Is That Smell Around Obama From The Illinois Sewer?
Dec 13, 2008 Political
Governor Rod Blagojevich’s public exposure of the crime in Illinois politics has given us insight into the mind of the liberals who supported Barack Obama. When Patrick Fitzgerald was going strong in the Valerie Plame case the liberals were like sharks in bloody water. They could not wait to see what he had to say about George Bush and the people around him. They had orgasms thinking about Bush administration officials being frog marched out in chains. The heavy activity happened around Christmas and the liberals were calling it a “Merry Fitzmas.” Fitzgerald knew who disclosed Plame’s not so secret identity in the first three days but he ignored that and kept going. He finally got Scooter Libby on perjury though if the investigation had stopped when Fitzgerald had discovered the “leak”, Libby would never have been convicted.
Now, Fitzgerald is hot and heavy in Governor Blago’s crimes and though it is around Christmas there is little of the Merry Fitzmas feeling going around, at least on the left.
Blago is accused of trying to sell Barack Obama’s Senate seat to the highest bidder. Blago is upset that he was arrested because he figures he could have gotten top dollar for the seat since Obama hardly used it. The extent of the corruption is unknown at this time but speculation is that it reaches far into the Obama circle of advisers. The left refuses to believe that Obama or his people were aware of any of this and cite Fitzgerald’s statement as proof. Fitzgerald said:
“…there’s no reference in the complaint to any conversation involving the president-elect or indicating that the president-elect was aware of it.” Media Matters
The liberal media, that went absolutely nuts in convicting Bush officials in the Plame affair (in the court of public opinion), are quick to point out Fitzgerald’s words as proof that Obama is not involved. The truth is, Fitzgerald only said that there is no reference to any Obama involvement in the complaint. That does not mean Obama was or was not involved, it only means that any involvement he might or might not have is not mentioned in the complaint against Blago. This parsing of words has escaped the left just as Clinton’s parsed words did for eight long years. Obama came from the sewer that is Illinois politics and he certainly has a few turds stuck to him.
Despite the media’s interpretation of Fitzgerald’s words, there is evidence that at least some in Obama’s circle are involved. Whether Obama is or not remains to be seen but he will be as protected now as he was when he was campaigning. Michelle Obama is referred to on page 64 of the indictment. There is an indication that Blago spoke with someone representing Obama and the fact that Blago knew that Obama would not pay to play begs the question of how he knew it without speaking to someone.
There was speculation that Rahm Emanuel was the one who turned Blago in but this appears to be a ruse to cover actual involvement. The tough guy ballerina has tap danced around this issue because there is indication that he spoke with Blago on behalf of Obama. Obama said that he was shocked at what happened and that he would not comment on the issues until an internal investigation was completed to find out what his people knew but assured everyone that none of them were involved. How does he know this if the investigation has not been completed. It would have been much wiser for Obama to say he had confidence that no one was involved but that he did not know for sure and was looking into it. If it turns out that one of his people was involved, Obama will be seen as a liar.
Well, he might not by the media who will excuse it as someone doing something behind his back. Obama cannot be allowed to fail and he cannot be held to the same standards the left and its media wing demanded of George Bush. Chris Matthews has already told us that it was his job to ensure Obama succeeds. How objective does anyone think he will really be? Hell, the media have already called the Blago incident fodder for the right wing smear machine. The left would never do that. No, just ask DeLay, Foley, Bush, Rove, Libby, etc…
Jesse Jackson Jr, son of a race baiting poverty pimp and so called civil rights aficionado by the same name, was mentioned in the indictment as well. He was candidate #5 for the Senate seat and the one Blago felt was willing to play the game. Jr has stated that he was not involved in any pay to play scheme but he has retained a lawyer. Jackson Sr stated that he was not an emissary mentioned in the indictment and that he was not involved. Sr has been involved in countless shake down schemes throughout his career so it is not inconceivable that he was working to get his son a Senate seat. All this takes away from Obama and what he did or did not know, which is the key.
You see, the left loves to ask that question. What did [insert Republican name here] know and when did he know it? The same standard needs to be applied to Obama and we deserve straight answers. The public deserves a media that will go after this story with the same fervor it demonstrated in the Plame case.
It is interesting that these issues are rearing their ugly heads before the anointed one even takes office but certainly not unexpected from those who paid attention to more than the liberal media.
I think that Obama is tangentially involved in this issue and that he has other political misdeeds that might come to light. Rahm Emanuel is certainly involved in all this and when the full breadth of this investigation is known, he might be an embarrassment to The One.
In any event, this is not some rendition of a Vast Right Wing Conspiracy as those on the left would have people believe. This is an issue that is the result of the corruption that permeates Illinois politics and that corruption, at this time, is full of Democrats who have connections to the illegitimate so to be president elect.
Is there any doubt that the next 4 years will be full of scandals?
