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Sources Say Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is 'Senate Candidate #5' (BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!)
ABC ^ | Dec 10, 08 | BRIAN ROSS

Posted on 12/10/2008 8:35:01 AM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Chicago Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL) is the anonymous "Senate Candidate #5" whose emissaries Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich reportedly claimed offered up to a million dollars to name him to the U.S. Senate, federal law enforcement sources tell ABC News.

Feds to Interview Jesse Jackson Jr. in Blagojevich Probe. Jackson says he's been informed he's not a target of the investigation
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. said today that the FBI wants to interview him as part of the investigation... Expand
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. said today that the FBI wants to interview him as part of the investigation into Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, though he says he's been told he is not a target of the probe. In this 2005 file photo, Blagojevich, left, is congratulated by Rev. Jesse Jackson, right, and Jackson's son, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. D-Ill., second from right, after Blagojevich delivered his State of the State address to a joint session of the Illinois General Assembly in the House of Representatives at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Collapse
(Seth Perlman/AP Photo)

According to the FBI affidavit in the case, Blagojevich "stated he might be able to cut a deal with Senate Candidate 5 that provided ROD BLAGOJEVICH" with something "tangible up front."

Jackson Jr. said this morning he was contacted yesterday by federal prosecutors in Chicago who he said "asked me to come in and share with them my insights and thoughts about the selection process."

Jackson Jr. said "I don't know" when asked if he was Candidate #5, but said he was told "I am not a target of this investigation."

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 110th; blagojevich; bleepgate; candidate5; jessejacksonjr; jjj; obama; obamatransitionfile; obamatruthfile
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
In an interview on FNC a few min. ago Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan admitted that she was the one designated as #2.
121 posted on 12/10/2008 9:29:23 AM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Either way, we’re about to see Club Fed swell with Illinois Democrats. Maybe even Hussein himself.


122 posted on 12/10/2008 9:30:01 AM PST by TruthHound (You can keep the "change"!)
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To: maggief

I totally agree.


123 posted on 12/10/2008 9:31:49 AM PST by retrokitten (I want to rock your gypsy soul, just like way back in the days of old- Into the Mystic)
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To: nufsed

You may be right ... in any event, we know there’s a “price tag” on the NY senate seat.


124 posted on 12/10/2008 9:32:07 AM PST by maggief
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To: angcat
Who the hell IS Jennifer Tilley?
125 posted on 12/10/2008 9:33:03 AM PST by oldfart (Obama nation = abomination. Think about it!)
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To: pepperhead

I think it was his dad that extorted a Budweiser distributorship for his son. A distributorship is worth millions, just ask Cindy McCain.


126 posted on 12/10/2008 9:35:55 AM PST by JimmyMc
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

EVERYONE should notice that ABC forgets to mention that Jesse Jackson, Jr. was Obama’s NATIONAL CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIRMAN.

This thing is getting closer to OBAMA every passing hour...


127 posted on 12/10/2008 9:37:36 AM PST by tcrlaf (You Voted DEMOCRAT-You'll Look GREAT In A Burqa!)
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To: tcrlaf

“This thing is getting closer to OBAMA every passing hour...”

It’s called a near miss. Please move along.


128 posted on 12/10/2008 9:40:54 AM PST by gathersnomoss (General George Patton had it right.)
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To: maggief

I’m really shocked by all this speculation. I thought the governors tried to find the best person. Hard to believe there are money or power trade offers.


129 posted on 12/10/2008 9:43:13 AM PST by nufsed
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To: bcsco
This was commented on in another thread yesterday, but there's a fair amount of parsing in this statement. No, there's no reference "in the complaint" about conversations that included Obama, but that doesn't mean Fitzgerald doesn't have that information yet off the table. It's the "and that's all I can say" remark that's most telling.

Yeah, I think you're right on the money. He would have said there is absolutely no information regarding Obama or Obama's involvement but he didn't.

130 posted on 12/10/2008 9:44:03 AM PST by TheThinker (Shame and guilt mongering is the Left's favorite tool of control.)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Why not go all the way and just pick Rev. Freakin Wright for crying out loud!


131 posted on 12/10/2008 9:46:17 AM PST by Welcome2thejungle
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To: oldfart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z24Til-ZH0A


132 posted on 12/10/2008 9:47:33 AM PST by nufsed
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Those thinking that B.O. isn’t corrupt and that he isn’t lying about his birth certificate should take another look. He swam around in the same swamp as Blago and Jackson in Chicago. Selling senate seats is about as corrupt as you can get.


133 posted on 12/10/2008 9:47:40 AM PST by TheThinker (Shame and guilt mongering is the Left's favorite tool of control.)
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To: Abathar

Maybe that’s why he wanted to cut his ba||$ off...maybe he knew something....


134 posted on 12/10/2008 9:48:50 AM PST by RedDogzRule (God bless America...because God knows we need it, especially now...!)
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To: Neverforget01

“LOLOLOLOLOL—I am SURE that is what it is!”

Old Jesse sure brought his boy up right.


135 posted on 12/10/2008 9:53:16 AM PST by billhilly (Sayonara Detroit)
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To: Yo-Yo
It almost, ALMOST, makes me want to forgive the guy for all that Scooter Libby/Valerie Plame crap-ola.

Get outta here!

This politically motivated bastard

a) suppressed the Chicago Tribune from mentioning this scandal before the election

and:

b) Then rushed to ambush Blagojevich before he could implicate and ensnare 0bama in his wire tapped conversations

He's still running interference for the Democrats

136 posted on 12/10/2008 9:54:19 AM PST by Wil H (No Accomplishments, No Experience, No Resume No Records, No References, Nobama..)
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To: jerod

“This is too funny. Exactly where did Jesse Jr. get million bucks? Do congressmen make that much money?”

I’m surprised that the question even comes up. Jesse Sr can extort that much before breakfast.


137 posted on 12/10/2008 9:55:45 AM PST by billhilly (Sayonara Detroit)
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To: cvq3842
Exactly. We have become Zimbabwe. God help us.

No, we've become Kenya, complete with a Kenyan president

138 posted on 12/10/2008 9:56:08 AM PST by Wil H (No Accomplishments, No Experience, No Resume No Records, No References, Nobama..)
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To: JimmyMc

He also got him a job at a lawfirm and a partnership he had no business getting.
According to someone who worked there he was only seen one day in the year he was employed there.


139 posted on 12/10/2008 9:56:54 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: Jay777

depends on the definition of (Meet), Obvioulsy he never had (Meat) with blago because that would mean they ate a meal together and he was never seen in a Restraunt with Blago.

If you are implying that they Met you may mean that they have been on occasion seen together and or sometimes seperately at the Metropolitan Museum of Art


140 posted on 12/10/2008 9:59:43 AM PST by tomnbeverly (A Message For The GOP: Never Let Them Triangulate and Give No Quarter.)
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