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Obama confident staff clear in Ill. gov scandal
Yahoo News ^ | 12/11/08 | By PHILIP ELLIOTT

Posted on 12/11/2008 8:42:07 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway

CHICAGO – President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday that he's confident no member of his staff was involved in discussing deals for his Senate seat with disgraced Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Obama also said once again that he had no discussions about the seat he is vacating with the Democratic governor, who was arrested by federal agents this week in connection with an alleged corruption scheme. "I was as appalled and disappointed as anyone," Obama said at a news conference called to announce a series of new appointments to the administration he is setting up. "I have never spoken to the governor on this subject," he said. "I am confident that no representative of mine" would have taken part in any such discussions, he added. He said "I think the public trust has been violated" and said he did not think that the governor "at this point can effectively serve Illinois.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blagojevich; bleepgate; chicago; criminals; democrats; gangsters; liars; mediaspin; obama; obamabots; obamalies; obamasays; obamatransitionfile; rezko
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Pure bull crap from Barry's lips!.......
1 posted on 12/11/2008 8:42:08 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

He’s also confident that the damming birth certificate will never be released.

Where, oh where, are some good leakers when we need them?

Oh, forgot, dhimmicrat leakers are never convicted, repub leakers are sentenced.


2 posted on 12/11/2008 8:43:45 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Question: Who was Gov. when Barry got “elected”?


3 posted on 12/11/2008 8:45:52 AM PST by clyde260 (Public Enemy #1: Network News!)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

I wonder if these people get down on their knees every day and thank God for a leftist media and a lazy, ignorant public?


4 posted on 12/11/2008 8:46:29 AM PST by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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To: clyde260

Sorry, ...when he got elected to the senate...


5 posted on 12/11/2008 8:47:10 AM PST by clyde260 (Public Enemy #1: Network News!)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

I am confident that no representative of mine....

So maybe Dick Durban was the go between as speculated on another thread talking about Durban wanting to be the first friend and meet with Zero and Blank after the election.


6 posted on 12/11/2008 8:48:08 AM PST by Hang'emAll
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To: Da Coyote
(Whups! There goes another person under the Obama bus)....this time it is Axelrod...............
7 posted on 12/11/2008 8:49:17 AM PST by yoe (America First and Foremost!)
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To: Oldpuppymax

The ignorant public has elected this smooth talking empty suit from the depths of Illinois corrupt political system.
I wonder if anyone who voted for him knows that he eliminated anyone who ran against him by trashing their personal lives in public?


8 posted on 12/11/2008 8:50:30 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: AngelesCrestHighway
He also talked about how crappy it was for people to go into politics to treat it as a business as opposed to serving the public. He said his appointments would be in politics for all the right reasons at the same press conference he is introducing Daschel as his latest appointment.

According to Politico last week:"Linda Daschle, one of Washington’s most prominent aviation lobbyists, said Wednesday that she’s leaving Baker Donelson as a senior policy adviser at the end of this year to open her own shop. Daschle was mum on whether her husband will serve as HHS secretary – as Democratic and health industry sources say – and wouldn’t comment on the timing of her job change, except to say she notified the firm last week and it sent out a note on her move on Wednesday."

9 posted on 12/11/2008 8:52:54 AM PST by Zevonismymuse
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The ignorant public has elected this smooth talking empty suit from the depths of Illinois corrupt political system.

And the MSM will continue covering for him since they are the ones who pushed him forward.

10 posted on 12/11/2008 8:54:42 AM PST by jersey117
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To: Oldpuppymax
I wonder if these people get down on their knees every day and thank God for a leftist media and a lazy, ignorant public?

I don' t know if they thank God every day but I suspect a good number of them spend a good amount of their time each day on their knees.

11 posted on 12/11/2008 8:54:46 AM PST by Zevonismymuse
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

First `saddened’ and now `appalled’. Zero’s on an emotional roller coaster.


12 posted on 12/11/2008 8:55:11 AM PST by tumblindice (Uh, um, let me say this about that....)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

“Confident” implies wiggle room. His exact words were, “absolutely certain”.


13 posted on 12/11/2008 8:56:39 AM PST by Rutles4Ever (Ubi Petrus, ibi ecclesia, et ubi ecclesia vita eterna!)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Ha ha ha, nice official denial Bammy.

You never spoke to Blago about this, got it. Let’s see what Blago & Blago say and go for a process crime for perjury. You can have the cell next to Libby Scooter.


14 posted on 12/11/2008 8:58:19 AM PST by agere_contra (So ... where's the birth certificate?)
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To: jersey117

56 million Americans suspected him as incompetent. His background check was shut down by the main stream media. If this had been a republican.....Well, we know what would have happened a long time ago!


15 posted on 12/11/2008 8:58:34 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: tumblindice

First `saddened’ and now `appalled’. Zero’s on an emotional roller coaster.....

....and up to five packs of cigs a day.....


16 posted on 12/11/2008 9:00:16 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: AngelesCrestHighway
Do you think BO might have actually set Blago up 'cause the price was too high?


17 posted on 12/11/2008 9:00:16 AM PST by paulycy
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To: AngelesCrestHighway
Obama confident staff clear in Ill. gov scandal

This one's a classic, friends.

18 posted on 12/11/2008 9:02:19 AM PST by the invisib1e hand (appeasement is collaboration.)
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To: paulycy

Yes...It’s possible on advise from henchman, Rahm Emanuel.


19 posted on 12/11/2008 9:02:55 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: the invisib1e hand

I hear there are some Black Panthers not exactly thrilled with the O....perhaps they will talk...


20 posted on 12/11/2008 9:05:53 AM PST by Ceoman
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