"Obama is not related to the corruption pattern in Chicago," said political scientist Dick Simpson
It’s easy to rise to high levels in Illinois politics without being corrupt. /s
Doing their usual stellar job of investigating, I see. Less than 24 hours and they are already declaring that there is nothing to investigate.
“Obama is not related to the corruption pattern in Chicago,” said political scientist Dick Simpson of the University of Illinois in Chicago”
Way too early to make that conclusion Dick.
"Obama is not related to the corruption pattern in Chicago," said political scientist Dick Simpson
He's black. If anything is going to affect him, it'll have to be incredibly major, IMHO.
How did Blag know Obama wasn't going to play the game if there was no contact? There was some kind of contact, if only between staffers, no doubt about that. Axelrod knew there had been contact. Axelrod might become the new Scooter Libby.
The Praetorian Guard closes ranks yet again.
Wishful thinking and propaganda promotion from Al-Reuters.
Obama has some explaining to do!
An article I found about him meeting with Blago on 11/5:
http://www.connecttristates.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=217582
Please pass around the article as it surely will be scrubbed.
Trash like this dick....Simpson are the problem in this country. How in hell does he “know” that BHO has not involvement in this ? Clear diversional cow crap deeper than six foot up a bulls butt from this...... “”””He has not been pressing for any person to replace him in his Senate seat.””” comment.
“Obama is not related to the corruption pattern in Chicago,” said political scientist Dick Simpson of the University of Illinois in Chicago. “He has not been pressing for any person to replace him in his Senate seat.”
O...k....I guess case closed.
Well, who could doubt the intelligent words of an unbiased political science professor...is this the same Dick Simpson:
Dick Simpson has uniquely combined a distinguished academic career with public service in government. In his campaign for political office in 1971, Simpson surprised political observers and won election as Chicago’s 44 Alderman, despite a well-financed opponent with an army of precinct captains. He served the 44th Ward for two terms before voluntarily retiring in 1979. As Alderman, Simpson, who served as the leader of the council’s opposition bloc to Mayors Daley and Bilandic from 1975-1979, consistently voted for and introduced reform legislation - occasionally persuading old-line aldermen to support his proposals as well. Results include:
• The elimination of bank redlining,
• Ending salary discrimination in the city budget for women holding the same jobs as men,
• A City Council resolution urging Illinois passage of the Equal Rights Amendment,
• Budget amendments to provide more money for day care.
• Additional budget amendments to speed the opening of day care centers,
• Programs to help the homeless and the hungry,
• The extension of Senior Citizen public transportation hours. Simpson has published widely, been an outstanding teacher, and affected public policy. He began his academic career at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1967 where he has taught for 39 years and where he currently serves as Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science. At UIC he received the highest awards given for teaching including the UIC Silver Circle Award (twice), the CETL Teaching Recognition Award, the UIC award for Excellence in Teaching, and the American Political Science Association and Pi Sigma Alpha National Award for outstanding Teaching in Political Science. He is currently working with the Carnegie Foundation better teaching college students political engagement through their Political Engagement Project.
Professor Simpson has been the principal researcher on important studies which have led to reform in many units of government in Cook County, Illinois. He has published numerous studies of elections, voting patterns of elected officials, local government, public policy, and government budgeting. He is author or co-author of sixteen books on political action, ethics, and politics, including “Inside Urban Politics”(2004), “Rogues, Rebels and Rubber Stamps” (2001), “Winning Elections” (1996), “Chicago’s Future in a Time of Change” (1993),and “The Politics of Compassion and Transformation” (1989). He has produced eight films and video documentaries winning a variety of film awards including an EMMY nomination. Simpson has published more than 80 professional journal articles, magazine articles, book chapters, and book reviews.
He has received thirty-one grants and fellowships totaling more than $750,000. He has twice been a Great Cities Scholar and once a Humanities Institute Fellow at UIC.
He is currently a Fellow at the Great Cities Institute at UIC. In 1992 and 1994 Dick Simpson ran for Congress in Illinois’ 5th Congressional District opposing Congressman Dan Rostenkowski on a platform of congressional reform, women’s rights, universal health care, economic recovery and senior citizen’s issues. In the Democratic Primary in 1992 he received 42,000 votes. He was an Alternate Delegate Candidate in Bill Bradley’s Presidential campaign in 2000, Chairman of the Issues Committee for Carol Moseley Braun’s Presidential Campaign and as a surrogate speaker for John Kerry for President in 2004. He has served as a political consultant for campaigns for candidates from Alderman to President and testified on legislation before City Council, State Legislative, and Congressional committees. He has frequently been an expert witness in federal court cases.
He was a monthly op-ed columnist for the Chicago Journal for three years and is currently a monthly columnist for The Sun-Times.
Simpson has also served on transition teams that advised Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne in 1979; Mayor Harold Washington in 1983; Cook County Clerk David Orr and State’s Attorney Jack O’Malley in 1990; and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan in 2003. He helped shape their positions on ethics, fair hiring practices, citizen participation, and efficient, effective local government.
