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Obama: I never talked to Blagojevich about the Senate seat; Axelrod: Yes, he did;
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Posted on 12/09/2008 1:51:09 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

Sweet catch by Tapper, showing why he got that promotion.

Obama today…

“I had no contact with the governor or his office and so I was not aware of what was happening, ” Obama told reporters today in Chicago. “It’s a sad day for Illinois. Beyond that, I don’t think it’s appropriate to comment.”

…versus Axelrod on November 23, as seen below.

Be sure to read Tapper’s post, as he has plenty more on The One’s long history as a friend of — and advisor to — Blago. Axelrod himself begged off Blagojevich’s first gubernatorial campaign because “I was concerned about whether he was ready for … governing.” Not so Obama and Emanuel; they both served as advisors, and they and Blago went on endorsing each other to the bitter end.

Watch the VIDEO

Update: Awesome. Let’s just drag this out as long as possible. Either we get the spectacle of the Illinois legislature impeaching him or we get the spectacle of Blago appointing The One’s successor while in jail. And based on the charges, he’s just stupid/nutty enough to do it.

“He didn’t do anything wrong,” attorney Sheldon Sorosky told reporters after Blagojevich was arraigned. “A lot of this is just politics.” Blagojevich should be in the office Wednesday, Sorosky added.

So, reporters asked, he does not intend to resign? “Not that I know of, no,” said Sorosky, who added that the governor was “surprised” by the day’s events.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
CNN's Obama knob slobber Roland Martin said that a reporter investigating this "political corruption crime spree" asserted that someone from the Obama camp notified the Feds when they were approached by Blagojevich.

Yeah, right.

141 posted on 12/09/2008 5:31:39 PM PST by hole_n_one
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To: flamefront
HUGE BLOG REACTION ROUNDUP...DEVELOPING...
142 posted on 12/09/2008 5:32:40 PM PST by Jay777 (My personal blog: www.stoptheaclu.com)
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To: reefdiver
Obama will make this guy His first “pardon”

I suspect only if "Blago" has the goods on Barry. Otherwise he'll wind up under the bus.

143 posted on 12/09/2008 5:37:39 PM PST by sionnsar (Iran Azadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY)|http://trad-anglican.faithweb.com/|RCongressIn2Years)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

I keep seeing this vision of Obama’s coronation... er inauguration... as the baptism scene from “The Godfather”.

“Today I settled all family business.”


144 posted on 12/09/2008 5:39:13 PM PST by motor_racer (Open war is upon you, whether you would risk it or not.)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

>>I know it is a shock LOL but Obama is lying.<<<

NO!
Can’t be!
The messiah just misspoke .... he was busy raising the dead or something.


145 posted on 12/09/2008 5:44:18 PM PST by Munz (Infiltrate Interrogate Eradicate NEXT!)
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To: Hot Tabasco
In all fairness to Obama, It is not fair to take his comment “I had no contact with the governor or his office and so I was not aware of what was happening, ” Obama told reporters today in Chicago

That was my take as well HOWEVER shortly after the statement an aide, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said

"What the president-elect said today is correct, David Axelrod misspoke,".

Shortly after we then had Axelrod issuing the following statement

"I was mistaken when I told an interviewer last month that the President-elect has spoken directly to Governor Blagojevich about the Senate vacancy. They did not then or at any time discuss the subject.",

With all the cya going on today no one is taking anything out of context.

146 posted on 12/09/2008 5:47:19 PM PST by StarFan
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To: Old Sarge

LOL! Very funny.


147 posted on 12/09/2008 6:17:09 PM PST by PGalt
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To: FTL
Everyone should start using “Democrat Culture of Corruption” when referring to the Rats.

I've been using "Democrat Crime Syndicate" for almost 10 years now...(sheesh it seems like only yesterday).

148 posted on 12/09/2008 6:21:33 PM PST by PGalt
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To: StarFan
You are right, and it was cleared up in Post #48:
To: Hot Tabasco
Jake Tapper today:

Asked what contact he'd had with the governor's office about his replacement in the Senate, President-elect Obama today said "I had no contact with the governor or his office and so we were not, I was not aware of what was happening."

48 posted on Tuesday, December 09, 2008 2:24:14 PM by TexasCajun
The poster you replied to saw it as Obama saying that "today" he had no contact with the governor or his office.

'Today' in this context merely means that Obama made the statement today.

The statement clearly means that Obama did not ever have any contact.

Obviously a lie now that we see all the backpedaling and recruiting of an actual TAPED statement.

I hope their order of Royal Majestic Super Slick Teflon gets there real soon.

