Sarah Palin in 2012: bribery

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Friday, January 9, 2009

Illinois House Moves to End Freak Show Government

Does it seem odd to anyone else that the House held off on this action until Burris was accepted as the appointed Senator to fill Obama's seat? JC

Illinois House Impeaches Governor

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: January 9, 2009
Filed at 11:46 a.m. ET

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The Illinois House voted overwhelmingly Friday to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich, an unprecedented action that sets up a Senate trial on whether he should be thrown out for allegedly trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat.

Impeachment required just 60 votes. The final result was 114-1.
Legislators accused the second-term Democratic governor of letting down the people of Illinois by letting ego and ambition drive his decisions.
''It's our duty to clean up the mess and stop the freak show that's become Illinois government,'' said Rep. Jack D. Franks, a Democrat.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/01/09/us/AP-Illinois-Governor.html?_r=1&hp

Friday, December 12, 2008

Rendell: Obama bungled Blago response

I just don't understand why the incoming administration is stonewalling instead of answering the questions being asked by everyone; reporters and the public alike. Even Democrats are beginning to think this investigation is taking way too long. JC

By CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN 12/12/08 7:03 PM EST Updated: 12/12/08 7:03 PM EST

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell today criticized Barack Obama for not being more upfront about the Illinois corruption scandal.
Now, he said, the story will continue to dominate the media’s attention. “They have never been in an executive position before,” Rendell said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “The rule of thumb is whatever you did, say it and get it over with and make it a one-day story as opposed to a three-day story. Politicians are always misjudging the intelligence of the American people.”
Known for his blunt critiques of fellow Democrats, Rendell did not hold back during the interview.
The public, said Rendell, understands Obama and his aides would have an interest in who fills the Senate seat and some contact with the governor's office — and that Obama should have said as much at the outset.
"Did Rahm Emanuel, who took Rod Blagojevich's seat in Congress, have contact with Rod Blagojevich? Of course he did," Rendell said. "They may have thought he was the craziest S.O.B. in the world. But you still have to have contact with him."

cont. here:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16520.html

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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Down the Memory Hole

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_hole

Hat Tip to:http://mainstreamconservative.blogspot.com/2008/12/obama-lied-axlerod-complied.html

What did the president-elect know, and when did he stop knowing it? Yesterday, the Lightworker attempted to distance himself from his good buddy Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-IL) in familiar Obama fashion - by tossing the accused crook under the bus:

Saddened and bla bla.....

Knew nothing........

Cannot comment.......

Never spoke with the Governor about this bla bla.....

But unfortunately for the Hope and Change set, there is a problem. Let's set the Not-So-Wayback machine for November 5, more than two weeks before the day Axlerod allegedly "misspoke." Quincy, IL television station KQHA reported:
Now that Barack Obama will be moving to the White House, his seat in the U.S. Senate representing Illinois will have to be filled.

Vanity: What is going on?? Drudge removed the Connect Tri states link http://www.freerepublic.com/^http://drudgereport.com/
Posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:47:17 PM by *****
It was in the top list of links a little while ago
which says Obama talked to Blagojevich

Has now been scrubbed, but here's the screen shot.

7 Questions Obama Needs to Answer

by Janet Crain
In 40 days we are going to inaugurate a man for the highest office in our country about whom we know very little. Many of us had serious reservations about Barack Hussein Obama and voted against him. Others had some reservations but voted for him anyway and many just blithely voted for him on a whim. We are about to reap what has been sown. The ill winds are blowing in a stench from Chicago already.

The stinging criminal complaint against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris raises lots of questions for President-elect Barack Obama – questions he’ll have a chance to answer Thursday when he does his first news conference since Blagojevich was charged.

Here are seven worth asking:

1 – “Did you communicate directly or indirectly with Blagojevich about picking your replacement in the U.S. Senate?”

2 – “Why didn’t you or someone on your team correct your close adviser David Axelrod when he said you had spoken to Blagojevich about picking your replacement?”

3 – “When did you learn the investigation involved Blagojevich’s alleged efforts to ‘sell’ your Senate seat, or of the governor’s impending arrest?”

4 – “Did you or anyone close to you contact the FBI or U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald about Blagojevich’s alleged efforts to sell your Senate seat to the highest bidder?”

5 – “Did federal investigators interview you or anyone close to you in the investigation?”

6 – “When did you and Blagojevich last speak and about what?”

7 – “Do you regret supporting Blagojevich?”

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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16465.html