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Old KHQA articles that state that Obama did indeed meet with Blago, specifically to discuss his seat replacement. These were pulled from publication by KHQA shortly after Blago came under suspicion.

This is entering into the realm of the bizarre -- from the web site of KHQA TV (HT LGF), http://www.connecttristates.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=233822 regarding a story I have saved at my web host from November 5 (bold is mine): http://www.bizzyblog.com/BlagoObamaToMeetPerKHQA110508.html KHQA TV wishes to offer clarification regarding a story that appeared last month on our website ConnectTristates.com. The story, which discussed the appointment of a replacement for President Elect Obama in the U.S. Senate, became the subject of much discussion on talk radio and on blog sites Wednesday. The story housed in our website archive was on the morning of November 5, 2008....

Yesterday, we noted that a report was published November 5th that Blago met with Obama over his successor, contradicting Obama's contention, and supporting the assertion of David Axelrod -- in a statement dismissed by the campaign as mis-speaking after Obama went on the record to the contrary in response to a question. KHQA-TV in Quincy, IL has withdrawn its reports and scrubbed its website. This gave rise to blogger investigations, looking into it. Evidence developed by other bloggers strongly suggests the following is what happened. Herewith my theory: Rod Blagojevich's office put out this press release on Nov. 5th, making...

In any event, other than David Axelrod’s assertion on November 23rd that Obama and Blagojevich discussed the Senate succession, no independent reporting found thus far puts the two of them on the phone together or in the same room strategizing on Obama’s replacement. I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that such a meeting took place — it would make sense, politically, for Blagojevich to consult Obama on potential candidates even if Blagojevich wasn’t corrupt — but people will have to look harder for evidence.

When I saw this yesterday, something told me it wouldn't last long, so I saved an image of the page. Sure enough, the website has received pressure to remove the story dated November 10, 2008.

The response of Kathryn Jean Lopez (National Review Online) to the arrest of Rod Blagojevich was priceless. "Finally, a political scandal you can talk to your children about. No room at the Mayflower. No myspace page. No Gay-American announcement. Just good and evil and money and power corrupting." Rod Blagojevich is part of a storied American tradition. Continues...================================================================== Obama hits 'Reboot Image', activates Blago transfer file software At the rate this is going, there may be no unindicted Democrat left in Illinois to fill Obama's seat. There's so much Democrat corruption in Illinois that even a Republican could win an...

The story that put the lie to the No-O & Blogo Meeting was found yesterday and disappeared down the memory hole at News : KHQA.