youtube.com - 12/16/2008
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Rove trying to link Obama to Blago despite previous pledge not to
politico.com - 12/19/2008
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Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich struck a defiant tone
in a Chicago press conference today, pledging to fight...
federal corruption charges in court and to stay in office despite calls for his resignation and talk of impeachment. "I am not ...
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Blago: I am not a crook
nypost.com - 12/16/2008
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Last updated: 3:54 am December 16, 2008 Posted:
2:57 am December 16, 2008 Barack Obama is experiencing...
the first "scandal" of his presidency before he's taken office - or so sayeth the media. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is accused of (among much ...
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BUNGLING ON BLAGO - New York Post
youtube.com - 12/17/2008
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Rove Tries To Link Obama To Blagojevich Scandal Despite Previously Arguing There Is No Link
Think Progress —
Last night on Fox News, former Bush political operative Karl Rove tried desperately to link President-elect Obama to the scandal surrounding Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-IL). When co-host Alan Colmes noted that conservatives are “looking for anything they can to try to drag him into this,” Rove obliged, saying that Obama is “parsing words” and “making it look like there was no contact” between Obama’s team and the Illinois governor.
Rove also said that Obama should ignore U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald’s request to not discuss the case, saying “the president-elect ought to decide what is in his best interest.” ...
Gold Bars Luskin: Turdblossom Is Wearing Nothing But a Fig Leaf
Firedoglake —
(Graphic by twolf)
There's a few things really funny (as in smells funny, not funny ha ha) about Rove and Luskin's identical attacks on Obama's decision to comply with Fitz's request that he not reveal the contacts between his transition team and Blago until next Monday.
The Investigations that Weren't
One really minor gripe is this. The Obama team has--apparently--done an investigation and turned the results over to Fitz. Not a radical thought, I know. But consider:
Remember the Abramoff scandal--the one that should have shown Abramoff sending emails via Susan Ralston's secret email to Karl Rove? ...
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blogs.abcnews.com 12/16/2008 — ABC NEWS' SUNLEN MILLER REPORTS: At today's Chicago press conference, Obama was pressed by only one reporter out of four about embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The president-elect cut the Chicago reporter off -- claiming that he didn’t want to...
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commentarymagazine.com 12/14/2008 — The Chicago Tribune has these rather eye-opening details on Blago-gate:
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Obama and Blago
politico.com 12/10/2008 —
David Axelrod denied earlier today that Obama had spoken to Blagojevich about the Senate seat, but not that the two men had spoken, and a reader points out that the last time they actually met is obvious -- Obama's visit to the National Governors ...
No discussions between Blago and Obama? Maybe
hotair.com 12/10/2008 — Yesterday, President-elect Barack Obama tried to distance himself from Governor Rod Blagojevich after his arrest on corruption charges related to his pending appointment to Obama’s now-vacant Senate seat. Obama himself said that he had had no ...
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iowahawk.typepad.com 1/20/2009 — Rush transcript of the new celebrity Pledge of Obama Allegiance video (for educational purposes only)
[Fade in; cue pseudo-soulful electric piano dirge]
Courtney Cox and her husband, what's-his-name : I pledge.
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First Read 12/16/2008
From MSNBC's Adam Verdugo Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan responded today to criticism that he's dragging his feet when it comes to bringing up legislation calling for a special election to replace embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich , saying ...
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