Notice this and similar gems...AP turning on BO?
Yang told Blagojevich he “should leverage the President-elect’s desire to have ‘Senate Candidate 1’ (Jarrett) appointed to the Senate seat in order to get a head position” with a union organization called Change to Win.
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Obama released a report late last month stating no one on his staff discussed favors with Blagojevich, ...
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During the first call cited in the Blagojevich complaint that included Yang, on Nov. 7, the governor told Harris and Yang, “I want to make money.” He said he’d take a cabinet post or the Change to Win job in return for Jarrett’s appointment.
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Yang suggested the union job would lead to less questions and scrutiny for Obama, the complaint states.
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“Advisor B stated that he likes the ... idea, but liked the Change to Win option better because, according to Advisor B, from the President-elect’s perspective, there would be fewer ‘fingerprints’ on the President-elect’s involvement with Change to Win,” the complaint says.
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Yang noted that Change to Win already has a revenue stream, meaning Blagojevich “won’t have stories in four years that they bought you off.”
Crap like this makes me so discussed with our political process.
So all these advisers discussing what would be desirable to the President-Elect in this matter did not have any contact with the President-Elect regarding this matter.
Yeah, sure.