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Bagging Blagojevich or How the Right Learned to Love Patrick Fitzgerald
crooksandliars.com - 12/10/2008
Bagging Blagojevich or How the Right Learned to Love Patrick Fitzgerald
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News this morning that U.S. attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has indicted Democratic Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich predictably brought cheers from the conservative chattering classes. Blagojevich's arrest over the "pay for play" Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama and myriad other jaw-dropping ...
portfolio.com - 12/9/2008
Valerie, Scooter, and Me - Washington Column - Matthew Cooper
— portfolio.com — At the Time & Life building in Manhattan, the leaders of the world s largest magazine company... reign from the 34th floor. They ve been there so long, since the days of Time founder Henry Luce, that the executive suite has become a persona, as in 34 ... (more) Valerie, Scooter, and Me - Washington Column - Matthew ...

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Malkin: Democrats Will ‘Turn On A Dime’ Against Patrick Fitzgerald
thinkprogress.org - 12/11/2008
Malkin: Democrats Will ‘Turn On A Dime’ Against Patrick Fitzgerald
— thinkprogress.org — This morning on Fox and Friends, right-wing pundit Michelle Malkin took up the conservative mantra of linking... President-elect Obama to disgraced governor Rod Blagojevich (D-IL). (In fact, Obama may have “ indirectly contributed to the downfall ... (more) Malkin: Democrats Will ‘Turn On A Dime’ Against Patrick ...

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article.nationalreview.com - 12/17/2008
York: Could the Blago Scandal Ensnare Team Obama? You Be...
— article.nationalreview.com — You dont think the Blagojevich matter could cause trouble for Obama? Then you havent looked closely enough... at the Plame affair. (more) York: Could the Blago Scandal Ensnare Team Obama? You Be...

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Firedoglake:  Will Republicans Join Me in Condemning Patrick Fitzgerald’s Latest Partisan Witch-hunt?

Crooks and Liars:  FBI's arrest of Hannity pal Hal Turner has been a long time coming

Orcinus:  FBI's arrest of Hannity pal Hal Turner has been a long time coming

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Will Republicans Join Me in Condemning Patrick Fitzgerald’s Latest Partisan Witch-hunt?
Firedoglake — ... Bill Kristol: He is now out to discredit the Bush administration. Mark Steyn: The cloud over the White House is Fitzgerald's...If he dislikes Bush and Cheney and the Iraq war, ...

FBI's arrest of Hannity pal Hal Turner has been a long time coming
Crooks and Liars — [Photo h/t Think Progress] Well, we've known for some time that Patrick Fitzgerald doesn't mess around. Just ask Rod Blagejovich and Scooter Libby. Yesterday Hal Turner, Sean Hannity's erswhile friend, got the same lesson: CHICAGO—Hal Turner, an intermittent internet radio talk show host and blogger, was arrested today by FBI agents at his home in North Bergen, N.J., on a federal complaint filed in Chicago alleging that he made internet postings threatening to assault and murder three federal appeals court judges ...

FBI's arrest of Hannity pal Hal Turner has been a long time coming
Orcinus — [Photo h/t Think Progress] -- by Dave Well, we've known for some time that Patrick Fitzgerald doesn't mess around. Just ask Rod Blagejovich and Scooter Libby. Yesterday Hal Turner, Sean Hannity's erswhile friend, got the same lesson: CHICAGO—Hal Turner, an intermittent internet radio talk show host and blogger, was arrested today by FBI agents at his home in North Bergen, N.J., on a federal complaint filed in Chicago alleging that he made internet postings threatening to assault and murder three ...

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