• Barack Obama,  Rod Blagojevich

    Hot Rod Blagojevich Impeachment Stalls And He Can Still Fill Obama’s Senate Seat

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    New leaks out of Chicago: President-Elect Barack Obama’s Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel is reportedly on 21 different taped conversations by the Feds regarding Illinois Governor Blagojevich –dealing with Obama’s vacant Senate seat.

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    No quick resignation from the Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich over his arrest last week because of allegations he tried to sell an appointment to Barack Obama’s vacant U.S. Senate seat.

    A committee of the Illinois House considering evidence and testimony in an impeachment inquiry against Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich adjourned its first day of hearings after about an hour on Tuesday, after the governor’s lawyer and the federal prosecutor seeking to indict him both expressed concerns.

    Members of the 21-member committee, appointed Monday, said that United States Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald had asked for them more details about the witnesses the committee planned to call in its hearings. Mr. Fitzgerald asked the committee for a formal letter outlining its plans, indicating some reluctance about having witnesses testify who might harm the federal case.

    The lawyer for Mr. Blagojevich, Edward Genson, also objected, saying that he wanted to be present at the proceedings. The committee agreed, and Mr. Genson, who was not at the hearing on Tuesday, said he would be there when the committee reconvenes Wednesday morning.

    And, Illinois Democrats cancelled plans to craft legislation to take the appointment away from Blagojevich and call a special election.

    Democrats in the Illinois House of Representatives postponed stripping Governor Rod Blagojevich’s power to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama that prosecutors say Blagojevich tried to sell.

    The governor, a Chicago Democrat, retains authority to appoint Obama’s successor while the House pursues an impeachment process that may last weeks. Democratic lawmakers led by House Speaker Michael Madigan dropped plans late yesterday to schedule a special election to fill the post after failing to agree in a closed-door meeting, said Steve Brown, a Madigan aide.

    Blagojevich, 52, has resisted demands he resign since his Dec. 9 arrest by the FBI and accusations he tried to auction Obama’s seat for personal gain and intimidate the Chicago Tribune newspaper into firing editorial writers. Republicans said Democrats, who hold a 67-51 majority in the chamber, seek to avoid a loss of the seat to the GOP in a special election.

    So, where do we stand?

    Governor Blagojevich has been charged with a two count federal criminal complaint, lawyered up and facing impeachment. He retains all powers of the Illinois Governor and has absolute discretion to appoint a successor to Barack Obama’s Senate seat for a two year interim term.

    Next week, President-elect Barack Obama leaves for a Hawaiian Christmas vacation and will not comment on the affair any further until December 22nd.

    The speed of this case reminds Flap of recently defeated Congressman William Jefferson – SHEESH.

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  • George W. Bush

    Did the Iraqi Journalist’s Shoe REALLY Hit George W. Bush in the Head?

    Shoes and Bush

    Apparently, YES.

    Flap wants to GAG. Isn’t it enough President George W. Bush screwed up the GOP for possible decades with a poorly conceived and conducted foreign policy, especially in Iraq?

    Now, Bush has succeeded in leaving a lasting imprint on the economy.

    KEY GRAPH: “I’ve abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system….”

    Michelle calls the quote a political epitaph. Flap thinks the President is just burying his reputation deeper.

    Shoe anyone?


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  • Barack Obama,  Rahm Emanuel,  Rod Blagojevich

    Another Day in the Obama – Blagojevich Cover-Up: Do You Have Another Question?

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    Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and President-Elect Barack Obama

    The internal Obama Transition Team report (which details any contact their staff had with members of Illinois Governor Blagojevich) will not be released until next Monday, December 22.

    And, Obama is obviously NOT going to answer any questions about the matter.

    At today’s Chicago press conference, Obama was pressed by only one reporter out of four about embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

    The president-elect cut the Chicago reporter off — claiming that he didn’t want to “waste” their time –- before they could finish a question about Blagojevich.

    “Do you have another question?” Obama asked, indicating the reporter should move on to another subject.

    However, the reporter continued, trying to get Obama to remedy a seeming conflict between Obama’s “hands-off” approach dealing with the Blagojevich investigation and his promise for openness and transparency.

    “The U.S. attorney’s office specifically asked us not to release this until next week,” Obama said of his Transition Team’s internal investigation that has yet to be made fully public, “The facts are going to be released next week.  It would be inappropriate for me to comment.”

