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Posted on 06/28/2010 3:04:08 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
CHICAGO – Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich called Oprah Winfrey a kingmaker who could influence voters as he mulled naming the talk show host to President Barack Obama's former Senate seat, according to an FBI tape played Monday at his corruption trial.
"She made Obama, she's up there so high nobody could assail this pick," Blagojevich is heard telling his chief of staff, John Harris, who is now a prosecution witness.
Blagojevich had mentioned in TV interviews last year that Winfrey's name had come up in discussions about the seat. Winfrey said last year that she was "amused" by the revelation and that she was unaware at the time that she was under consideration.
On the tape played Monday, Harris says picking Winfrey would be a mistake and he is "not sure what she stands for." Blagojevich brushes such concerns aside, saying she was obviously a Democrat and her support in the 2008 election had "made Obama."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
It’s not like we don’t have “celebrities” in the House and Senate already.. but I couldn’t imagine her sitting at a desk.
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from the article:
“Judge James Zagel on Monday denied a defense motion to see documents containing Obama’s statements to investigators. Blagojevich’s attorneys had filed a motion last week asking to see the FBI’s summaries of the interviews, saying they needed them to conduct a meaningful cross-examination of Harris.”
I smell poo.
“Oprah Winfrey a kingmaker who could influence voters as he mulled naming the talk show host to President Barack Obama’s former Senate seat”
Wouldn’t she need 2 seats?
She would fit right in with all the fat-ass, money grabbing, kleptocrats.
well hell yes, think of how much he figured he could shake her down for
Yep.
She probably laughed at the money it paid. She makes more money on the toilet after breakfast than Senate would net her.
Oprah, Al Franken, what about Pee Wee Herman????
...according to an FBI tape played Monday at his corruption trial. "She made Obama, she's up there so high nobody could assail this pick," Blagojevich is heard telling his chief of staff, John Harris...Thanks NormsRevenge.
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