Lucy, the pictures are as plain as day. There is no denying the two were in close proximity with each other and worked together.
What IS missing is the verification that Obama actually made the statement:
“I only saw Rod Blagojevich one time ... and that was in the stands and from a distance at a Chicago Bears Football Game.”
Where is the undeniable, verifiable truth to that statement?
Without the proof, there is no case. It can easily be argued that somebody simply made it up to perpetrate a fictional internet/e-mail myth and accuse Obama of lying in a statement he never made.