    The Transition Team will make their investigation available on Dec. 22nd, which will confirm who on Obama’s staff communicated with Blagojevich. No one on Obama’s staff is accused of any wrong-doing by the U.S. Attorney’s office.

    Obama said he has not confirmed the Chicago Tribune’s reporting over the weekend that his incoming Chief of Staff, Rahm Emmanuel, had a conversation with Blagojevich’s staff.

    “I haven’t confirmed that it was accurate,” Obama said as Emmanuel looked on from the side lines of the press conference, “I don’t want to get into the details at this point.”

    And, next week Obama and his family will be vacationing in Hawaii and probably be unavailable for questions.

    The press is starting to get wise and although there is nothing to indicate at this time Barack Obama’s direct involvement in the selling of his U.S.. Senate seat there remain some unanswered questions, particularly as to the role of his Chief of Staff, and former Illinois Congressman Rahm Emanuel.

    Obama held his news conference shortly after his transition office released a statement by spokesman Dan Pfeiffer saying the internal review had found no wrongdoing.

    Like the president-elect, the statement left several issues uncovered.

    It did not say whether Emanuel was heard on a wiretap providing the governor’s top aide with a list of names that the president-elect favored. Nor did it say who, if anyone, on Obama transition’s team had made contact with the governor or his aides concerning a replacement for Obama or whether Craig interviewed people under oath, or to whom he talked.

    Pfeiffer said the review “affirmed the public statements of the president-elect that he had no contact with the governor or his staff, and that the president-elect’s staff was not involved in inappropriate discussions with the governor or his staff over the selection of his successor as U.S. Senator.”

    So, the exit question: What is Obama trying to hide?


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  • Barack Obama,  Newt Gingrich,  Rahm Emanuel,  Rod Blagojevich

    Newt Gingrich Loses His Mind and Attacks Republican National Committee Over Blago Ad

    The association of President-Elect Barack Obama and the recently charged in a political corruption scandal, Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich

    Has Newt Gingrich lost his mind?

    Apparently so in a letter to RNC Chairman Mike Duncan.

    I was saddened to learn that at a time of national trial, when a president-elect is preparing to take office in the midst of the worst financial crisis in over seventy years, that the Republican National Committee is engaged in the sort of negative, attack politics that the voters rejected in the 2006 and 2008 election cycles.

    The recent web advertisement, “Questions Remain,” is a destructive distraction. Clearly, we should insist that all taped communications regarding the Senate seat should be made public. However, that should be a matter of public policy, not an excuse for political attack.

    In a time when America is facing real challenges, Republicans should be working to help the incoming President succeed in meeting them, regardless of his Party.

    From now until the inaugural, Republicans should be offering to help the President-elect prepare to take office.

    Furthermore, once President Obama takes office, Republicans should be eager to work with him when he is right, and, when he is wrong, offer a better solution, instead of just opposing him.

    This is the only way the Republican Party will become known as the “better solutions” party, not just an opposition party. And this is the only way Republicans will ever regain the trust of the voters to return to the majority.

    This ad is a terrible signal to be sending about both the goals of the Republican Party in the midst of the nation’s troubled economic times and about whether we have actually learned anything from the defeats of 2006 and 2008.

    The RNC should pull the ad down immediately.

    Flap calls the letter BS.

    Barack Obama and Rahm Emanuel have been stonewalling the press on their long term associations with the corrupt Illinois Governor Hot Rod Blagojevich and there is nothing wrong with the GOP running the ad highlighting the inconsistencies in the Obama spin. Or, should we say cover-up.

    The GOP is not going to start pulling its punches because it lost an election or because Newt Gingrich wants to be invited to Washington cocktail parties.


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  • Caroline Kennedy,  Hillary Clinton

    Caroline Kennedy Reaches Out to Hillary Clinton Over Senate Seat

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    Hillary Clinton and Caroline Kennedy who is seeking appointment to her U.S. Senate seat

    More spin from the Kennedy Klan to the Clinton Cabal.

    Caroline Kennedy has reached out to Hillary Clinton to discuss her interest in the Senate seat, according to a source familiar with the replacement process. While Clinton has not made clear who she supports to fill her seat, sources say that the three Hillary supporters who recently made anti-Caroline remarks were rebuked by Clinton confidantes immediately after they made them. A message from Clinton’s team was sent to Clinton fundraiser Robert Zimmerman, RWDSU president Stu Appelbaum, and Rep. Anthony Weiner.