The number might make the Clinton scandals pale in comparison…
Obama; Change we can believe in or no change from the corruption that raised him? Does anyone believe that as far and wide as corruption extends in Illinois, that some of the many Illinois insiders Obama has around him are not tainted? Does anyone believe Obama grew up in that atmosphere and left unscathed?
At least he has a reason to sneak a cigarette…
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The Story Change We Can Believe In
Dec 10, 2008 Political
This is our time, this is the our moment, change is on the way. And with words like these Barack Obama rode a wave of excitement all the way to an election victory marking the first time a black person has won that office and demonstrating that the Constitution means little to him.
Barack Obama’s change we need seems to be everything but what he promised people. The change they thought they were getting is a change of politics as usual in DC but it turns out that Obama is more of the same. He has selected a bunch of retreads from the Clinton years and he has backtracked on a number of his promises. The moonbats are very upset with him because he is now saying different things than he did when he wanted votes.
It also seems that the change he meant was that his people would change their stories in order to keep him from being further linked to bad things like the corruption that Illinois, particularly Chicago, is famous for. Twenty percent of the governors from that state have been indicted or convicted and the current criminal chief executive is no different. Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested yesterday after FBI agents used a LEGAL wiretap to intercept his calls. Seems the Governor was holding an auction for the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama. The governor made it clear that Obama has sex with mothers and that the seat was open to the highest bidder. Blagojevich made it clear that he wanted money.
One of the candidates for the seat was a person Obama wanted to get it but the governor was not happy about that stating that Obama would only give him some appreciation instead of a position in his administration. One would have to believe that Obama had spoken with the governor about his [Obama’s] preference and since the governor knew Obama was only offering praise it only makes sense to conclude that it must have been discussed. In other words, how did Blagojevich know he would only get gratitude if he had not discussed it?
But hold on now. There is no way that we are going to tie Obama to any of this. As a matter of fact, Obama said he had not spoken with the Governor and that he was not involved in any of it.
The problem is, a few weeks ago David Axelrod, Obama’s senior adviser, told Fox News Chicago that Barry had spoken with the governor:
While insisting that the President-elect had not expressed a favorite to replace him, and his inclination was to avoid being a “kingmaker,” Axelrod said, “I know he’s talked to the governor and there are a whole range of names many of which have surfaced, and I think he has a fondness for a lot of them.” [emphasis mine]
As is usual, the Obama team came out and denied this. They say that Axelrod merely misspoke when he was on Fox. Axlerod himself confirmed this. Yes, since it disputes what The One has said then it must have been a misstatement.
The problem is, Axlerod said I KNOW he’s talked to him. He did not say I think he did, or he might have, or I am unsure, he said I KNOW. How can this be a misstatement? If he said that Obama had spoken with him and then it turns out that he did not then he could have misspoken but in this case he said he knew it.
I believe that he did know it because nothing that Obama does happens without Axelrod knowing. This is exactly how he KNEW it. But, the story has to change because if it does not then Obama is a liar and we can’t have that when it comes to the Messiah. Obama, as is his pattern, threw Axelrod under the bus. Axelrod had to fall on his sword to ensure Obama was not caught in a lie.
When he said that he would bring change to Washington he meant that they would change their stories to whatever is convenient. Instead of change we can believe in we have changed stories that are hard to believe.
Obama spoke with disgraced governor Rod Blagojevich about this issue but The Sainted One is trying to distance himself from the controversy and he did that with a lie. Obama backed Blagojevich each time he ran for office and had good things to say about him. Turns out that he was not such a great guy after all. When will we hear; “Rod Blagojevich is not the governor I knew”? Hey you, get under the bus.
What did Barack Obama know and when did he know it? The governor already said that Obama would not pay to play so that means Obama knew about the game Blagojevich was playing. Why did Obama not go to the authorities? Of course it is because it is Illinois and this is how politics is done there so for Obama it was business as usual.
The guy is not even really the president elect yet. He has won the election but the Electors do not meet until the 15th to cast their votes. At that time he will be the PE. No, he is nothing yet and already we have scandals coming out that involve him even if it is in some tangential fashion. At the least it is a distraction and at the most it demonstrates the climate from which he came (and will undoubtedly take to the White House).
I wonder, at what point in his term will he surpass the number of scandals Clinton had? I also wonder if Axelrod feels stung by having to call himself a liar. If you are working for The One you had better get used to it because everyone else goes down before Obama.
Axelrod demonstrated that we can never trust his words again and he showed us that Obama is a liar who will cover his tracks at the expense of others.
As a challenge, someone find where anyone mentions that the governor is a DEMOCRAT…
As an aside, today is the day all the gays are calling out of work to protest the success of Proposition 8. They call it “A day without a gay.” To me that sounds great. We should have those everyday…
Sources:
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