Posted on 06/29/2010 4:12:10 PM PDT by Lou Budvis
Nothing criminal about The One’s behavior here — to this day, there hasn’t been a single accusation that he considered a quid pro quo with Blago to appoint his candidate of choice — but this does suggest that Team Barry’s report on all this in December 2008 was a sham. The claim that Obama had spoken to a middleman about the seat had been made previously, but not until now did the middleman himself step forward to confirm it. Meet Tom Balanoff of — ta da — SEIU: “Tom, I want to talk to you with regard to the Senate seat,” Obama told him. Balanoff said Obama said he had two criteria: someone who was good for the citizens of Illinois and could be elected in 2010.
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
Balanoff has been up to his red neck in Communist Party fronts and activities for decades. Seems to run in his family, too.
His FBI files would be an eye-opener.
says a lot about obama...
Says a lot about the MSM as well. I blame them for this mess. They never vetted this guy. Still haven't.
And never will . . . they will support, protect, and defend their boy to the end!!
IF IF IF we had an honest media “Union official: Obama used me as a middleman to talk to Blagojevich about the Senate seat” would start the process of impeachment. But we don’t.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.