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Byron York: Could the Blago Scandal Ensnare Team Obama? You Betcha.
National Review ^ | 12-16-08 | Byron York

Posted on 12/16/2008 9:13:42 PM PST by malkee

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To: political1

Everyone needs to follow JJ. Jr. The rumor has it that this goes deeper into the family finances, and could damage the REV. Jessie Jackson himself.

If that happens, then the Reverend Jessie Jackson will play the race card and wait for everyone to apologize to him.


41 posted on 12/16/2008 10:47:17 PM PST by Seeing More Clearly Now
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To: SerafinQ

That, in my view, is unlikely. I am more concerned about the safety of everyone involved.


42 posted on 12/16/2008 10:50:41 PM PST by malkee (Abigail Adams is my role model.)
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To: jellybean

Jesse Jackson denies being an official part of the Barack Obama campaign, and the campaign’s headquarters supports his denial; but no one denies that Obama and Jackson have been close over the years. The way Jackson puts it,Obama is “a neighbor or, better still, a member of the family.” New York Post reporter Amir Taheri points out that “Jackson’s son has been a close friend of Obama for years, and Jackson’s daughter went to school with Obama’s wife Michelle.” “We helped him start his career,” Taheri quotes Jackson as having told him. “And then we were always there to help him move ahead. He is the continuation of our struggle for justice not only for the black people but also for all those who have been wronged.” Jesse Jackson’s son, Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., who represents the Illinois’ 2nd congressional district, serves as a national co-chairman of the Barack Obama Presidential campaign.———— “Barack Obama’s Anti-Israel Alliances,” by Rachel Neuwirth, Family Security Matters, October 24, 2008, http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.1566/pub_detail.asp
VIA http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/5917


43 posted on 12/16/2008 10:52:14 PM PST by piasa
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To: malkee
Fitzgerald and his prosecutors won’t be nearly as accommodating as the press.

I hope the 0 gets busted.
44 posted on 12/16/2008 10:52:22 PM PST by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson)
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To: malkee

hey..people ended up dead under Clinton..and I’m sure teh mob in Arkansas is kids play compared to the Chicago mafiosos


45 posted on 12/16/2008 10:53:30 PM PST by SerafinQ
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To: Sacajaweau
Grant Park is the big one downtown. There's also Lincoln Park a little further south. And lots of neighborhood forest preserves called parks.

I've also made posts in the past that I think Blago might suddenly expire.

46 posted on 12/16/2008 10:58:16 PM PST by mountn man (The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
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To: malkee

I sincerely hope that you are correct, and I am wrong.


47 posted on 12/16/2008 11:05:01 PM PST by Irene Adler (')
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To: malkee
After Jan 20, its all for naught.

If Fitz is still looking into anything on O, he will be fired.

If anything damaging should ever happen to be leaked, the dems will stonewall.

The pubbies are powerless to get anything done or to enforce anything.

The dems hold all the power, and all the cards.

And the SC, doesn't have the power or authority to push it. And even if they did, they don't have the cajones.

48 posted on 12/16/2008 11:06:27 PM PST by mountn man (The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
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To: mountn man

I agree that Obama would fire Fitzgerald in a New York minute. And Fitzgerald knows it.That’s —part of — the reason he moved when he did. I have faith. Things are moving along at a rapid pace—JJJ developments tonight. We’ll see what Fitzpatrick and our trusty reawakening friends in the MSM uncover before Jan. 20.


49 posted on 12/16/2008 11:29:44 PM PST by malkee (Abigail Adams is my role model.)
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To: ozzymandus
An honest prosecutor could fill a federal prison with the RATS involved in this one. Too bad we don’t have one.

We have something better, an effective prosecutor who is also an egomaniac. This is going to be good.

50 posted on 12/16/2008 11:41:27 PM PST by outofstyle (There's a rake at the gates of Hell tonight)
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To: hoosiermama; ItsForTheChildren
Fitz has Rahm on tape---having 21 conversations with The Undefiled One discussing pay for play.......and denies he’s done anything wrong.

