• 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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  • Barack Obama,  Rahm Emanuel,  Rod Blagojevich

    Video: The Obama-Blagojevich Cover-Up

    President-Elect Barack Obama’s Presser Today

    President-Elect Barack Obama said today that a review by his own lawyer shows he had no direct contact with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich about the appointment of a Senate replacement, and transition aides did nothing inappropriate.

    Obama pledged to make the review public, but said he decided to hold off because prosecutors asked for a delay and “I don’t want to interfere with an ongoing investigation.” U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald released a statement confirming the request.

    Controversy has swirled around the president-elect and his incoming White House chief of staff, Rep. Rahm Emanuel, following Blagojevich’s arrest last week on charges he schemed to trade Obama’s Senate seat for personal gain.

    Obama, fielding questions at a news conference, sidestepped when asked whether Emanuel had spoken with aides to the governor about potential Senate appointees.

    Emanuel was one of several aides who watched the news conference from the wings.

    The president-elect pledged the results of the investigation by his incoming White House counsel, Gregory Craig, would be released “in due course.”

    He said the probe was complete and thorough, but did not say which of his aides Craig interviewed, whether any of them was under oath at the time, or any other details.

    Obama appeared before reporters to announce his environmental and natural resources team.

    How do you spell cover-up?

    What did Rahm Emanuel know and when did he know it? And, under whose authority did he discuss Obama’s replacement with Governor Hot Rod Blagojevich’s staff?

    But, will the “IN THE TANK” media let Obama get away with this? Obama travels to Hawaii next week and the release date is a few days before Christmas.

    Does anyone think they will get access to ask Obama or Emanuel any questions about unanswered questions regarding the flap before the first of the year?

    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.”

    As Flap asked before: How does waiting a week really help the United States Attorney’s investigation?

    Both Patrick Fitzgerald, the United States Attorney and Barack Obama had better have good answers next Monday. And, Rahm Emanuel better be available to answer questions about his role in this affair.


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  • Barack Obama,  Rahm Emanuel,  Rod Blagojevich

    Why is Barack Obama Lying About Contact with Hot Rod Blagojevich? Part 3

    During a meeting with former Vice President Al Gore, Barack Obama told reporters that he was not aware of the corruption surrounding Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, December 9, 2008

    So, Flap asks again: Why is Barack Obama lying about contact with Illinois Governor Blagojevich? The above video (3:31) shows Obama explicitly stating on December 9, 2008: “I had no contact with the governor or his office and so we were not, I was not aware of what was happening.”

    Now, it has been revealed that Barack Obama dispatched his Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel to give Hot Rod Blagojevich his list of perferred nominees for his Senate seat. How is that NOT contact?

    The question was actually, “Mr. President-elect, did you have any contact — were you aware of — were you aware at all of what was happening with your Senate seat?” Two questions are asked, the first on “any contact,” and Obama’s answer was that there was no contact, which I argue is contradicted by the two men meeting at the National Governors Association meeting.

    But nonetheless, today we learn from the New York Times and Wall Street Journal that      . . . surprise! Obama “dispatched” Emanuel to “to begin talking up Mr. Obama’s preferred candidates.”

    So once again, Obama’s initial “I had no contact” answer is proven to be inaccurate, or in a less sympathetic interpretation, a lie.

    So, tell me how is this NOT a blatant lie by President-Elect Obama?

    And, do not the American people need an explanation and apology by “The One?”

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  • Al Gore,  Barack Obama,  Day By Day,  Rahm Emanuel,  Rod Blagojevich

    Day By Day by Chris Muir December 14, 2008 – Klaatu Baraka Nikto

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    Day By Day by Chris Muir

    The political landscape will be even more barren after the MSM gets through with Rham Emanuel, Hot Rod Blagojevich and Obama tomorrow.

    And, Al Gore?

    Don’t count on him for anything but paid speaking gigs to the Arabs and European Socialists.


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  • Barack Obama,  Rahm Emanuel,  Rod Blagojevich

    Video: Hot Rod Blagojevich and Obama – The Damaged Goods

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

    A good explantion as to why Barack Obama is damged goods is here.

    Read it all.

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    Shocker: Rahm Emanuel and Hot Rod Blogojevich Staff Discussed Obama’s Senate Seat


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  • Barack Obama,  Rahm Emanuel,  Rod Blagojevich

    Shocker: Rahm Emanuel and Hot Rod Blogojevich Staff Discussed Obama’s Senate Seat

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    Is it shocking? No, not really.

    Rahm Emanuel, President-elect Barack Obama’s pick to be White House chief of staff, had conversations with Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s administration about who would replace Obama in the U.S. Senate, the Chicago Tribune has learned.

    The revelation does not suggest Obama’s new gatekeeper was involved in any talk of dealmaking involving the seat. But it does help fill in the gaps surrounding a question that Obama was unable or unwilling to answer this week: Did anyone on his staff have contact with Blagojevich about his choice for the Senate seat?

    And, it fills in the gap as to who tipped off Valerie Jarrett, Obama’s original replacement pick for his former seat.

    Emanuel, who has long been close to both Blagojevich and Obama, has refused to respond to questions about any involvement he may have had with the Blagojevich camp over the Senate pick. A spokeswoman for Emanuel also declined to comment Friday.

    One source confirmed that communications between Emanuel and the Blagojevich administration were captured on court-approved wiretaps.

    But, there is more.

    Another source said that contact between the Obama camp and the governor’s administration regarding the Senate seat began the Saturday before the Nov. 4 election, when Emanuel made a call to the cell phone of Harris. The conversation took place around the same time press reports surfaced about Emanuel being approached about taking the high-level White House post should Obama win.

    Emanuel delivered a list of candidates who would be “acceptable” to Obama, the source said. On the list were Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, Illinois Veterans Affairs director Tammy Duckworth, state Comptroller Dan Hynes and U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Chicago, the source said. All are Democrats.

    Sometime after the election, Emanuel called Harris back to add the name of Democratic Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan to the approved list, the source said.

    Will Rahm Emanuel ever become President Barack Obama’s Chief of Staff?

    Looks doubtful if what is alleged above is verified by the FBI tapes of Hot Rod Blagojevich and John Harris.


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