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WaPo: 'Obama Worked to Distance Self From Blagojevich Early On'
NewsBusters.org ^ | 12/12/2008 | Mike Bates

Posted on 12/12/2008 8:34:59 AM PST by Mike Bates

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1 posted on 12/12/2008 8:34:59 AM PST by Mike Bates
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Federal Sources: Fitzgerald Held Off Blagojevich Bust to Protect Obama Election Chances
2 posted on 12/12/2008 8:35:20 AM PST by Jay777 (My personal blog: www.stoptheaclu.com)
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To: Mike Bates
*sigh*

Can you imagine an article like this about President Bush in the wake of the Jack Abramhoff story ....

3 posted on 12/12/2008 8:36:30 AM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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Obama only did what the Chicago Three (Emmanuel, Jarrett and Axelrod) told him to do to launch the coup against Blago. Led by Emmanuel.


4 posted on 12/12/2008 8:36:35 AM PST by sarasota
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To: Mike Bates

The MSM is in full spin mode to show Saint Obama never talked to Blago.

I wonder if Blago and Rezko sang their guts out if Fitz would even listen or do anything.

Blago do one good thing in your life and turn on the rat O. These people are hanging you out to dry.

My guess is some Repub will hire you for a factory job after you get out of jail if you turn on the Indonesian rat.


5 posted on 12/12/2008 8:38:41 AM PST by Frantzie
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I guess they knew what Blago was doing and distanced themselves, but didn’t do anything to stop his curruption.
Believe that if you can. The MSM always overlooks the entanglement between Zero and Rezko, the comparison of Michelle’s pol background(Dad and Dally office), and her super inflated salary at UofC Hospital. (Rezko specialised in shaking down hospitals with Blago’s help).


6 posted on 12/12/2008 8:42:44 AM PST by Oldexpat (Drill Here, Drill There..we must drill everywhere.)
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Obama was also a member of a small group (I think four total) that met personally with Blago for weekly strategy sessions during Blago's '02 bid for guv. Another member of that small group was Rahm Emanuel. How cozy.

These thugs are all joined at the hip ... hopefully, kinda like Christmas lights ... one goes out, they all go out.

7 posted on 12/12/2008 8:43:44 AM PST by TheRightGuy (I want MY BAILOUT ... a billion or two should do!)
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If Blagojevich were to turn on Obama, he wouldn’t get a pardon from him—or from Biden, if he brought down Obama. So there’s nothing in it for him. It doesn’t look like Fitzgerald wants to hurt Obama, so he isn’t likely to push Blagojevich to spill the beans on Obama (assuming he has damaging information he could reveal).


8 posted on 12/12/2008 8:47:12 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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Blago do one good thing in your life and turn on the rat O. These people are hanging you out to dry.

The good news, in all of this, is Blago seems to now hate Obama. If there is some dirt, be it something we don't know about this case or the Rezko case, etc., it probably won't take much to get him singing.

9 posted on 12/12/2008 8:47:59 AM PST by cartervt2k
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To: Jay777

A few days ago I Twittered Rick Sanchez at CNN, asking what would have happened if Blagojevich has been arrested five weeks BEFORE, rather than after, the election.


10 posted on 12/12/2008 8:48:01 AM PST by Mike Bates (Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
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If Obama and his people knew that the Governor was a crook...........why didn’t they turn him in????? Just distancing yourself doesn’t cut it. As a US Senator, Obama had a duty to turn him in and didn’t do it.


11 posted on 12/12/2008 8:48:01 AM PST by RC2
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To: TheRightGuy
...like Christmas lights...one goes out, they all go out.

How old are your Christmas lights?

12 posted on 12/12/2008 8:48:35 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Servant of the Cross

Headline: Bush Transition Team Linked to Bribe


13 posted on 12/12/2008 8:48:56 AM PST by Mike Bates (Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
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To: Mike Bates
Here's the rule of thumb:

When a Republican is involved in scandal, the MSM act like prosecutors.

When a Democrat is involved in scandal, the MSM act like defense attorneys.

14 posted on 12/12/2008 8:51:45 AM PST by TexasNative2000
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To: Verginius Rufus
...like Christmas lights...one goes out, they all go out.

How old are your Christmas lights?

I can confirm that they still do, at least the cheapy ones my wife just bought. :-)

15 posted on 12/12/2008 8:51:55 AM PST by cartervt2k
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To: TheRightGuy
Rahm was not present when Obama had the news conference. hummmm...
16 posted on 12/12/2008 8:55:44 AM PST by Orange1998
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To: cartervt2k

” it probably won’t take much to get him singing. “

You’re right, but it would take even less to get him dead. Obamacide.


17 posted on 12/12/2008 8:56:04 AM PST by Jackson57
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To: Oldexpat

Corruption is an integral part of Chicago politics. It has been for decades. They didn’t do anything about the corruption because it was nothing new; standard operating procedure. The same is true in most cities that are traditionally Democratic. Corruption is expected.


18 posted on 12/12/2008 9:01:28 AM PST by Reaganesque
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To: Verginius Rufus
How old are your Christmas lights?

I not only remember the "serial" Christmas lights, I remember the bubbling Christmas lights! :)

19 posted on 12/12/2008 9:02:15 AM PST by Free State Four
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To: Jackson57
You’re right, but it would take even less to get him dead. Obamacide.

I know (hope) you're joking. A dead Blago would look absolutely terrible for the Obama campaign. Who else besides Team Hussein would want him dead at this point, if they didn't have some involvement in this? There aren't too many ways the MSM can spin that. (On the other hand, look at Vince Foster - and the Clinton Machine survived...)

20 posted on 12/12/2008 9:05:40 AM PST by cartervt2k
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