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On 11/5/08 Obama met for 6 hrs at John Rogers' home (a Obama AND Blagojevich campaign contributer)
Chicago Sun Times; LA Times

Posted on 12/10/2008 12:00:24 PM PST by disraeligears

Lynn Sweet reported that on November 5, 2008, Obama "wrapped up a day of planning for his transition at the office of his friend" John Rogers, the Ariel financial founder. The meeting reportedly took 6 hours.

It has been reported that Obama met with/was going to meet with Blagojevich to discuss who would replace Obama in the Senate.

Rogers is reportedly (per an LA Times blog) a campaign contributer to both Obama and Blagojevich.

Obama denies speaking with Blagojevich about his replacement. Yeah, right.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blagojevich; bleepgate; fitzmas; obama; obamatransitionfile; obamatruthfile
It has been reported

The following is an excerpt from Lynn Sweet's 11/5/08 Chicago Times blog entry: http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/barack-obama/2008/11/

"Pool report from Abdon Pallash, Chicago Sun-Times talks about stepped up security for the president elect, who wrapped up a day of planning for his transition at the office of his friend, John Rogers' Ariel financial founder.

from Pallasch....

After six hours at Ariel, Obama was driven back to his home where a lid was declared at 5:36 p.m."

The following is from an LA Times Blog entitled "Top of the Ticket": http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/12/blagojevich-oba.html

"Another overlapping donor is John Rogers, head of Ariel Capital, a major Chicago-based investment firm. Rogers gave $12,500 to Blagojevich in 2004, the FBI spreadsheet shows. Rogers has also given Obama $25,000, state and FEC records reveal."

1 posted on 12/10/2008 12:00:25 PM PST by disraeligears
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2 posted on 12/10/2008 12:03:17 PM PST by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: disraeligears

Ariel’s mutual funds are down 50%. Fitzpatrick is only going to go after Blago as Obama and Emmanuel threw him Blago as a “snack.”

See Scarface when corrupt Miami PD narcotics Detective Mel Burnstein asks Tony (al Pacino) to throw his some “snacks” every once and a while aka small time drug dealers.

This country is becoming as corrupt as Chicago.


3 posted on 12/10/2008 12:03:59 PM PST by Frantzie
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To: disraeligears

LYNN SWEET drinks Obama’s bathwater, so she will be spinning this story at every turn.


4 posted on 12/10/2008 12:05:00 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience)
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To: disraeligears
Obama is lying(as usual), Axelrod is lying and the MSM are lying in covering this up. I hope that this is fully investigated but I don't believe it will be.
5 posted on 12/10/2008 12:05:35 PM PST by detective
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To: disraeligears

I guess there is a downside in having lapdog media types sniffing yer butt all dag long and gleefully reporting your every f@rt.


6 posted on 12/10/2008 12:07:46 PM PST by freedomlover (Make sure you're in love - before you move in the heavy stuff)
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To: Frantzie

I forgot to put that it was reported that Obama and Blagojevich were going to meet on November 5, 2008 per KHQA-TV’s Carol Sowers.


7 posted on 12/10/2008 12:07:48 PM PST by disraeligears (How was the CREAM Madison Square Garden Concert?)
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To: disraeligears

Messianic privilege.


8 posted on 12/10/2008 12:08:10 PM PST by gimme1ibertee (Sarahloution!!!!!)
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9 posted on 12/10/2008 12:09:15 PM PST by j_guru
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I believe the criminal complaint yesterday said that Barry met with Federal investigators in the Blago case. Wouldn't it be nice to see Barry get caught up in a “process crime” like Scooter Libby, and frog-marched out of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. If they tripped him up, or now that Barry has said publicly that he never met with Blago, or if his story morphs, oh boy, get the popcorn.....
10 posted on 12/10/2008 12:11:30 PM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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Obama's a pro at political corruption and coverup. If he says he didn't meet directly with Blago to discuss his Senate replacement, it is a factually true statement, in the same manner that Clinton "did not have sexual relations with that woman."

The "truth" is construed out wiggle room in narrow definitions of words like "directly" "discuss" "is" and so forth.

11 posted on 12/10/2008 12:12:54 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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“After six hours at Ariel, Obama was driven back to his home where a lid was declared at 5:36 p.m.” “
*****************

A Lid?
What is that? A drug reference?
isn’t a Lid an Ounce of Pot?


12 posted on 12/10/2008 12:15:18 PM PST by libertarian27 (Land of the Fee, Home of the Shamed)
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To: disraeligears

"There was no meeting. The Senatorial seat was not discussed. Nothing to see here. Nothing."

13 posted on 12/10/2008 12:18:07 PM PST by Billthedrill
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Flashback: How Obama Got His Senate Seat to Begin With! Chicago Dirty Politics!
14 posted on 12/10/2008 12:21:21 PM PST by Jay777 (My personal blog: www.stoptheaclu.com)
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To: dead

People are sick of that lawyer parsing crap. We were supposed to get “change”, not a throwback to the Clinton doublespeak.


15 posted on 12/10/2008 12:35:59 PM PST by randita
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To: Billthedrill
Aw, Bagdad Bob. I miss him. Is he still alive? Last I heard he was in Syria. What's he doing now, the weather?
16 posted on 12/10/2008 12:41:08 PM PST by Constitutions Grandchild
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To: Billthedrill
Perhaps President Obama will grant Baghdad Bob immunity, make him a US Citizen and appoint him as his new Press Secretary.

“BOB” would do a great job for Obama with the Press Corp, feeding them every “truth” of his administration and as a bonus assist President Barack Hussein Obama improve relations with the peaceful Muslim community here in the USA and in the ME.

17 posted on 12/10/2008 1:09:52 PM PST by not2worry (WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND)
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To: disraeligears

John Roger’s office at Ariel Mutual Funds (200 E. Randolph Drive) is only 0.6 miles from Friends of Rod Blagojevich’s office (221 N. LaSalle Street). Estimated travel time according to MapQuest is 2 minutes.


18 posted on 12/10/2008 1:48:02 PM PST by Girlene
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