
Ha ha "Is there a way we can influence the Governor's decision?"
This is an example of why I keep saying that the daily news is the best entertainment I can find!
To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
What are you saying? I’m out of the loop. Arrgg
To: jennyjenny
Posted by Melba Funk, Rural Liberty - Monday, November 10, 2008 at 9:37 a.m. I was in the audience at another time when Director of VA Duckworth visited Quincy and was quite impressed. I do think she would be a good choice for Obama's replacement in the US Senate. Is there a way we can influence the governor's decision? Yes, Melba Funk, it involves mucho dinero...............
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12/10/2008 1:25:02 PM PST
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Red Badger
(Never has a man risen so far, so fast and is expected to do so much, for so many, with so little...)
To: Bob Hyneman
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:25:06 PM PST
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doug from upland
(8 million views of .HILLARY! UNCENSORED - put some ice on it, witch)
To: ncpatriot
Things have a way of disappearing on the internet if The One is contradicted.............
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12/10/2008 1:26:19 PM PST
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Red Badger
(Never has a man risen so far, so fast and is expected to do so much, for so many, with so little...)
To: Bob Hyneman
...are there other news accounts from Chicago on the 5th about Obambi?..and his doings..?
Anyone from the Chicago area familiar with searching achieves from their local papers?
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12/10/2008 1:26:41 PM PST
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Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: RetiredArmy
He could be convicted of all sorts of corruption, and his myrmidons would still insist that he serve as POTUS.
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12/10/2008 1:28:01 PM PST
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MrB
(The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
To: jennyjenny
“And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’”
- George Orwell, 1984, Book 1, Chapter 3
To: Bob Hyneman
HUSSEIN THE GREAT HAS SPOKEN! There isn’t enough bandwidth to make this story stick.
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