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Why Obama May Be Terrified by Trump Commuting Blagojevich’s Sentence
pjmedia.com ^ | 2/20/2020 | matt margolis

Posted on 02/20/2020 9:10:44 PM PST by bitt

Ever since President Trump commuted the sentence of disgraced former governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich, I’ve been asking myself why he would do such a thing. I have a theory about what might have contributed to the decision, and if I’m right, Barack Obama should be concerned.

When Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, it was then-Governor Blagojevich’s responsibility to appoint someone to fill the seat. But, Blagojevich didn’t just want to give it away, he wanted something for it. “A Senate seat is a f---ing valuable thing. You don’t just give it away for nothing,” Blagojevich said at the time.

In 2011, Blagojevich was sentenced to 11 years in prison on corruption charges. Of course, he wanted a pardon from Obama, but never got one. That had to be tough for the disgraced governor, considering Obama granted clemency to terrorists and traitors, but couldn’t (or wouldn’t) give one to a former political ally.

This naturally should have people asking: Why?

In my opinion, it all comes back to Blagojevich's attempt to sell Obama’s former Senate seat. Soon after Obama’s victory, negotiations began for Blagojevich to appoint an Obama-approved candidate to fill his seat. Obama even provided a list of suitable candidates. At the top of the list was Valerie Jarrett. But, as previously mentioned, Blagojevich didn’t just want to give away the seat to someone. He wanted something in return: a position in Obama’s cabinet. Unfortunately for him, at the time, he was politically unpopular and the target of a federal corruption probe, and being wiretapped by the FBI. The chances of him getting picked for a cabinet position were slim. Jarrett also eventually decided to follow Obama to the White House as an advisor.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: bho44; blago; blagojevich; cultureofcorruption; iran; iranlobby; jarrett; obama; obamashandler; rolandburris; trumppardons; valeriejarrett
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To: DesertRhino

Barry is anything but “a nobody homo.” OK, “lackluster record” hits the mark, but Barry-kins is a CIA love child, who was constantly helped along the path toward undeserved greatness.

The CIA-instigated criminality surrounding his birth certificate and faked death of its procurer is truly unprecedented. Essentially, many high-level CIA players were involved to paper over Barry’s identity.

The answer is in Barry’s blood.


61 posted on 02/21/2020 3:35:47 AM PST by rx (Truth will out!)
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To: the_Watchman

Obama had Saudi backing from early on. Arab money paid for his Columbia degree. The Sauds had a lot of money invested in him. Why would they not buy him a Senate seat?


62 posted on 02/21/2020 3:37:12 AM PST by arthurus (0|-)
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To: Patriot Babe

Blago is not dangerous to the Clintons, I think.Is the Obama organization able or ready to make him quiet?


63 posted on 02/21/2020 3:41:06 AM PST by arthurus (r)
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To: 5th MEB
I just call it [...] the OBUNGHOLE

It's not as if Barry disowns his identity every time he signs his name.

. . . . .

64 posted on 02/21/2020 3:49:58 AM PST by rx (Truth will out!)
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To: bitt

So finally we get to see Obama’s continuous cloak and dagger operation revealed. Obama is still at it with the help of ValJAR , WHO ACTUALLY RESIDES IN THE OBAMA HOME.

The waterboarding of Iranian agent Valjar would reveal a treasure trove of information damning the Obamas, and so they keep her close.But she shook her pu$$y well enough to convince Obama to give away billions in cash to Iran, thereby extending terrorist activities of Iran which were responsible for the Iranian caused deaths of Americans.

Valjar is a piece of work. She definitely would be a great asset to thoroughly debrief with the proper enticements.


65 posted on 02/21/2020 3:55:49 AM PST by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obam_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: bitt

You had to know it wasn’t because the President thinks Blago is a swell guy.


66 posted on 02/21/2020 4:03:13 AM PST by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: arthurus; generally
"Saudi backing," you say!

