Tag Archives: Balanoff

Sam Adam’s lawyer got one thing right

by admin on 29. Jul, 2010 in John Wyma, Mainstream Media, Rahm Emanuel, Senate Seat, Tom Balanoff

Rod Blagojevich’s cartoonish defense lawyer did get one thing right in his closing argument—that the Obama team was “negotiating” for a Valerie Jarrett appointment to the U.S. Senate. Sam Adam Jr. has just accused President Barack Obama and his transition team of negotiating with Blagojevich. The offer came from Rod to Tom Balanoff, Adam says. [...]

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Lynn Sweet passes WH spin class but flunks beginner logic and reading comprehension 101

by admin on 19. Jul, 2010 in Mainstream Media, Rahm Emanuel, SEIU, Tom Balanoff, Valerie Jarrett

Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times often gets the Obama version of events first from sources inside the White House. Her reports often are sympathetic and oblivious to obvious gaps in logic. Here are a couple of whoppers from today’s Sweet blog post, complete with inside WH spin. First, Sweet says that only biased people [...]

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Washington starts to notice our reporting

by admin on 16. Jul, 2010 in John Harris, Mainstream Media, Rahm Emanuel, SEIU, Tom Balanoff, Valerie Jarrett

Since starting our blog, we have talked to reporters interested in our findings comparing the incoming Obama adminstration’s report on its Blagojevich contacts to reality. Today we find an example of how our observations are finding credence across the internet. The Daily Caller picks up on our some of our main findings: The Dec. 23 [...]

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Did Wyma tip Emanuel off?

by admin on 13. Jul, 2010 in John Harris, John Wyma, Rahm Emanuel, Valerie Jarrett

Did Blagojevich superlobbyist John Wyma tip off his good friend, Rahm Emanuel, to back away from Blago because the feds were closing in? A timeline of events certainly raises that possibility. Note that Obama and his people are pushing hard for Jarrett before the tone changes on Nov. 10, 2008: October 2008—Wyma begins cooperating with [...]

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Axelrod dissembles; Tapper fumbles

by admin on 11. Jul, 2010 in David Axelrod, Mainstream Media, Rahm Emanuel, SEIU, Senate Seat, Tom Balanoff, Valerie Jarrett

Usually, Obama administration spokesmen can count on dancing through national television interviews without being asked thorny questions like those pertaining to the Blagojevich trial. Give ABC’s Jake Tapper for trying to get an answer out of David Axelrod. TAPPER: Last question. It appears from the Blagojevich trial this week that the White House’s version of [...]

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WSJ marvels at Obama’s Teflon

by admin on 09. Jul, 2010 in Mainstream Media, Rahm Emanuel, Senate Seat, Tony Rezko, Valerie Jarrett

In a well-done piece this morning, Wall Street Journal’s Kimberley A. Strassel is gap-jawed at the ability of Barack Obama to emerge unscathed, press-wise, from the muck of the Chicago machine and the Blagojevich mess. One remarkable aspect of 2008 is that Mr. Obama emerged from the Chicago machine relatively untainted—the press more than willing [...]

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Politico soft-pedals Obama report discrepancies

by admin on 08. Jul, 2010 in Jesse Jackson, Jr., John Harris, Mainstream Media, Rahm Emanuel, SEIU, Tom Balanoff, Valerie Jarrett

The Politico has your typical Beltway attempt at covering the Obama connection to the Blagojevich trial without scratching too hard. Yeah, Politico mentions that Obama and his cronies are getting hurt by the trial and adds there are no big bombshells yet. Where does the story draw that arbitrary conclusion? From Obama cronies and allies, [...]

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The Obama report is BS—a summary

by admin on 06. Jul, 2010 in John Harris, Rahm Emanuel, Senate Seat, Tom Balanoff, Uncategorized, Valerie Jarrett

In four posts, we’ve established that the incoming Obama administration’s internal report that cleared itself was a fraud. Here are the highlights: The report states Obama did not “actively” favor any candidate yet he picked up the phone a day before the election and lined up SEIU chief Tom Balanoff to send the message personally [...]

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Why the WH report on Blago is BS, Part I

by admin on 30. Jun, 2010 in Mainstream Media, SEIU, Tom Balanoff

As we’ve outlined below,  it was beyond bad judgment for President-Elect Obama to be negotiating with a Governor under intense federal investigation.  When the feds arrested Blagojevich Dec. 9, 2008, and announced they had extensive tape recorded conversations as evidence, it created at minimum an appearance problem for the incoming administration. So, it told its [...]

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