Posted on 12/10/2008 9:34:36 AM PST by PurpleMan
President-elect Barack Obama is calling for the Illinois governor to resign.
Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs says the president-elect agrees with other prominent politicians in Illinois and elsewhere that "under the current circumstances, it is difficult for the governor to effectively do his job and serve the people of Illinois."
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Will there be a pardon in the future if Blag falls on his sword now and resigns, takes the hits? I think so.
Obama wants to get rid of this guy before anyone connects the dots.
Gonna be a fun 4 years!
What did Obama know and when did he know it?
Its the appearance of impropriety!
I’m sure Alan Keyes is looking for another chance to embarass himself and the party
I didn’t do that song. But there is a Christmas YouTube sing-along about the bus. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NmKrAng9mg
:-)
thankfully he isn't a republican anymore. The only chance he has in winning is if a certain freeper was emperor of the world. And thankfully that isn't gonna happpen.
This is just the Hope and Change Gov. Rod needs!
Some key dates ...
9/17/08 0 calls Emil Jones about ethics bill
9/19/08 Blago calls the move a Republican trap, and brings up Rezko’s name in a presser. “I have a theory on what happened in the Rezko situation was a system, you know, sucked him in and then some lines were crossed and then that person found himself actually violating some of the rules,” Blagojevich said.
10/07/08 Blago tells Rezko to tell the truth, the day after federal prosecutors indicated that the convicted fund-raiser might be cooperating with them. Rezko sentencing subsequently delayed.
10/12/08 Rezko starts talking.
10/17/08 Blago sends 0 message via Sun-Times’ Sneed, “Who will it be?”
10/21/08 Order was signed authorizing a 30-day interception of oral communications at Friends of Blago, Blago’s personal office and the conference room and that it was begun on Oct. 22.
??? Feds ask Trib to hold the presses due to wire taps.
10/28/08 “Goodbye gov? Sneed hears a plan is afoot to impeach Gov. Blagojevich following the presidential election next month. Word is the votes are there. Stay tuned.”
10/31/08 “I just don’t want to jinx him and I don’t like the karma of me thinking that far ahead,” Blagojevich said of Obama ‘s prospects in Tuesday’s election. The governor added, “We have had some discussions about a process which we’ll share ... if all goes well.”
11/05/08 Blago meets with 0 regarding senate appointment process? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2146114/posts
11/07/08 Blago sends second message to team 0 via Sneed, “Sen. Madigan?”
11/12/08 Durbin announces his intent to speak about his senate candidates with Blago.
Rahn appointed chief of staff.
11/13/08 Durbin asks Blago for a meeting, voices Duckworth as a favorite.
Jarrett pulls name from senate appointment list, opts for cabinet post.
“After several pages of detailing those machinations, the criminal complaint takes an abrupt turn, describing NO WIRETAPS for a period of THREE WEEKS. The complaint says Blagojevich had “numerous conversations” about the Senate seat during that period, but it doesn’t detail any.”
11/14/08 0 announces senate seat resignation, and distances himself from Blago, (courtesy of the WaPo). Resignation meant to ratchet up the pressure on Gov. Rod Blagojevich “to name a successor more quickly than planned.”
11/23/08 Axelrod said, “I know he’s talked to the governor and there are a whole range of names many of which have surfaced, and I think he has a fondness for a lot of them.”
12/05/08 “Chicago Tribune ran a story on its front page reporting that law enforcement had secretly recorded Blagojevich’s conversations as part of a criminal investigation. Blagojevich immediately instructed Fundraiser A to “undo” the plan to meet personally with the associate of Candidate Five, (JJJ).”
12/09/08 Blago arrested, is accused of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, as well as soliciting bribes.
12/10/08 0 calls for Blago’s resignation.
Triangulation.... They are all having secret meetings getting staff on the same page. Between Blago and Redzko they have the goods on Obama. Hopefully Fitz lives up to his reputation, you don’t move up in Chicago politics as fast as Obama without leaving some skeletons. Blago only Verbalized what the actions of those thugs in Illinois has always been.
Yup.
And the MSM will do all that they can to facilitate and eliminate the threat; Blag will look worse than Hitler by the time they're done with him.
The longer this drags on, the more scrutiny 0bama receives, the more of a chance ALL the dots are exposed.
The conspiracies begin.
The seriousness of the charges.
Hear ya...But by the time he finds it, he’ll be in a jail cell and an old man.
For a not so small fee, maybe he will.
I think it’s too late...
It is a no-brainer Obama owes Blago BIG. That is why Blago called him a mother effer. Blago wanted saved from impeachment. I’d bet that the contact all along between Bl;ago and Obama was Rahm. The mob ship is sinking and it is only the tip of the iceberg. They have plenty on Obama and they are only praying to get it out before Jan 20 or will hush their mouths and pray for a pardon. Which will it be?
CYA. He wants this guy off the evening news ASAP.
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