And what does it mean to be an influential Saudi? Why is connection to the Saudi family a thing of influence? O I L !

Saudi oil got its start as A R A M C O. And ARAMCO got its start from A M O C O, the roots of which is solidly the signature of the Rocke fellers. That tells you why Jesse Jackson and Mosely Braun would "back off." That tells you how Jack Ryan's court-sealed divorce records would become public to aid a supposed "nobody."

That tells you why Clapper and Brennan would hire Dennis Montgomery and buy many millions of dollars of computer equipment to invade and edit the Hawaii Vital Statistics and as a two-fer help to get rid of Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

That tells you why the same Brennan would send a $2B CIA submarine and its foreign operatives to fraudulently influence an American presidential election. He sent it where Barry's CIA-forged birth certificate procurer's expensively choreographed, faked death would allow her to retire with a million dollar jingle in her, her "family's" and her associate's pockets, in The Fuddy Hoax.

67 posted on 02/21/2020 4:15:59 AM PST by rx (Truth will out!)
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To: a fool in paradise

“What [would] Obama get?”

A bought off Senator who votes 100% of the time with the POTUS? A well-placed snitch in the Senate cloakroom? Would like to see the complete list of names of obozo’s suitable candidates. Politicians do such things. The governor had the power to appoint the replacement. Was obozo / obozo’s people trying to strong arm Blagojevich?


68 posted on 02/21/2020 4:21:53 AM PST by Susquehanna Patriot
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To: eyedigress; laplata
You're thinking of the April 30, 2011 White House Correspondents dinner in DC, where Barry mercilessly used the Lion King (his "official birth video") and other Hollywood film clips as a metaphor for his own "royal birth" (*cough, cough*, yet "magically true" in the Illuminati's eyes) to ward off birth criticisms as led by The Donald.
69 posted on 02/21/2020 4:33:20 AM PST by rx (Truth will out!)
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To: Patriot Babe

A friend of mine from Macedonia told me that Blago is Serbian. Once out of prison, he will get even with those that he feels wronged him. I really hope I don’t develop a popcorn allergy.


70 posted on 02/21/2020 4:59:40 AM PST by Dutch Boy
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To: laplata

“...six ways from Sunday at getting back at you.”
(Chuckie Schumer to POTUS DJT)


71 posted on 02/21/2020 6:30:02 AM PST by V K Lee ("VICTORY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS IS JUDGMENT FOR THE WICKED")
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To: jcon40

Well, I highly doubt they have Obama in a conversation with Blago telling him it was Jarrett or Blago would be in trouble. Obama KNEW the Feds were looking into Blago and Obama wouldn’t have been caught dead threatening Blago.

And then the Obama Admin investigated themselves in ‘the matter’ and found no wrongdoing by themselves. Not a peep from the Left. Can you just imagine if a Repub Admin tried to get away with investigating themselves??

IIRC, the Obama Admin investigated themselves in a few ‘matters’ but never, ever found wrongdoing.


72 posted on 02/21/2020 6:34:09 AM PST by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..?)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Black armband?


73 posted on 02/21/2020 7:00:13 AM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: ocrp1982

THis should be repeated again and again.


74 posted on 02/21/2020 7:01:33 AM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: 5th MEB

Obola or Zero will do, too.


75 posted on 02/21/2020 7:02:29 AM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: V K Lee

“...six ways from Sunday at getting back at you.”
(Chuckie Schumer to POTUS DJT)

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They tried, didn’t they.


76 posted on 02/21/2020 7:14:08 AM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: rx

Thank you for that.


77 posted on 02/21/2020 7:15:17 AM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

“I wonder how O will celebrate the anniversary of his dad’s assassination today”?

Probably smoke some dope.


78 posted on 02/21/2020 7:16:19 AM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Hieronymus

My memory is getting old. Thanks.


79 posted on 02/21/2020 7:17:24 AM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: eyedigress

Thanks. My memory is getting old.


80 posted on 02/21/2020 7:18:10 AM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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