Sources Say Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is 'Senate Candidate #5' (BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!)

ABC ^ | Dec 10, 08 | BRIAN ROSS

[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.

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. said today that the FBI wants to interview him as part of the investigation...

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.

(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."

[freespirited]

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.

Oh geez, where would Jesse Jr and his emissaries learn to do a thing like this?

[Fresh Wind]

The next time a cop pulls you over, offer him $100 not to write the ticket. See what happens...

[CindyDawg]

America...the land of the free where anyone can be anything(as long as they have money)

[maggief]

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NzhiYmFlMDZiNzkxYmZlMThmMTZjNDJlYzYwM2ZhNjY

And then, on December 4, something changed, and that change was the presence of the person referred to in the complaint as “Candidate Five.” If the complaint is correct, in “Candidate Five,” Blagojevich finally found a prospective senator who might come up with money — $500,000 for Blagojevich’s political organization — in return for the Obama seat. From the criminal complaint:

On December 4, 2008, ROD BLAGOJEVICH spoke to Advisor B and informed Advisor B that he was giving Senate Candidate 5 greater consideration for the Senate seat because, among other reasons, if ROD BLAGOJEVICH ran for re-election Senate Candidate 5 would “raise[] money” for ROD BLAGOJEVICH, although ROD BLAGOJEVICH said he might “get some (money) up front, maybe” from Senate Candidate 5 to insure Senate Candidate 5 kept his promise about raising money for ROD BLAGOJEVICH. (In a recorded conversation on October 31, 2008, ROD BLAGOJEVICH described an earlier approach by an associate of Senate Candidate Five as follows: “We were approached ‘pay to play.’ That, you know, he’d raise me 500 grand. An emissary came. Then the other guy would raise a million, if I made him (Senate Candidate 5) a Senator.”)

The complaint goes on to say that on that same day, December 4, Blagojevich told a person referred to as Fundraiser A that he was “elevating” Candidate Five on the Senate list in the hopes that Candidate Five would provide something “tangible up front.” Blagojevich told Fundraiser A to “reach out” to an associate of Candidate Five and say that Blagojevich was under pressure to appoint somebody else and wanted to know if Candidate Five would really come up with the money, especially because, in the words of the complaint, Blagojevich “had a prior bad experience with Candidate Five not keeping his word.” (That, of course, suggests that Candidate Five is probably a well-known political figure in Illinois; no definitive word yet on who that is.) Blagojevich told Fundraiser A to meet personally with the associate of Candidate Five and, in the words of the complaint, “communicate the ‘urgency’ of the situation.”

The dealing seemed very close to a climax — and an explosive political scandal. And then, on the morning of December 5, the Chicago Tribune ran a story on its front page reporting that law enforcement had secretly recorded Blagojevich’s conversations as part of a criminal investigation. Blagojevich immediately instructed Fundraiser A to “undo” the plan to meet personally with the associate of Candidate Five. Blagojevich instead turned his energy to preparing his legal defense.

[dynachrome]

I am shocked, just shocked, I tell ya!

LOLOLOLOL

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

There's your Fitzmass right there Neo... lol

Wow, Jr. is a lot shorter than Daddy isn't he?

[jessduntno]

“”It is impossible for someone on my behalf to have a conversation that would suggest any type of quid pro quo or any payments or offers,” Jackson Jr. told ABC News. “An impossiblity to an absolute certainty.”

Algonquin J. Calhoun would be proud...

[Charles Henrickson]

BLAGO'S BLUE FITZMAS
Tune: "Blue Christmas"

I'll have a blue Fitzmas indicted
I'll have to do something to fight it
Allegations they read of the green that I sought
Don't mean a thing, 'cause as yet nobody's bought

And when my blue colleagues disown me
That's when my blue "F" words start flowing
My old pal sees my plight, but he throws me from his bus
So I'll have a blue, blue Fitzmas

I hate this blue Fitzmas disruption
It puts a crimp in my corruption
Senate seat up for sale should bring oodles of cash
But instead I post bail and I break out in a rash

And when my blue colleagues disown me
That's when my blue "F" words start flowing
My old pal sees my plight, but he throws me from his bus
So I'll have a blue, blue, blue Fitzmas

[Red Badger]

Blago should have sold it on eBay...............

[TexasCajun]

And the FBI has someone from the Jackson Team on tape offering a bride to the Governor so he'd appoint JJJr to Obamah's senate seat.

Somebody's going to jail!

[umgud]

3rd world politics played out in what once was the greatest nation on earth.

Loisiana and NJ are bastions of integrity by comparison.

[maggief]

PING!

We called this one!

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Senate candidate 1 thru 5!....COME OUT,COME OUT wherever you are!

[Abathar]

"Obama took my dream, now my son..."

[Commander X]

“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..”

But...but...but..I’m...I’m a Democrat!

[pepperhead]

I think not too, because 0bama’s name hardly came up in the Rezko trial. Fitzgerald doesn’t want to try and take down the messiah.

[katieanna]

Oh my. So, am I correct to presume that Jackson can agree to co-operate with Fitzgerald for a lighter sentence?

[FrdmLvr]

Too bad the feds didn’t wait until after Jesse Jr. paid the bribe for his appointment. The feds jumped in too soon. They were afraid too many people in The Office Of The President Elect were going to get caught up in the scandal, especially the Big Fish. The feds better release all of their tapes and not delete what incriminates 0.

[JrsyJack]

The race card will be played in 5...4...3...

[retrokitten]

I was just going to ping you both!

This just keeps on getting better!!