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An Obama confidante’s contact with a labor union official could be of interest to prosecutors, but a report found that no Obama aides talked about a quid pro quo. >
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Rahm Emanuel's Heart of Darkness?
Politics Daily —
The lefty bloggers have been all over me lately over a comment I made on MSNBC regarding the conversations between Rahm Emanuel and Blago. Clearly, there is a concerted attempt on the left to step-up efforts to defend Obama from any hint of accusations he had anything to do with the Blago ...
Matt Lewis: Rahm's Heart of Darkness
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
The lefty bloggers have been all over me lately over a comment I made on MSNBC regarding the conversations between Rahm Emanue l and Blago . Clearly, there is a concerted attempt to step-up efforts to defend Obama from any hint of accusations he had anything to do with the Blago scandal. Depending on which lefty blogger you read, I'm either ... 1). An idiot who doesn't realize Hawaii is part of the United States, or... 2). An evil genius who is intentionally insinuating Obama is not "American" enough... Obviously, I can't be both. In this case, I would say I'm neither (but hey, I'm biased). For the record, here is the statement which has ...
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From NBC's Chuck ToddRegarding the interviews that Obama, Jarrett, and Emanuel had with prosecutors, all three were accompanied by private counsel. For Obama, Bob Bauer was the attorney present; for Jarrett, it was Chicago attorney Vince Connelly; and ...
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