Wow, this guy is good!
Posted on 12/10/2008 5:59:25 AM PST by mdittmar
President-elect Barack Obama's decision to keep a distance from his state's governor, who was arrested on corruption charges on Tuesday, should enable him to escape becoming tainted by the scandal, analysts said.
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich stands accused of trying to sell the president-elect's vacant U.S. Senate seat for financial and other personal benefits for himself and his wife, among other charges.
"Obama is not related to the corruption pattern in Chicago," said political scientist Dick Simpson of the University of Illinois in Chicago. "He has not been pressing for any person to replace him in his Senate seat."
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, announcing the charges, also said Obama was in no way implicated.
Obama, who takes office on January 20, left the Senate soon after winning the November 4 presidential election. As governor, Blagojevich, a Democrat, has sole authority to announce a replacement to serve the remaining two years of Obama's term.
Obama told reporters he was "saddened and sobered."
"I had no contact with the governor or his office and so I was not aware of what was happening. As I said, it is a sad day for Illinois. Beyond that I don't think it's appropriate to comment," he said.
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Wow, this guy is good!
Yes, it seems he never actually knew anyone in Ci-cago although he lived and rose to power there.
"Obama is not related to the corruption pattern in Chicago," said Jedi Knight Dick Simpson...
No, I wouldn't be surprised at all. The election's over, the prize is won, and the useful idiots will find themselves kicked to the curb.
Right that is why Rezko got 0bama a sweetheart deal on his mansion and bought the side lot over market value because 0bama couldn't afford both the house and the lot.
Isn't William Ayers a professor in good standing at UIC?
I must say that I am surprised to discover that Dick Simpson is NOT among the 4,000 names on the Bill Ayers support petition.
http://www.supportbillayers.org/2008/09/educator-statement.html
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Ha! The lapdog media spinning madly for Obama is what will save his corrupt butt, just as they did for the Clintons. This profession has no credibility anymore. Journalists are nothing more than a bunch of liberal, partisan political hacks who don't even hide that fact anymore.
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