Why people here spin for Obama I don't understand.

OK, yes I do.

: >)

149 posted on 12/09/2008 6:22:36 PM PST by Syncro (tagline)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

This was like the young clintoid who lied to his diary. I don’t recall his name (maybe Joshua?) or what he lied about, but it was one of millions of Democrat lies. Republicans are too meek to challenge them.


150 posted on 12/09/2008 7:10:36 PM PST by Theodore R. (The most frightening words in the English language: The American people!)
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To: pctech

They won’t ever believe the truth, for the American people wouldn’t know the truth if it slapped in the forehead.


151 posted on 12/09/2008 7:12:24 PM PST by Theodore R. (The most frightening words in the English language: The American people!)
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To: FTL

We can use the term “Democrat culture of corruption” if you wish, but the American people aren’t buying it for a minute, not the once pre-committed to Oprah’s Choice.


152 posted on 12/09/2008 7:15:52 PM PST by Theodore R. (The most frightening words in the English language: The American people!)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
"So, reporters asked, he does not intend to resign? “Not that I know of, no,” said Sorosky, who added that the governor was “surprised” by the day’s events."

Oh, they NEVER intend to resign. He'll have to be pushed out kicking and screaming.

153 posted on 12/09/2008 7:24:31 PM PST by TAdams8591 (Still waiting........ Finny!)
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To: XR7; toomuchcoffee

Same question: What is “Open Road Tolling”? ;-)


154 posted on 12/09/2008 7:47:30 PM PST by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here. ;-)
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To: flamefront

If I were going to place a bet, here’s what I’d bet on. I’ll bet that the chances are good that 0bama did NOT offer any bribes to the Gov. Why not? Because he thinks he’s been elected Emperor and is now in charge of everything. I think that what is much more likely is that 0bama was pressing for his choice for Senator and that Blag was expecting a payoff that 0bama was refusing.

I think that if 0bama is going to get nailed for something, it will be his pre-election crimes. After being elected, 0bama may have irritated Blag enough with his imperial demeanor that Blag spills the beans on something else from before the election.

Before the election, 0bama was still a mere mortal and subject to the “normal” rules of Chicago politics (bribes, coercion, quid pro quo). Blag must know what was involved in getting 0bama both the Illinois state Senate seat and the US Senate seat. He may also know details about voter/election fraud during the election.


155 posted on 12/09/2008 7:50:05 PM PST by generally (Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: pctech

You know, a part of me agrees with you, but another part of me thinks that Americans would finally wake up to the corruption that surrounds O if they could somehow hear the entire truth about him.


156 posted on 12/09/2008 9:04:33 PM PST by pctech
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
“I had no contact with the governor or his office (WHEN - today? or at any time on this matter?) and so I was not aware of what was happening, ” Obama told reporters today in Chicago. “It’s a sad day for Illinois. Beyond that, I don’t think it’s appropriate to comment.” (Why? are you leading the fifth already?)

Sounds like that was written by the Clintons. (My questions inserted into the quote)

157 posted on 12/09/2008 9:06:47 PM PST by plain talk
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To: Hot Tabasco

uhm. right.


158 posted on 12/09/2008 9:11:44 PM PST by lainie (The US congress is full to the brim of absolutely disgusting thieves who deserve humiliating ouster.)
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To: Tunehead54; toomuchcoffee
Same question: What is “Open Road Tolling”? ;-)

That's where you get charged a toll, electronically, just driving down the open road without stopping:
a little microchip card on your visor and the sensors charge you as you drive by.
Click the banner for more info:


159 posted on 12/09/2008 11:16:36 PM PST by XR7
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
So, the wholly and absolutely corrupt governor of Illinois tries to sell the US Senate seat Obama just vacated for, among other things, a "cabinet post", and Obama himself wants us to believe he never spoke to the Governor?

In fact, he wants to take back a statement that was made by Axlerod before the case exploded on the public view, which has not been contested until this moment, and now say that back then Axlerod, "mispoke?"

It is obvious that Obama takes the entirety of the US voting public for the fools this disgusting governor took the people of Illinois for.

Obama's lies, tom foolery, and charltain behavior was bought into by so many people to get him elected...how long will those same people continue buying pig in a poke?

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA'S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS

OBAMA IN HIS OWN WORDS ON THE ISSUES

Hopefully, Americans everywhere will begin to awaken to the peril and through off this malais and sick infatuation.

IT'S TIME FOR A RETURN TO THRE OLD SCHOOL IN AMERICA

160 posted on 12/10/2008 4:15:45 AM PST by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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