His public service has been recognized by awards from many civic organizations including the City Club of Chicago, Clergy and Laity Concerned, Independent Voters of Illinois - Independent Precinct Organization, Lakeview Shelter Team, and Clarence Darrow Community Center. He is listed in Who’s Who in America and another dozen biographical resources.
The Yedi mind control isn't working this time, pal.
You don't play in that swamp and not stink.
ML/NJ
He’s got stink all over him. Apparently you don’t get anywhere in Illinois without a lot of corrupt help. Obama is this close to being President. People should do the math.
I don’t see how a man who won one of his first elections by default (getting everyone else bumped off the ballot) would ever have anything to fear from the implications of a scandal like this.
To: STARWISE; Ernest_at_the_Beach; BIGLOOK; george76; PhilDragoo; Enchante
~~Making like Rahm’s the hero PING!
Yesterday, I put this same theory out after reading Fitzy’s bs that Obama was not involved.
Good investigators don’t pull the plug on undercover work until the really big fish are caught red handed with their pants down doing the crime.
Obama was tipped off about this. Rahm went to Fitzy and said, “End this now!”
How long did Fitzy allow the CIA Plame bs case to run after he knew that Armitage was the leaker. Years!
Fitzy ended this investigation before Obama/Rahm were caught in the net.
This was a good career move for Fitzy with his friend the Zer0 as president elect.
Before this is over, the Zer0 and Rahm will touted by the MSM as heroes in burying Blag.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/backroom/2145959/posts?page=49#49
49 posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 6:11:32 AM by Grampa Dave (Does Zer0 have any friends, who are not foriegn or domestic terrorists, or criminals
In the criminal world, of which all Chicago politicians are a part of, the first thing a thug like Blagojevich would have done when he entered into this world would have been to gather dirt on his criminal associates that he could trade for leniency when, and if, he was caught. It is very likely that Blagojevich has enough dirt on Obama that, if he is looking at a thirty year sentence, he will trade Obama for at least twenty years off his sentence. Hell, he just might have enough evidence on Obama to trade for a complete dismissal of charges. Of course this would have to take place before Obama’s Attorney General arrives at DOJ, so Blagojevich better hurry.
Things could get very interesting in Chicago between now and Januaray 20, 2009.
I just love how every Democrat politician in the Chicago area is seen to be corrupt - except Obama. He’s always clean. Hahahahahaha!!!!
That nonsense from the libs is going to wear out thin really really fast. I think Obama is already the most corrupt individual who has ever won a presidential election.
Not exactly -- in fact, Fitzgerald chose his words very carefully.
From the 12/9 press conference transcript:
REPORTER: Also would you address the fact -- and I know you've referred to this -- would you just address whether or not President-elect Obama was aware that any of these things were taking place?
MR. FITZGERALD: Okay. I'm not going to speak for what the president-elect was aware of. We make no allegations that he's aware of anything, and that's as simply as I can put it.
>>>snip<<<
REPORTER: You spoke before about if Senator -- you didn't know -- no awareness that Senator or President-elect Barack Obama knew about this. So is it safe to say he has not been briefed? And can you also tell us if any phone calls were made to President-elect Obama that you intercepted, or to Rahm Emanuel?
MR. FITZGERALD: Okay. I'm not going to go down anything that's not in the complaint. And what I simply said before is, I'm not going to -- I have enough trouble speaking for myself. I'm not going to try and speak in the voice of a president or a president-elect. So I simply pointed out that if you look at the complaint, there's no allegation that the president-elect -- there's no reference in the complaint to any conversations involving the president-elect or indicating that the president-elect was aware of it. And that's all I can say.
>>>snip<<<
REPORTER: Sir, just to be crystal-clear on this point, you're not aware of any conversation, then, that took place between the governor and any member of Barack Obama's transition team at all?
MR. FITZGERALD: And what I simply said is you can read the complaint. I'm not going to sit here with a 76-page complaint and parse through it. You know, that's all we're alleging. And I'm just -- I'm not going to start going down and saying, "Did anyone ever talk to anyone?" You can read what we allege in the complaint. It's pretty detailed. Look in the 76 pages, and if you don't see it, it's not there.
The following question is even more interesting -- raising the possibility, not denied in Fitzgerald's answer, that it was the DOJ that warned Obama away from Blago:
REPORTER: You talked about keeping your superiors informed as to what is going on, assuming that means the attorney general.
In the briefings that President-elect Obama has had over the past weeks with various government departments here, would it be possible for him to have been briefed on what was going on here with regard to this investigation?
MR. FITZGERALD: I'm not going to comment on that. I'm not the briefer. I'm not at those meetings. But I would simply say that this was very close-hold in Washington, and on a need-to-know basis. So I'm -- but I'm not going to -- I'm not the briefer, so I'm not going to represent what happens. But -- I'll leave it at that.