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Rahm Traded Favors with Blago: Report
« on: June 21, 2010, 02:27:50 PM »
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President Barack Obama's chief of staff, then a congressman in Illinois, apparently attempted to trade favors with embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich while he was in office, according to newly disclosed e-mails obtained by The Associated Press.

Emanuel agreed to sign a letter to the Chicago Tribune supporting Blagojevich in the face of a scathing editorial by the newspaper that ridiculed the governor for self-promotion. Within hours, Emanuel's own staff asked for a favor of its own: The release of a delayed $2 million grant to a school in his district. ...

Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/Rahm-Traded-Favors-with-Blago-Report-96812049.html#ixzz0rW94cvEN

I am shocked, shocked I say to find crookedness in Obama's inner circle.  :lmao:
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Re: Rahm Traded Favors with Blago: Report
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2010, 02:32:30 PM »
I've been hearing that one name has been mentioned more than any other in the Blago trial : Tony Rezko.  But there's no way he'll ever be able to be called to testify.

This site has some interesting info on the trial, if anyone cares:

http://www.bettergov.org/Default.aspx
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Re: Rahm Traded Favors with Blago: Report
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2010, 06:16:05 PM »
I hope that we learn what Obama really knew...

I suspect it's a LOT more than anyone thinks...
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Re: Rahm Traded Favors with Blago: Report
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2010, 10:06:59 AM »
Audio from the federal wiretaps and the transcripts are available here.

Lots of bleeped out f-bombs, although the transcripts contain everything in its entirety.
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Re: Rahm Traded Favors with Blago: Report
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2010, 07:45:26 PM »
Politics, Chicago Style.
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Re: Rahm Traded Favors with Blago: Report
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2010, 08:56:05 PM »
Rahm-bo did WHAT?!? to Blago's WHO?!? for HOW MANY COOKIES?!?

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Re: Rahm Traded Favors with Blago: Report
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2010, 09:06:41 PM »
It just keeps piling on and piling on...

Item 4,256 in the list of things that Obama is accused of doing that, if applied to Bush, would have jailed him a long time ago.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/2427402,CST-NWS-BLAGO24.article

Here, Obama knew of former, disgraced Illinois Democratic Governor Blagojevich's plot to win himself a presidential Cabinet post in exchange for appointing Valerie Jarrett to the U.S. Senate.

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A top aide to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich said he believed Barack Obama knew of Blagojevich's plot to win himself a presidential Cabinet post in exchange for appointing Valerie Jarrett to the U.S. Senate.

John Harris, Blagojevich's former chief of staff, testified Wednesday in the former governor's corruption trial that three days after the Nov. 4, 2008, presidential election, the ex-governor told Harris he felt confident Obama knew he wanted to swap perks.

<MORE AT LINK>


Yeppers, just another fender bender. Move along now.
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Re: Rahm Traded Favors with Blago: Report
« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2010, 02:16:18 PM »
After five weeks of salty, f-bomb-laden testimony, it's hard to imagine revelations about Rod Blagojevich getting any more embarrassing.

On Thursday, they did:

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Blagojevich was invited to Barack Obama's historic Election Day rally -- only if he agreed not to show up.

The former governor hid in the bathroom to avoid uncomfortable talk with the state's budget director.

And the former governor was heard sharing his thoughts about the people of Illinois: "F--- all of you."

The revelations came through a secret recording and the testimony of Robert Greenlee, the Yale-educated former deputy governor under Blagojevich who testified that he was often dispatched to research job possibilities for Rod and Patti Blagojevich.

As the trial concluded for the week, prosecutors disclosed that they were prepared to rest their case on Tuesday.

On Thursday, they continued to play a series of recordings in which Blagojevich ruminates about Senate seat appointments and his political future -- or lack thereof.

The morning of Election Day, Rod Blagojevich goes on a rant to Greenlee, referencing his 13 percent approval rating.

"I f------ busted my a-- and pissed people off and gave your grandmother a free f------ ride on a bus. OK? I gave your f------ baby a chance to have health care," Blagojevich is heard saying on tape. "And what do I get for that? Only 13 percent of you all out there think I'm doing a good job. So f--- all of you."

Much more at the above link....what a douche.
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Re: Rahm Traded Favors with Blago: Report
« Reply #8 on: July 09, 2010, 02:43:38 PM »
I watched Blago on Celebrity Apprentice... Telling it was.  This White House is just him....
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Re: Rahm Traded Favors with Blago: Report
« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2010, 03:52:15 PM »
The trial may have just ended.  Reports are that the defense is going to rest their case without calling either Rod Blagojevich or his wife.

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The corruption trial of Rod Blagojevich has adjourned for the day without the former governor taking the witness stand.

Court will resume Wednesday at 9 a.m.

Rod Blagojevich's brother, Robert, was on the witness stand throughout the day.

Robert Blagojevich has testified that he had no part in alleged plans to trade Barack Obama's former Senate seat for campaign funds or a Cabinet post for his sibling. On Tuesday, he suggested that it was Obama who was reaching out for something by indicating his interest early in seeing his friend Valerie Jarrett get the seat.

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Re: Rahm Traded Favors with Blago: Report
« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2010, 05:22:30 PM »
That's not the Rahm Emmanuel I knew.
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