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Barack Obama chief Rahm Emanuel urged to resign
Herald Sun ^
| 12/15/08
| The Australian
Posted on 12/14/2008 10:58:31 AM PST by jimbo123
BARACK Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, was under pressure to resign last night after it was revealed he had been captured on wire taps discussing candidates for the US president-elect's Illinios Senate seat.
Mr Emanuel's presence at the heart of the scandal threatens to roil Mr Obama's administration as a Chicago prosecutor builds his corruption case against Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, The Australian reports.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: bho2008; blagojevich; emanuel; jessejackson; obama; obamatransitionfile; rahm; rahmemanuel; resignation
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posted on
12/14/2008 10:58:32 AM PST
by
jimbo123
To: jimbo123
His boss should resign with him.
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posted on
12/14/2008 10:59:59 AM PST
by
PistolPaknMama
(Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't! --FReeper airborne)
To: jimbo123
Under pressure from whom?
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posted on
12/14/2008 11:00:18 AM PST
by
edpc
To: jimbo123
ROFLMAO. :) Easy come, easy go.
Hope. Change. Yes, we can (if we do like we always did in the past.) Buwhahahaha.
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posted on
12/14/2008 11:00:36 AM PST
by
lefty-lie-spy
(Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/)
To: jimbo123
Has there been any of this in American papers or news?
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posted on
12/14/2008 11:00:39 AM PST
by
GoCards
To: jimbo123
How many more corrupt staff members will it take before things point towards the head of the snake
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posted on
12/14/2008 11:00:45 AM PST
by
Tempest
(Obama is not my president.)
To: jimbo123
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posted on
12/14/2008 11:01:11 AM PST
by
Las Vegas Ron
(Sho me da BC...mo)
To: GoCards
That was rhetorical right? The American press are busy sitting on their hands.
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posted on
12/14/2008 11:01:49 AM PST
by
Tempest
(Obama is not my president.)
To: jimbo123
I would like to see Rahm Emanuel frog marched out of the Oval Office.
But it will never happen. Emanuel is Obama’s brain. He can’t survive without him.
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posted on
12/14/2008 11:02:25 AM PST
by
Brilliant
To: jimbo123
Great. The first complete, total, utter scmubag to resign from Obuttface’s administration even before it takes office. Just a foretaste of the next eight years.
10
posted on
12/14/2008 11:02:57 AM PST
by
chimera
To: jimbo123
He wants me to what?!
To: chimera
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posted on
12/14/2008 11:05:07 AM PST
by
Jet Jaguar
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
To: jimbo123
This is a record breaking bad start for Obama.
13
posted on
12/14/2008 11:05:09 AM PST
by
lnzog
(They want your money)
To: jimbo123
No Rahmbo.....don’t resign. We need more idiots like you to be part of the Pure One’s administration just to show what a wonderful forgiving One He is.
It brings extreme joy to me this time of year, even before The One is sworn in to see how truly corrupt His administration will be. You can take The One out of Chicago but you can’t take Chicago out of The One.
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posted on
12/14/2008 11:06:09 AM PST
by
shankbear
(Al-Qaeda grew while Monica blew)
To: Tempest
That was rhetorical right? The American press are busy sitting on their hands. Or this:
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posted on
12/14/2008 11:06:20 AM PST
by
Cobra64
To: jimbo123
So what if Emanuel was discussing candidates with Blago? That is probably not a crime in and of itself. Unless he lied to federal investigators about it. If that's the case, he should receive the same punishment as Martha Stewart and Scooter Libby who did time for lying to federal investigators.
Or if the tapes caught him offering bribes.
So which is it? Did he lie to federal officials a la Martha and Scooter or did he offer bribes?
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posted on
12/14/2008 11:07:11 AM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(Who'll save the world from those who think only they can save it?. -- Ashleigh Brilliant)
To: jimbo123
Not a single source.
Not a single actor.
Great reporting.
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posted on
12/14/2008 11:07:30 AM PST
by
angkor
(Conservatism is not a religious movement.)
To: PistolPaknMama
Rahm will be what... 100th person who is not one that Obama knew? Let’s set aside Blago for now, does Obama know anyone?
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posted on
12/14/2008 11:07:41 AM PST
by
alecqss
To: jimbo123
Hey, here’s hoping Bloggo stays in office. It’s the only leverage he has against the Chicago mob. I dare say his state police have something on all the players to date and wouldn’t it be entertaining to see the Illinois state police start arresting some of these players such as Daly, Durbin, JJ jr, Rahm, etc.
To: GoCards
That’s what I was thinking. Why does this get reported in the Australian news and not here? (I know the answer, question was a statement.)
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