Instead of Shoeless Joe Jackson, maybe we should call him Shakedown Jesse Jackson
Posted on 12/12/2008 6:25:53 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
ABC News CHICAGO – Businessmen with ties to both Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson discussed raising $1 million for Blagojevich to help persuade him to appoint Jackson to President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat, according to a published report.
Citing unnamed sources, the Chicago Tribune reports in a story for Friday's editions that businessman Raghuveer Nayak and Blagojevich aide Rajinder Bedi told attendees at an Oct. 31 meeting that they needed to raise the money for the governor to ensure Jackson's appointment.
"Raghu said he needed to raise a million for Rod to make sure Jesse got the seat," an unidentified source who attended the meeting told the Tribune. Blagojevich also attended the meeting, which was sponsored by Nayak, an Oak Brook businessman.
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funny
Great observation... maybe thats like a mob-industry standard to “trust” someone for 2 yrs then recieve payback...?
I need to plot this out....
So.. this was like a win win for the obama camp... what did they give up for this? We need a balance here.
Thank you. Now it makes sense.
I’m surprised Sam Zell is willing to take a $100 million dollar risk by defying Blago, though. He must have a safety net.
Don’t you know????
The Chosen One is allowed to stutter and keep his IQ intact. When Bush, McCain or Palin stutter, however, their IQ’s are automatically lowered according to the “DU Logical IQ Analysis Theorem”.
Or.... just like Clinton, there will be disaster after disaster, plane hijackings, embassy bombings and the like, so the media says “Look over here!” to take the heat off
Then he'll have former friends to threaten and intimidate.
It was going to be a surprise. You get million dollar Christmas presents every year, don't you?
“So.. this was like a win win for the obama camp... what did they give up for this? We need a balance here.”
That’s a good question.
Here’s a start ...
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/obama_earmark_wife/2008/03/14/80393.html
Obama’s Earmarks: $1 Million for Wife’s Hospital
Yeah the preaching voice was a dead giveaway.
Great link.. did you see the part where he bypassed the Senate with this funding?
*His biological dad was Noah Robinson.
Maestro please:
WE ARE FAMILY.....!
This is a Democratic Party scandal where all the participants are Democrats.
The only fair thing to do is to appoint a Republican to the Senate seat.
I’m sure if this were a GOP scandal that’s what the Dems and their press lackeys would be saying right now...
Jesse Sr. sound bite is coming up on FOX News next regarding this. Should be interesting what he says!
...Select Fox News
Really, is this news that Jesse Jackson is corrupt?
Now this is Change I can believe in . MORE MORE MORE !!!
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