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The Blagojevich-Obama Connections (Video)
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com - 12/12/2008
The Blagojevich-Obama Connections (Video)
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Change You Can Believe In... On November 10, 2008, Governor Rod Blagojevich held a 2-hour long conference call with Obama advisors in Washington DC discussing the sale of the Illinois Senate Seat. This is the same call where Blags famously uses profanity to refer to his good friend, Barack ...
chicagotribune.com - 12/12/2008
Blagojevich fundraiser held by Jackson allies Saturday -
— chicagotribune.com — As Gov. Rod Blagojevich was trying to pick Illinois' next U.S. senator, businessmen with ties to both... the governor and U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. discussed raising at least $1 million for Blagojevich's campaign as a way to encourage him to pick ... (more) Blagojevich fundraiser held by Jackson allies Saturday -

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blogs.suntimes.com - 12/12/2008
Obama Chief of Staff Emanuel ducks whether he was Blagojevich emissary
— blogs.suntimes.com — By FRAN SPIELMAN AND ABDON PALLASCH Sun-Times Reporters CHICAGO--President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, refused... to take questions from reporters this morning about whether he was the Obama "advisor" named in the criminal ... (more) Obama Chief of Staff Emanuel ducks whether he was ...

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article.nationalreview.com - 12/11/2008
York: Blagojevich: Who Is Advisor B?
— article.nationalreview.com — An unnamed Washington politico is apparently a key player in the Obama Senate-seat scandal.... (more) York: Blagojevich: Who Is Advisor B?

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Do They Know It’s Still Fitzmas?
Six Meat Buffet — ... believe that order came from the top, ie., U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald and Justice Department officials in Washington–to hold off on doing anything until after the election, so as not to hurt Obama’s White House bid. Here’s what my inside source says. He knows when you’ve been bribing. He knows that you’re a fake. The tapes are with the FBI and we know you’re on the take.

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Change... Blagojevich Held 2 Hour Long Conference Call With Obama Advisors On Selling the Senate Seat
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com 12/11/2008 — Change You Can Believe In... On November 10, 2008, Governor Rod Blagojevich held a 2-hour long conference call with Obama advisors in Washington DC discussing the sale of the Illinois Senate Seat. This is the same call where Blags famously uses ...
Obama's Old Senate Seat
corner.nationalreview.com 12/9/2008 — Is now for sale on eBay. Going for $51 at the moment.
Obama’s Senate seat for sale on Ebay
sistertoldjah.com 12/10/2008 — … sort of. It’s been taken down now, but the Seattle Post-Intelligencer managed to snag a screencap of it. In the end, the actual item wasn’t of Obama’s Senate seat, but instead of something related : Update: The real ...
A Very Raw Deal
talkingpointsmemo.com 12/11/2008 — It's looking increasingly like Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., was truly uninvolved in Rod Blagojevich's alleged Senate-seat-for-sale scheme, other than expressing the usual interest in getting the appointment. Most telling was the report from Jackson's ...
Obama Wouldn't Play
dailykos.com 12/9/2008 — When the news of the arrest of Illinois Governor Rob Blagojevich broke, it took the RNC less than an hour to try and tie him to President-elect Barack Obama, an attempt so pitiful that even the Washington Times wasn't buying it. Apparently the RNC didn't bother to read the Criminal Complaint .  ...
BREAKING: Blagojevich/Obama Links on Senate Seat Sale Confirmed; “Missing Link” Discovered — Firedoglake
(Right: Video evidence of corruption.) Shocking revelations continue to be revealed in the shocking conspiracy scandal of Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich conspiring, shockingly, to sell president-elect Barack Obama's shockingly vacated Senate seat to the most shockingly highest ...
The Daily Grind — Weekly Standard Blog
LAT gets critical: "It took three tries in as many days for President-elect Barack Obama to roll out a strategy for defusing the crisis over Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich's alleged attempt to put his old Senate seat up for sale." The uncharacteristic silence of Rahm Emanuel. Volokh: ...
Mario Correa: By Appointment Only — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Governor Rod Blagojevich's aborted attempt to ransom off Barack Obama's Senate seat is being held out as yet the latest example of Illinois' famously sleazy politics. But chalking up this fire sale to Chicago chicanery or even to the chutzpah of a Governor with kielbasa for brains misses a more ...
Caught In The Cross-Fire — The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
By Patrick Appel David Kurtz feels for Jesse Jackson Jr.: It's looking increasingly like Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., was truly uninvolved in Rod Blagojevich's alleged Senate-seat-for-sale scheme, other than expressing the usual interest in getting the appointment. Most telling was the report ...
iowahawk’s Amazing Discovery: Obama’s Senate Seat on eBay — Patterico's Pontifications
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At the center of the Rod Blagojevich scandal is an allegation that he was putting a U.S. Senate seat up for sale. Here are some of the key quotes : Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich told aides he had something "f-ing golden" - sole power to pick Barack Obama's Senate successor - to trade for a ...
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A commenter at Ace's gave the link. Click image, it has a $1.000.00 bid. U.S. Illinois Senate seat for sale prison "This used prison toilet and sink combination will be the best conversation piece that you have ever owned! "...
Illinois seat for sale! — Anne Schroeder's Blog
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Senate Candidate 5 — The Latest on Air America
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Blago's Senate Candidate #5: Jesse Jackson Jr — The Latest on Air America
ABC News is reporting that Governor Rod Blagojevich's "candidate #5," the prospect who was willing to pay for Obama's vacated Senate seat was Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. More after the jump: read more
I Think Ebay Must Have Pulled..... — The Jawa Report
....this Senate Seat Auction down, I cant find it anywhere. I figured, you know, a Jawa Senate seat would be an effing valuable thing.... But Iowahawk has saved the Blagojevich Ebay Super Super Senate Seat Sale!...
Blagojevich Bargain Basement! — The Latest on Air America
Thank you for your interest in the Rod Blagojevich's Bargain Basement Illinois Legislature Blowout Sale! Below is a price list of the items we currently have for sale. Fax in your order now and and get a Chipotle burrito with each purchase! Illinois U.S. Senate Seat (pre-order now; ...
Blagojevich Tried to Bribe People in Replacing Obama’s Empty Seat — Stop The ACLU
What did the Obama team know? They are probably in the clear, but there will be investigation. The (allegedly) corrupt Governor was sure that PEBO would NOT participate in Blago’s alleged sale of PEBO’s Senate seat by providing something of worth to Blago in exchange for his naming PEBO’s ...
In a Wonderful Synthesis of Today's Blog Posts... — MoJo Blog Posts: mojo
We've already mentioned that Obama-Biden domains are on sale on eBay . We've also mentioned that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich tried to sell Barack Obama's former Senate seat . Thus, we would be remiss not to point out that Barack Obama's former Senate seat is now on sale on eBay . Oh, ...
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One of my greatest pleasures every morning is sitting down with a cup of fresh coffee and reading the newspaper. Usually I see that the topics I chose to write about here are reported and discussed further, which makes me less grumpy and more likely to brew a second cup as a reward. Pakistan ...
Blago Was Rushing To Raise Money Before Ethics Law Kicked In — TPMMuckraker
Here's a bit more from the statement , which goes some way to explaining why Blagojevich might have been reckless enough to put a Senate seat up for sale even while knowing that he was under federal investigation: The charges focus, however, on events since October when the Government ...
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The people of Illinois must be celebrating this morning. Blagojevich’s alleged crimes are just mind-boggling - including the attempted sale of Obama’s vacant Senate seat: Regarding the Senate seat, the charges allege that Blagojevich, Harris and others have engaged and are ...