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Feds: Governor tried to get Tribune writers fired
Yahoo news ^ | 12/09/2008 | DAVE CARPENTER

Posted on 12/09/2008 5:59:53 PM PST by dfwddr

CHICAGO – Trying to squelch criticism from the state's largest newspaper, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich allegedly tried to strong-arm the Chicago Tribune into firing editorial writers who were discussing his possible impeachment.

The Tribune charges were overshadowed Tuesday by Blagojevich's arrest on allegations that he tried to sell President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat to the highest bidder.

But federal prosecutors said he also sought to pressure the newspaper to dismiss some writers who had suggested the governor should be removed after a three-year investigation of alleged hiring fraud

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blagojevich; chicagotribune; obama; obamatransitionfile; obamatruthfile
It gets better............
1 posted on 12/09/2008 5:59:53 PM PST by dfwddr
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To: dfwddr
HUGE BLOG REACTION ROUNDUP.

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2 posted on 12/09/2008 6:01:50 PM PST by Jay777 (My personal blog: www.stoptheaclu.com)
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To: dfwddr

This is why it became known. Screw the voters all you want, but don’t attack the sacred MSM


3 posted on 12/09/2008 6:02:13 PM PST by Soliton (This 2 shall pass)
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To: dfwddr

It’s amazing the Trib reporters could get Obama’s, er, li’l messiah out of their mouths long enough to say anything bad about Blago.


4 posted on 12/09/2008 6:04:13 PM PST by Bowhunter
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To: Soliton
This is why it became known. Screw the voters all you want, but don’t attack the sacred MSM.

Yep, if all the Trib reporters and editors had been invited to the Gov's A list parties and retreats, not a word would have ever gotten out.

5 posted on 12/09/2008 6:09:48 PM PST by Navy Patriot (John McCain, the Manchurian Candidate, makes a Marxist President.)
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To: dfwddr

Too bad they didn’t go through with the deal and fire the columnists. That would have sunk the newspaper, deeper than they already are.


6 posted on 12/09/2008 6:11:22 PM PST by KoRn
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To: dfwddr
What we are witnessing is exactly why the MSM refused to write anything negative about Obama.
7 posted on 12/09/2008 6:15:09 PM PST by tobyhill (No Honeymoon For Obama.)
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To: KoRn

The Trib is on DeathWatch.

Could they turn and produce a Woodward & Bernstein on this story to save themselves ? LOL


8 posted on 12/09/2008 6:15:52 PM PST by dfwddr
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To: dfwddr

I’m hoping that Bank of America will also sue Blago for his move to shake them down (extortion) in the window company union matter.


9 posted on 12/09/2008 6:19:30 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: tobyhill

The MSM has been misleading the public for a year now on the messiah. How much longer can they hide the facts as out country crumbles ????


10 posted on 12/09/2008 6:19:30 PM PST by dfwddr
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To: tobyhill
"What we are witnessing is exactly why the MSM refused to write anything negative about Obama."

Oh the irony should they be inadvertently complicit in Obama's take-down.

11 posted on 12/09/2008 6:24:06 PM PST by Miss Behave (Beloved daughter of Miss Creant, super sister of danged Miss Ology, and proud mother of Miss Hap.)
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To: dfwddr

What a wonderful state Illinois is and what a bunch of idiots for voting in opportunistic representatives who can’t be trusted. Way to go Illinois voters! BRILLIANT!


12 posted on 12/09/2008 6:24:20 PM PST by Force of Truth (The "common good" will make us all common.)
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To: dfwddr
Now that the Tribune and nearly The Slimes are bankrupt there maybe some intense investigations of Obama to bump up subscibership.
13 posted on 12/09/2008 6:30:58 PM PST by tobyhill (No Honeymoon For Obama.)
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To: Force of Truth

We didn’t have much to choose from. George Ryan was out due to corruption and the Republicans ran Jim Ryan with the same last name. There was no way anybody was going to vote in another Ryan.


14 posted on 12/09/2008 7:12:18 PM PST by cyberbo2004
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To: Force of Truth

Here’s my two cents from a Slovene-American:

Serbs are are the most nasty ill-tempered people in all the Balkans. In their native setting Serbs are positively murderous. We Americans have known this since 1991, hello?

Blagojevich exposed is snappish, growling, and truculent. He’d eat Vito Corleone for breakfast.

My best friend in the Army Reserve was a Serb. Super nice guy until you crossed him, then he was ready to kill you.


15 posted on 12/09/2008 7:45:13 PM PST by elcid1970 ("O Muslim! My cartridges are lubricated with pig grease!")
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To: dfwddr

This is exactly what Obama and Axelrod do, so why is this surprising?


16 posted on 12/09/2008 8:20:20 PM PST by mabelkitty (What does Obama know, and when did he know it?)
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To: elcid1970
My best friend in the Army Reserve was a Serb. Super nice guy until you crossed him, then he was ready to kill you.

Thanks for the heads up...damn.

17 posted on 12/10/2008 9:23:30 PM PST by Force of Truth (The "common good" will make us all common.)
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To: cyberbo2004
We didn’t have much to choose from. George Ryan was out due to corruption and the Republicans ran Jim Ryan with the same last name. There was no way anybody was going to vote in another Ryan.

I'm sorry, but y'all are owned.

18 posted on 12/10/2008 9:44:38 PM PST by Force of Truth (The "common good" will make us all common.)
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