Posted on 06/25/2010 10:16:12 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
CHICAGO -- An ex-aide to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich testified this week that President Obama knew Blagojevich wanted a plum job in the administration in exchange for appointing a politically palatable person to fill Obama's vacated Senate seat.
John Harris, Blagojevich's former chief of staff, testified in the ex-governor's corruption trial in federal District Court here this week that Obama was aware Blagojevich was working to leverage the Senate seat into a cabinet position for himself.
He also said Blagojevich believed that if he appointed to the Senate Obama's longtime friend Valerie Jarrett, Blagojevich would get a top job. Jarrett had been working on the Obama presidential campaign before accepting her current position as a senior White House advisor.
"The president understands that the governor would be willing to make the appointment of Valerie Jarrett as long as he gets what he's asked for," Harris told the court Wednesday.
The White House declined to comment Thursday on testimony regarding Obama and Jarrett.
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Yet I bet you and just about everyone else on FR thinks that Fox is the place to go for "fair and balanced news."
Thank you F15Eagle!
I've noticed that on stories, even if it is not partisan, they don't have much, or any, coverage on stories where they don't have one of their people on site or extensive video coverage. Often they don't even mention it. Also, like any operation, someone makes a decision on which stories to cover and concentrate on.
Thank you for posting that picture.
It is becoming more and more evident that 0bama is not a well man, mentally.
Who could deny that, given the evidence of that picture ?
..or any, coverage on stories where they don’t have one of their people on site or extensive video coverage...etc
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Do you think that possibly the ‘other’ networks aren’t sharing the ‘pool coverage’.
Isn’t that what they basically do anymore to cut costs?
I really don’t know as I don’t watch ANY of them.
KNEW OF IT? HE DEMANDED IT. I am in charge and this is it, unless FBI wiretaps take you out.
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