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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: bella1

No he hasn’t.....the MSM is COVERING UP the FACT that he had a MEETING with BLAGO on Nov 5 to DISCUSS the SENATE seat!!


61 posted on 12/10/2008 8:53:36 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience)
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To: JustaCowgirl
This has got to be a record even for Dems, a scandal plagued administration before the inauguration.

They can change the oath of office to read; "Do you promise to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?"

62 posted on 12/10/2008 8:54:24 AM PST by JrsyJack (We Shoot, We Vote, We're angry!)
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To: Charles Henrickson; MinuteGal

Ping me and we’ll have a sing a long!


63 posted on 12/10/2008 8:54:41 AM PST by hoosiermama (Berg is a liberal democrat. Keyes is a conservative. Obama is bringing us together already!)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
From page #2 of the ABC link: "U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said '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.'"

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.

64 posted on 12/10/2008 8:55:00 AM PST by bcsco (Illinois politicians should be read their Miranda rights when sworn in to office...)
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To: retrokitten; maggief

Morning retrokitten. I knew I was leaving someone off my ping list this morning. I apologize. Not enough coffee yet.

Washington Post in full spin mode now...LOL

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2146189/posts

maggief posted an article yesterday from the WP from awhile back (during the wiretapping) where they curiously started trying to distance Obama from Blago by inserting this wierd sentence in an article that ‘Obama and Blago were not close’...lol

maggie...do you remember where that article is on FR? It would be great to post it in this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2146189/posts

or better yet at the comment section at the WP.....LOL!!


65 posted on 12/10/2008 8:55:30 AM PST by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: Kerretarded

Now why would the Trib run the story on 12/05, just as the deal is about to go down. We know Blago was about to send message #3 to Team 0, via Sneed and the Sun Times, dropping JJJ’s name as a top contender.


66 posted on 12/10/2008 8:56:35 AM PST by maggief
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To: Ann Archy
he had a MEETING with BLAGO on Nov 5 to DISCUSS the SENATE seat!!

Wait, you mean Obama misspoke? Or Axelrod misspoke about his misspeak?

67 posted on 12/10/2008 8:57:11 AM PST by Neverforget01
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Pretty disappointed,
I went on your personal page hoping to see pictures of a “LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget”, damn.


68 posted on 12/10/2008 8:57:24 AM PST by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: Neverforget01

He LIED and the MSMS are covering up for his lies!!


69 posted on 12/10/2008 8:58:41 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience)
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To: JrsyJack
They can change the oath of office to read; "Do you promise to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?"

See my tagline...

70 posted on 12/10/2008 8:58:51 AM PST by bcsco (Illinois politicians should be read their Miranda rights when sworn in to office...)
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To: NeoCaveman

Ha - white boy trying to jack up the black man..that should go over well in the pokey....(oh, I just realized why it is called the pokey..)


71 posted on 12/10/2008 8:59:46 AM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Computer says No..... Carole Beer)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Where’s the race card when you need it?


72 posted on 12/10/2008 9:00:31 AM PST by popdonnelly (Don't lose sight of your conservative principles.)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Can't wait for Blago to cut a deal for less jail time...

Wonder who he'll roll over on???

73 posted on 12/10/2008 9:00:32 AM PST by demsux
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To: Commander X

Someone please check the Rainbow books - I’m thinking they just cancelled a big check...


74 posted on 12/10/2008 9:01:01 AM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Computer says No..... Carole Beer)
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To: Ann Archy
He LIED and the MSMS are covering up for his lies!!

I LOVE FR and the internet. The lies can't stay hidden forever.

75 posted on 12/10/2008 9:01:31 AM PST by Neverforget01
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

GEE...wonder how much a Secretary of State goes for....or the Health & Human Services Seat....how about the head of the Commerce Department.....Chicago and Arkansas mafia’s running our country....swell.


76 posted on 12/10/2008 9:02:16 AM PST by goodnesswins (CAPITALISM is FUN.........SOCIALISM SUCKS - pass it on.)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Let's...Love Client #9, Candidate #5, Certificate of Live Birth #2...

Is there a pattern here?

77 posted on 12/10/2008 9:02:49 AM PST by NoPrisoners ("Take no prisoners!" -T.E. Lawrence)
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To: angcat
The rag newspaper in my area does not even have this as a headline. If it were a Republican it would be a full front page! The Messiah is in a mess and the paper ignores it.

And on Yahoo and Time Warner's home pages, Blago does NOT show up as a Top Internet Search. You gotta be kidding me.

Yahoo's Top Searches:

Jennifer Tilly
Monica Keena
The Dark Knight DVD
Stocking Stuffers
John Mayer
Oprah Winfrey
Portable DVD Players
2009 Nissan Cube
Christmas Appetizers
Jay Leno
78 posted on 12/10/2008 9:03:12 AM PST by Eagle of Liberty (This nation must not die on our watch.)
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To: Neverforget01

“asked me to come in and share with them my insights and thoughts about the selection process.”

These politicians sure have a way with words.


79 posted on 12/10/2008 9:03:21 AM PST by popdonnelly (Don't lose sight of your conservative principles.)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
This guy Fitz is walking down liberal hall, turning on the lights one at a time, exposing the corruption that serves as the fertilizer for future democrat power grabs.

Every chain has a "weakest link", and one of those links is going to break and release a mountain of information.

Now, I'm not saying obama is involved in this, not at all. I have no proof. I'm just saying that I will be very surprised if he isn't.

He comes from this "environment" of Chicago politics, the row IS over his recently vacated senate seat, among other things. He's already lied and said he hasn't talked to the Governor, when there is proof otherwise, and they both have ties to Tony Rezzo (sp?).

And now this connection to JJjr.

I need a little extra butter on that popcorn please, this is going to be good.
80 posted on 12/10/2008 9:03:47 AM PST by FrankR (“Turtle up”, economically, for the duration of the 0bamanation.)
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