Blagojevich - Merry Fitzmas
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been arrested for trying to sell Obama's open Senate seat.
Later: No wonder Obama wanted to distance himself from the process....
Later: From the indictment, Obama wouldn't play ball.
Politico asks an interesting question, "how much was the Obama transition cooperating with the FBI?" (Does Valerie Jarrett's withdrawal suggest that they were cooperating or just refused to play?)
Just for your timing, Blagojevich made his direct extortive request of the Obama folks on Nov 7.
And they've got tape, so we might also find out who was buying.
Here are some of the requested inducements.
Later: Ambinder makes a case that Jesse Jackson Jr might be Senate candidate 5 and might be kinda deep in this.
Later: No wonder Obama wanted to distance himself from the process....
Federal authorities arrested Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich Tuesday on charges that he brazenly conspired to sell or trade the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by President-elect Barack Obama to the highest bidder....
Later: From the indictment, Obama wouldn't play ball.
Politico asks an interesting question, "how much was the Obama transition cooperating with the FBI?" (Does Valerie Jarrett's withdrawal suggest that they were cooperating or just refused to play?)
Just for your timing, Blagojevich made his direct extortive request of the Obama folks on Nov 7.
And on November 7th, three days after the election, Blagojevich made clear what he wanted in exchange for appointing the Obama adviser to the Senate: the Department of Health and Human Services.
And they've got tape, so we might also find out who was buying.
Here are some of the requested inducements.
Later: Ambinder makes a case that Jesse Jackson Jr might be Senate candidate 5 and might be kinda deep in this.
posted by mikevotes at
8:40 AM
4 Comments:
The guy seems like a real piece of work.
By
-epm, at 11:32 AM
It's pretty unbelievable.
Not that it happens, but that this guy was so bad at it.
I mean, under investigation and he kept making explicit extorts on tape.
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mikevotes, at 12:55 PM
I told you it was dirty around my neck of the woods!
By
Anonymous, at 5:05 PM
But again, there's dirty and then there's stupid.
I'm not at all surprised this goes on, it's the crassness of it. To get bribes and favors, you're supposed to be subtle. For instance.....
"well, I'm glad to hear what you have to say on that. So, How are the wife and kids? My wife and I were just talking about y'all the other day when she was complaining about her job....."
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mikevotes, at 10:07 PM
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