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CharlieR Whether the 'SEIU Official' in the Blagojevich complaint was Stern, Burger or Balanoff (the only three real possibilities) is immaterial - none of the three would have participated without the other two knowing about it. It couldn't have been anyone else in SEIU.
The point is the the top tier of SEIU leadership engaged in a very inappropriate and unethical, if not illegal, discussion of a quid pro quo with Governor Blagojevich.
After the LA Times articles of August and September exposing massive corruption by Stern-appointed SEIU leaders in California and Michigan, and in the DC HQ, as well as his forced mergers without member input or democratic votes, and his outrageous attacks against those that disagree, this is yet another embarassment for the other CTW unions and SEIU members.
How long before the other CTW unions and the SEIU Executive Board deal with Stern the way Illinois is dealing with Blagojevich?
“Prisoner 4617278″ is Actually Easier to Pronounce Than “Blagojevich”
Deceiver.com —
... “If anyone wants to tape my conversations, go right ahead, feel free to do it…” Really? Even your phone calls with union officials, and your discussions of ...
What Jake Tapper Doesn't Know About What Obama Knew
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
... that Jarrett is not interested in the Senate seat. Nevertheless, he arranges a phone call with "SEIU Official", believed to be Andy Stern, whom he had also spoken to a week earlier. In this conversation, Blagjoveich brings up the idea of the 501(c)(4). However, he does so somewhat obliquely, not expressly discussing the idea in terms of a quid-pro-quo. ...
The Blagojevich Timeline: Everything Fits Easily Except Obama's Monday Denial.
The Volokh Conspiracy —
... that Obama was pressuring Blagojevich to appoint Jarrett. 4. Moreover, by the next day, Tuesday, Nov. 11, Blagojevich already had received his answer from the Obama camp that no quid pro quo would be forthcoming: “ROD BLAGOJEVICH said he knows that the President-elect wants Senate Candidate 1 for the Senate seat but ‘they’re not willing to give me anything except appreciation. F**k them.’” 5. On Wednesday, Nov. 12, Blagojevich pitched his corrupt bargain idea to an SEIU Official who, according to Ben Smith , is President Andy Stern. Stern agreed to convey the offer to the ...
EXHAUSTIVE ANALYSIS: More Questions about Obama and Blagojevich in the Wake of Obama’s Latest Gambit at Transparency
Flopping Aces —
... are still occurring, and the Obama campaign seems to think the “Change to Win” position in two years is the best option, as Obama wants to be nowhere near Blagojevich. Notice that someone else in DC spoke with Blagojevich about this option in the same day. Who was speaking to whom? How was this information disseminated from Obama to Blagojevich and vice versa?
Conversation 21: November 12, 2008
Blagojevich speaks with an SEIU official, SEIU President Andy Stern, who was in DC, about the open Senate seat
SEIU official met with ...
Delicious Irony: Obama's favorite union engaged in labor dispute with its own employees
Doug Ross @ Journal —
... and plans to spend tens of millions more to support socialized medicine and "card check" instant unionization proposals. Since Obama's election, the SEIU's power has grown stronger and its antics more outrageous. SEIU President Andy Stern is reported to have been the "SEIU official" that attempted to broker a deal between Rod Blagojevich and the White House over Obama's Senate seat. In the transcript released by federal law enforcement officials, the ...
