Comments on: Flash: Obama official calls for Blago to resign

By: “Righteous Wind” or “Foul Odor”?; Scandal before even taking office « Northern Thoughts And Reflections

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:35:53 +0000

[...] and might resign by Monday. It is no surprise that he is being forced out, especially when Obama himself asked the governor to resign last week. One wonders when “The One” will be asking Emmanuel to resign once his full [...]

By: Blagojevich’s chief of staff John Harris resigns « Goodtimepolitics

Blagojevich’s chief of staff John Harris resigns « Goodtimepolitics — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:01:33 +0000

[...] (1) Flash: Obama official calls for Blago to resign Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Gov. Rod Blagojevich Arrested by FBI AgentsNews [...]

By: huggybear

huggybear — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:16:20 +0000

You mean he didn’t pat him on the back and say “heckuva job, Blaggy”? He’s putting ethics ahead of party loyalty? The horror. Is it too late to change my vote?

By: Jules Crittenden » By Their Own Petards Shall Ye Hoist Them

Jules Crittenden » By Their Own Petards Shall Ye Hoist Them — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:26:55 +0000

[...] Obama’s appalled! No doubt. Shocked, shocked, too, I bet. Wants the guy who’s making him look bad to get under the damn bus. [...]

By: cheapseat

cheapseat — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:49:31 +0000

TRE, looks like some of this neocon right wing conspiracy crap is starting to break through. be careful, soon you will actually think corrupt slugs from either party ought to have the courtesy to resign when they are caught, instead of demanding R’s resign and D’s have a rally to show their support.

By: Salt

Salt — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:46:27 +0000

On December 10th, 2008 at 5:10 pm, TooMuchTime said:

I’ll give the Obama camp some credit for calling for his resignation.

I don’t. I think Rahm-Obama saw a perfect opportunity to drive a wooden stake into Douche-Blagojevich’s heart. Obama spoke with Blago about the empty senate seat; that’s a fact. If Blago mentioned taking money for it, Obama could be linked to the corruption. This way, Rahm tells Obama they have to go to the FBI. If anything points to Obama in the ensuing investigation, they deflect it by saying, “We told the FBI about this. How can we be involved?” The MSM will use this as their excuse to pardon Obama, if it comes to that.

Personally, I’d like to hear the recording of the Obama-Blagojevich meeting. That would be interesting. If one exists.

Fair enough and I agree with your thoughts. I considered much of the same in my post:

It could also be that Rahm turned Blago in because he was shaking them down for the Senate seat… but that’s speculative.

However, around here we typically rail against Democrats for not calling upon a corrupt member of their party to step down. I agree that there could be a little bit of revenge involved in this play, but we don’t know that for certain yet.

I’d rather see them call for him to step down and be done with him. Illinois has suffered under Blago long enough that even if this is a power play by Obama, I can live with it.

I believe as far as we will get will be the debate on whether or not Obama did talk with Blagojevich about the seat. We have every reason to believe it did happen which does indeed make Obama’s denial extremely interesting. However, he seems to be able so far to get away with such lies.

Blagojevich’s arrest has had at least one positive impact on Obama. This story has all but buried the grand jury subpoena story on the Rezko/Obama land purchase. (5050 Greenwood, I believe?)

By: Obama Corruption and Faith, « Riggword Weblog

Obama Corruption and Faith, « Riggword Weblog — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:42:04 +0000

[...] bullying, opportunistic, and sometimes questionable political maneuvers to gain power. The Blabojevich story is intriguing because of Obama’s previous actions and his associations with people like Bill [...]

By: Let the “fleecing” begin! « Mark Epstein

Let the “fleecing” begin! « Mark Epstein — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:24:09 +0000

[...] is already refusing to heed Obama’s resignation call, which displays the depth of depravity surrounding Chicago politics–the very same politics that groomed Obama. Besides Blago [...]

By: graysonret

graysonret — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:29:46 +0000

Maybe I should call in “sick” today and head for the bank for a loan. I just need an address to wire the money to, so that I can be a senator, too. Collateral? Nah, I’ll just promise to support the bank in any legislation that will come up, or the many I’ll introduce, favoring them. That ought to do it. Then head to the grocery store, to stock up on freezer bags.

By: PKAmmoTroop

PKAmmoTroop — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:58:36 +0000

*looks around*

Where’s our trolls telling us how wonderful the Democrats are?

By: Hussein Obama’s spokesman: Blago Resign | Fire Andrea Mitchell!

Hussein Obama’s spokesman: Blago Resign | Fire Andrea Mitchell! — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:05:30 +0000

[...] Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs calls for Blago to resign… [...]

By: Marie

Marie — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:04:43 +0000

Stop gasbagging and send an email to your two senators to say no to bailout.

By: Marie

Marie — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:04:40 +0000

Stop gasbagging and send an email to your two senators to say no to bailout.

By: sillygatboy

sillygatboy — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:41:20 +0000

I hope that Obamabus to nowhere has mighty high axles.

Wait a minute,
no I don’t.

By: Obama, I know nothing, nothing… « Riggword Weblog

Obama, I know nothing, nothing… « Riggword Weblog — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:49:10 +0000

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