    After the piece on Drudge about Chelsea Clinton being interested in the seat, the Kennedys are NOT slow in striking back with their own retort.

    Flap suspects that there will be more in-fighting behind the scenes for Hillary’s endorsement. One Hillary REALLY does not want to give but was outmanuvered by the Kennedys and Barack Obama.

    Update:

    Even Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post is climbing on the Caroline Kennedy bandwagon.

    Caroline looks like a winner every minute…..


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  • Colin Powell,  GOP,  Rush Limbaugh

    Updated With Video: Rush Limbaugh Responds to RINO Colin Powell By Calling Him a Washingtonian

    Well, you knew that Rush Limbaugh would respond to the attacks former Secretary of State Colin Powell smacked on the GOP this past weekend.

    What’s going on here with this Colin Powell thing is that the Washington establishment — Powell’s not a Republican.  McCain’s not a Republican.  These guys are not even mavericks.  They are Washingtonians.  Washingtonians have their own culture and their own desires, and it is to matter.  They don’t care who’s in power, they just want to be closely associated with whoever is.  That’s the name of the game and they want press adulation.  They want to be loved and adored by the media, they want fawning treatment, they want to be thought of as something special, unique, dignified and so forth, and that’s the Washington establishment.  These guys are Washingtonians.  And what is a Washingtonian?  Who are these people?  Ladies and gentlemen, they have driven this economy into the toilet.  Washingtonians are tone deaf in terms of how you and I actually live and the things that matter and are important to us.  Washingtonians are grabbing as much power for themselves right now as possible.  Washington does not live in the rest of the country, does not live in the same world we do.  What they’re doing now is looking for ways to silence opposition.  They don’t care about the timid ineffective opposition.  They like Republicans and conservatives who are ashamed of their views and their fellow citizens.  What they want to do is silence people like me because they can’t abide debate or opposition or challenges to their status and their authority. 

    So General Powell, let me explain something.  The fact is Republicans did not listen to me.  They listened to you.  They have not been listening to me for years.  The Republican Party nominated your ideal candidate.  They nominated your guy, a moderate, who’s willing to buy into an endless array of liberal causes…

    Enough said.

    As Flap said before there is some truth about what Secretary Powell says about racial demographics and the GOP needs to be more than an old white man’s party. But, this does not include surrendering the party’s core values and ideals. It is outreach and Colin Powell has been AWOL.

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  • Barack Obama,  Bill Clinton,  Caroline Kennedy,  Chelsea Clinton,  Hillary Clinton

    Why Not Chelsea Clinton for Hillary’s Senate Seat?

    Chelsea and Bill Clinton September 2008
    Former US President Bill Clinton (L) and his daughter Chelsea Clinton listen to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) September 2008 in New York. Bill Clinton said he would back his wife Hillary if she became secretary of state but has even bigger political hopes for their daughter Chelsea, in an interview released Wednesday

    Chelsea is barred by the United States Constitution since she is only 28 years old from holding her mom’s Senate seat. But, it is apparent from this story that the Clinton Cabal is NOT happy with the Kennedy Klan pushing Caroline for Hillary’s seat.

    Why?

    If Hillary decided to leave as Secretary of State there would be little to no chance of her ever recapturing this Senate seat with Caroline Kennedy as the incumbent.

    Looks like Barack Obama has the Clintons right where he wants them – MARGINALIZED.


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  • Arne Duncan,  Barack Obama,  Gay Politics

    Arne Duncan – Obama’s Pick For Education Secretary Pushed for All Gay High School

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    Chicago Public Schools chief Arne Duncan smiling during a news conference in Chicago. Considered a potential choice for education secretary in President-elect Barack Obama’s Cabinet, Duncan visited with outgoing Education Secretary Margaret Spellings in Washington Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, on what he said was a purely social call and had nothing to do with the possibility of being chosen education secretary.

    David Brody has the story.

    The Chicago Public Schools’ first high school designed for gay, lesbian and transgender teens is among 20 new schools recommended to the school board today by CPS Chief Arne Duncan.

    The proposed schools range from technology-focused high schools to the School for Social Justice Pride Campus, which officials said would cater to but not focus exclusively on gay youth.

