Posted on 12/09/2008 6:14:19 AM PST by KeyLargo
Edited on 12/09/2008 6:17:49 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
A source said today that Gov. Rod Blagojevich was taken into federal custody at his North Side home this morning. The U.S. attorney's office would not confirm the information, and a spokesman for the governor did not immediately return a phone call for comment.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
LOL ... look at my post below yours. GMTA!
:)
DU has got to be buzzing, ping.
In Illinois...it really is “Merry Fitzmas”!
Same Tribune company that just declared bankruptcy...?
Thanks!
Not a peep about it on Democratic Underground. Top story at Huffington Post.
Perhaps this is why they moved in already. An attempt to save the chosen one by leaving him the opportunity to deny he would have done anything? I found this in the article:
In one charge related to the appointment of a senator to replace Barack Obama, prosecutors allege that Blagojevich sought appointment for himseld (sic) as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the new Obama administration, or a lucrative job with a union, in exchange for appointing a union-preferred candidate.
Just last week, on December 4, Blagojevich allegedly told an advisor that he might get some (money) up front, maybe from Senate Candidate 5, if he named Senate Candidate 5 to the Senate seat, to insure that Senate Candidate 5 kept a promise about raising money for Blagojevich if he ran for re-election. In a recorded conversation on October 31, Blagojevich claimed he was approached by an associate of Senate Candidate 5 as follows: We were approached pay to play. That, you know, hed raise 500 grand. An emissary came. Then the other guy would raise a million, if I made him (Senate Candidate 5) a Senator.
On November 7, while talking on the phone about the Senate seat with Harris and an advisor, Blagojevich said he needed to consider his family and that he is financially hurting, the affidavit states. Harris allegedly said that they were considering what would help the financial security of the Blagojevich family and what will keep Blagojevich politically viable. Blagojevich stated, I want to make money, adding later that he is interested in making $250,000 to $300,000 a year, the complaint alleges.
Afternoon’s full so you’ll have to fill me in.
I’m still laughing at this loser.
Good toon.
It’s true.
After reading all this, it appears Gov. Blagojevich might well get away with an insanity defense.
Blago should consider himself blessed if this is all the Feds end up charging him with...
What a corrupt bum Blago is—even for a Democrat, a Chicago Democrat, at that!
But, let’s cut him some slack. He’s a Northside fan (like Charles Henrickson)
LOL! They did mention the word "Democratic"...
"'I should say if anybody wants to tape my conversations, go right ahead, feel free to do it,' he said. 'I appreciate anybody who wants to tape me openly and notoriously, and those who feel like they want to sneakily, and wear taping devices, I would remind them that it kind of smells like Nixon and Watergate.'
Unlike the recordings that the federal government has of Blagojevich, the tapes that led to President Richard Nixon's 1974 resignation over the burglary of Democratic offices at the Watergate complex and the ensuing coverup were made by Nixon himself."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-rod-blagojevich-1209,0,7997804.story
Do we assume #5 is a man?
Here is the ‘money quote’ that the press will seize on to cover for Obama:
“On November 10, Blagojevich, his wife, Harris, Governor General Counsel, Advisor B and other Washington-based advisors participated at different times in a two-hour phone call in which they allegedly discussed, among other things, a deal involving the SEIU. Harris said they could work out a deal with the union and the President-elect where SEIU could help the President-elect with Blagojevich’s appointment of Senate Candidate 1, while Blagojevich would obtain a position as the National Director of the Change to Win campaign and SEIU would get something favorable from the President-elect in the future. Also during that call, Blagojevich agreed it was unlikely that the President-elect would name him Secretary of Health and Human Services or give him an ambassadorship because of all of the negative publicity surrounding him.
In a conversation with Harris on November 11, the charges state, Blagojevich said he knew that the President-elect wanted Senate Candidate 1 for the open seat but “they’re not willing to give me anything except appreciation. [Expletive] them.” Earlier in that conversation, Blagojevich suggested starting a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization, which he could head and engage in political activity and lobbying. In that conversation with Harris and other discussions with him and others over the next couple of days, Blagojevich suggested by name several well-known, wealthy individuals who could be prevailed upon to seed such an organization with $10-$15 million, and suggesting that he could take the organization’s reins when he is no longer governor, according to the affidavit.”
He is covering for now....but you can bet there is much more to this story. I WANT TO HEAR THE TAPES!!
And this yokel I might add...
But we don't tailgate with him...
Yes, I am aware of that, but there is still the possibility that they did.
I know everyone is trying to be realistic about this, but all I'm asking for is a little hope that Obama can be brought down by some (legitimate) means. We here know how corrupt he is, but he has powerful allies that are protecting him, and our country will suffer greatly for it.
WLS has the lt. governor on the air, playing dumb. He won’t confirm arrest, playing word games, “if there are some sort of charges....”
good grief, Illinois!
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