Posted on 12/21/2008 8:51:38 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Obama absolves Emanuel in gov. scandal By: Mike Allen December 21, 2008 11:43 AM EST
President-elect Barack Obamas aides plan to release a report this week absolving incoming chief of staff Rahm Emanuel of any impropriety in his contacts with the disgraced Illinois governors office, Democratic sources tell Politico.
The report is expected Monday or Tuesday. Obama said last week that he was delaying it until this week at the request of federal prosecutors.
The complaint against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose conversations had been secretly taped by federal investigators, tested the smoothly running Obama transition, with some Democrats fretting that the case presents a distraction that could last into the new administration.
ABCs George Stephanopoulos, host of This Week, said during the roundtable on his program Sunday that the Obama legal team's review of contacts with Blagojevich found that Emanuel had only one phone conversation with the governor, and it was a pro forma conversation.
I have been briefed on the review that Obama has done, Stephanopoulos said. The sources I talked to say that what it will show is there were actually far less contacts than we had heard that Rahm Emanuel only had one phone call with Governor Blagojevich. It wasnt even really about the Senate seat.
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Distraction. That’s getting as much use as the word ‘notion’.
What he is saying is that he is guilty but he pardons him.
I know that Obama went to the best schools and is a good orator, but I am not sure he knows the meaning of the word "impropriety." The meaning of that word is very different for him in contrast to its meaning for the rest of the world.
Of course Emanuel has been absolved, and that is all that counts. For he and Obama have similar Chicago gangster and Democratic Party backgrounds, where words mean what they say they mean, and who they apply to; certainly not to you or I.
We forgive ourselves, we pardon ourselves, we are clean, yes we are, yes we are.
The Messiah is at a higher pay grade than the silly old judiciary branch of the government.
There are 3 homosexual members of Obama’s former congregation at Trinity who have been murdered, execution style, since last year, including a former music minister. How come the news hounds aren’t all over this, esp. since it raises all kinds of red flags?
Looks like the Clinton machine is back in action.
LOL.
Does Obama forgive him?
Obama also found himself to be black after an internal investigation.
Amazing. Rahmbo did is not viewing the undercarriage of the bus. This might be a first. Of course if anyone knows whats really on Obama’s long form birth certificate, it would be Rahmbo.
Well, this is why ABC and the Democrats put Snuffleupagus in the great David Brinkley's seat in the first place - - to spin for their party. Nothing less is expected of Georgie.
Welcome to FR
This whole thing reeks!!! Internal investigation Bah!! We all knew the outcome of that.
This has turned into a surreal nightmare with more to come and he hasn’t even been coronated yet.
Lord have mercy on us.
Of course Obama is protecting him. He did what Obama wanted him to do. Obama is just as guilty if not more than his side kick.
This is quite crappy journalism coming from the The Politico.
If this were a Republican administration I would be very worried for the WH Chief of Staff’s future. Usually an expression of ‘confidence’ is followed by a forced resignation. As this is a Democrat administration, they’ll just tough-it out and wait for the Press to go away.
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