    Backers said they envision a small high school offering a college-preparatory curriculum in which students would take four years each of English and math, three years each of foreign languages and science, as well as fine arts and physical education. It would be a performance school, meaning it would have the same staffing and oversight requirements as other district schools.

    The announcement of the schools, which are expected to open in the fall of 2009 and 2010, took place at the Chicago International Charter School’s Ralph Ellison Campus, 1817 W. 80th St. Public hearings on the proposed schools are expected before the Board of Education votes on them Oct. 22.

    “If you look at national studies, you see gay and lesbian students with high dropout rates…Studies show they are disproportionately homeless,” Duncan said. “I think there is a niche there we need to fill.”

    Supporters have said the Pride Campus would help students find a safe school environment because studies have shown that gay youth are at a greater risk of dropping out of school and abusing drugs and alcohol, and are two to three times more likely to attempt suicide. A 2003 district survey shows that gay and lesbian youths are three times more likely to miss school because they don’t feel safe.

    Opponents have called the move a misuse of public funds. At a recent public hearing on the proposal, some gay rights advocates have said the move would segregate these students and said the district should work more on fostering acceptance by mainstream students, teachers and other school officials.

    More on the gay high school: here, here and here.

    Flap thought the FAR LEFT said that the homosexuual agenda and gay marriage folks did NOT involve the schools?

    Well, we social conservatives knew differently, now didn’t we? And, there was William Ayers and his plans to radicalize the Chicago schools to push his radical left dogma.

    This nomination will probably sail through the U.S. Senate in January but hopefully some GOP Senators will have the intestinal fortitude to ask this LEFTY what he plans next for education.


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  • Colin Powell,  GOP,  Rush Limbaugh

    Rush Limbaugh Responds to RINO Colin Powell By Calling Him a Washingtonian

    Fareed Zakaria asks Colin Powell about the future of the GOP and Sarah Palin

    Well, you knew that Rush Limbaugh would respond to the attacks former Secretary of State Colin Powell smacked on the GOP this past weekend.

    What’s going on here with this Colin Powell thing is that the Washington establishment — Powell’s not a Republican.  McCain’s not a Republican.  These guys are not even mavericks.  They are Washingtonians.  Washingtonians have their own culture and their own desires, and it is to matter.  They don’t care who’s in power, they just want to be closely associated with whoever is.  That’s the name of the game and they want press adulation.  They want to be loved and adored by the media, they want fawning treatment, they want to be thought of as something special, unique, dignified and so forth, and that’s the Washington establishment.  These guys are Washingtonians.  And what is a Washingtonian?  Who are these people?  Ladies and gentlemen, they have driven this economy into the toilet.  Washingtonians are tone deaf in terms of how you and I actually live and the things that matter and are important to us.  Washingtonians are grabbing as much power for themselves right now as possible.  Washington does not live in the rest of the country, does not live in the same world we do.  What they’re doing now is looking for ways to silence opposition.  They don’t care about the timid ineffective opposition.  They like Republicans and conservatives who are ashamed of their views and their fellow citizens.  What they want to do is silence people like me because they can’t abide debate or opposition or challenges to their status and their authority. 

    So General Powell, let me explain something.  The fact is Republicans did not listen to me.  They listened to you.  They have not been listening to me for years.  The Republican Party nominated your ideal candidate.  They nominated your guy, a moderate, who’s willing to buy into an endless array of liberal causes…

    Enough said.

    As Flap said before there is some truth about what Secretary Powell says about racial demographics and the GOP needs to be more than an old white man’s party. But, this does not include surrendering the party’s core values and ideals. It is outreach and Colin Powell has been AWOL.

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  • Day By Day,  Rahm Emanuel,  Rod Blagojevich

    Day By Day by Chris Muir December 16, 2008 – Cheburger! Cheburger! Cheburger!

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    Day By Day by Chris Muir

    Talking about DEAD MEAT, Flap thinks that will be Rahm Emanuel after Hot Rod Blagojevich starts to negotiate with the FEDS about a plea deal. Or, in a protracted trial eventually leading to a plea deal.

    And, DEAD MEAT will be the Illinois Democrat Party if the continue to insist on an appointment to replace Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate.

    It didn’t take long for the GOP to find a way out of the wilderness.

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