Posted on 12/09/2008 3:23:06 PM PST by STARWISE
Contact: Press Office 202-646-5188
Washington, DC -- December 9, 2008
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton issued the following statement today in response to the arrest of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich:
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"There has been an air of lawlessness around Governor Blagojevich for some time and Judicial Watch applauds U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald for his actions.
"Blagojevich's corruption is no surprise, but its breadth and depravity is shocking. The alleged efforts to sell the Senate seat of Barack Obama are outrageous, but also seem to implicate many other powerful politicians and political players. Especially disturbing are the questions the scandal raises about Barack Obama and his close associates.
"This is a burgeoning crisis for Obama that should shake his presidency to its core.
"The criminal complaint filed today indicates that Obama and his team knew about Blagojevich's efforts to sell Obama's Senate seat. ("Tony" Rezko, Obama friend, fundraiser and real estate partner, is once again implicated in the corrupt activities exposed today.)
"Did Obama report Blagojevich to investigators about any efforts to sell his Senate seat?"
Judicial Watch has been investigating Rod Blagojevich for over two years and has ongoing open records litigation concerning the sale of government jobs for which he was arrested today. Blagojevich has stonewalled and refused to turn over documents to Judicial Watch that could have alerted the American people to his corruption.
Let’s see now, um, the Secretary of State is 4th in line for succession to the presidency, and that would be.....eeeeeeek! I smell something, and it ain’t Ratatouille.
Evidence won’t matter when it comes to the Annointed One. Won’t matter a bit. Sigh.
-PJ
With VP Hillary Clinton. Then - plugs will resign after six months citing health concerns - Shrillary becomes President after all.
Don'cha love it when a plan comes together?
I believe that a lie detector ought to be used on everyone connected and then let’s just see how deep the doo-doo REALLY is!
One more thing...if Blobovich is a real scum and cannot be trusted by the Obama inner circle to keep his trap shut, I guarantee you his life will be short-lived. Watch for some accident or somebody to bump him off...
Do they have Obama on tape on indicated in anyway as being a party to Blag trying to sell the appointment?.. If not I doubt this will have much impact on Obama regradless of JW press release.
ROFLMAO!
“Gird your loins!”
I think Zero should have stayed in the shallow end of the pool.
Obama not only knew about it, one of Blago's desired "trades" involved a cabinet-ship in return.
The only person able to deliver on that is our president-elect.
and to think how QUICKLY Obozo resigned his Senate seat whereas Biden & Hilary have NOT.
I am no fan of John McCain’s politics; like many others, I voted for Sarah Palin. I have never heard that he is a traitor, perhaps I’ve led a sheltered life. Could you please expand on your charges? Thank you,
The Clintons have a vested interest in taking 0bama down. She needs an excuse to run against him or, gulp, Prez Biden in 2012.
They want money and are attempting to horn in to send out new begging letters.
They caught the guy trying to sell Obama’s seat. The problem is, they’ll never catch those that have already bought and paid for Obama’s ass.
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