People like Rahm Emanuel----who cannot distinguish right from wrong----are mental defectives. When caught with his pants down, he refuses to take responsibility.

These mental defective demonstrate a visceral hatred for all things American; they are hellbent on destroying the American way of life and are laughing up their sleeves in the process.

This scumbag is a material threat to our system of government----if not to US national security.

51 posted on 12/16/2008 11:48:27 PM PST by Liz (The right to be left alone is the beginning of freedom. USSC Justice William O. Douglas)
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To: mountn man; Sacajaweau
If I had to dump a body, I'd pick one close to The O's old stomping grounds; it has an appropriate ring to it as well.

Hyde.

52 posted on 12/16/2008 11:50:34 PM PST by Erasmus (Yes, English is my first language. I'm hoping to do better on my second.)
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JJJ’s spokperson said today he's working w/ the Feds since this summer
when the Undefiled One asked him for $25,000 to appoint his wife to
a board.....JJJ did the right thing he reported it immediately.

"Pure as the driven snow.......no one in Chicago even comes close."

53 posted on 12/16/2008 11:52:28 PM PST by Liz (The right to be left alone is the beginning of freedom. USSC Justice William O. Douglas)
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To: malkee
Given Rod Blagojevich’s profane railings against Barack Obama, revealed on federal wiretaps, few observers believe — although none know for sure — that the Obama camp engaged in any pay-for-play dealings with the governor

But....
What if Blago attempted to extort money from Obama and Obama, though he refused to give anything for naming rights to the Senate seat except his "appreciation", failed to report the attempted extortion attempt by Blago to the FBI?

54 posted on 12/16/2008 11:53:14 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: malkee
Not only could; but should. . .but 'will it'?

Remember, each dastardly unfolding with Clinton,Inc. and the idea; at least early on; was 'this is it'.. .THIS will nail them. . .

. . .'coulda, shoulda. . .woulda'; and now, Betty Currie 'on-the-phone' for Team Obama; and more from Clinton, Inc. onboard, 'big-time'; and these with deep, Chicago roots.

It all seems a bit hopeless; save for the 'blogdom'. . .whereby; there is always hope.

55 posted on 12/17/2008 12:35:01 AM PST by cricket (America's Freedom Rings! Thank You ~ U..S.A. Military~/)
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To: outofstyle
[We have something better, an effective prosecutor who is also an egomaniac. This is going to be good.]

True. . .so true. . .

56 posted on 12/17/2008 12:41:44 AM PST by cricket (America's Freedom Rings! Thank You ~ U..S.A. Military~/)
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To: Lancey Howard
"What if Blago attempted to extort money from Obama and Obama, though he refused to give anything for naming rights to the Senate seat except his "appreciation", failed to report the attempted extortion attempt by Blago to the FBI?"

That's where I think Obama or at least his staff are going to find their staffs in a ringer.  He's an attorney and an officer of the court. Duty bound to report crime.

57 posted on 12/17/2008 1:19:10 AM PST by HawaiianGecko (Online internet polls are foolish: Winston Churchill, 1939)
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To: XR7
Ping for later listening pleasure...
58 posted on 12/17/2008 1:31:05 AM PST by Las Vegas Dave (Illegitimi non carborundum - "Don't let the bastards grind you down")
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To: reefdiver

...Ah, it’s going to be a great four years watching you partisan repbs try to get payback. I’m just off night shift, and I’ll be sleeping tight, but it’s a new day for Limbaugh and Hannity worshipers, ahurraprpah, HaHaHa, have a good evening...


59 posted on 12/17/2008 1:50:21 AM PST by gargoyle (..."If this be treason, make the most of it.". Patrick Henry...)
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To: malkee

bump


60 posted on 12/17/2008 4:34:28 AM PST by spacejunkie01
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