Tag Archives: Blagojevich

Obama’s endorsement of Blago in 2006 a disgrace

by admin on 16. Jul, 2010 in Mainstream Media

Those outside of Illinois don’t fully comprehend the cravenness of Barack Obama’s endorsement of Rod Blagojevich for re-election in 2006. Yes, they belonged to the same political party. But this corruption scandal was no garden variety preliminary probe—it was the largest ever in the Illinois governor’s office. A few other prominent Illinois Democrats refused to [...]

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Obama’s “you betcha” moment

by admin on 15. Jul, 2010 in David Axelrod, David Wilhelm, Rahm Emanuel

We’ve already established that David Axelrod played an important role in Rod Blagojevich’s career, once shielding him from a dangerous newspaper corruption investigation. Then, in 2002, according to Emanuel’s own words, he and Obama helped engineer’s Blagojevich’s disasterous reign as Illinois governor. Obama was so steadfast about his support he uttered a Palinesque “you betcha” [...]

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Wyma gets to walk away with mega-millions?

by admin on 14. Jul, 2010 in John Harris, John Wyma, Rahm Emanuel

After he walked away from federal court yesterday, John Wyma must have felt like a bank robber walking away unnoticed from the scene of the crime. Kind of like his good friend Rahm Emanuel, who danced around and through corruption in Chicago and Washington and magically got instantly rich as an investment banker. Contrary to [...]

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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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When Wyma went wild

by admin on 12. Jul, 2010 in John Wyma

John Wyma is about to hit the witness stand. One of this blog’s authors wrote about Blagojevich’s superlobbyist a few years ago. If ever there was a poster boy for Rod Blagojevich’s utter hypocrisy, it’s John Wyma. Not even George Ryan had a bag man walking at his side like Wyma with Rod. Lynn Sweet [...]

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WGN-TV mangles Obama-Blago contacts

by admin on 12. Jul, 2010 in David Axelrod, Mainstream Media, Valerie Jarrett

Another example of the press falsely exonerating Obama from any Blagojevich entanglement. This was just posted on the WGN-TV website: Last month, the former governor’s chief of staff, John Harris, told a federal court that people close to President Obama approached him about appointing Obama’s friend Valerie Jarrett to fill the U.S. Senate vacancy left [...]

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Long shadow of Rezko hangs over Obama

by admin on 12. Jul, 2010 in Mainstream Media, Obama/Rezko House Purchase, Tony Rezko

It looks like Tony Rezko won’t be called by the prosecution or defense in the Rod Blagojevich corruption trial. Not a shock because, as the Daily Herald’s Ted Cox explains, nobody quite knows what door Tony would open on the witness stand. It’s not even clear where Tony is these days. What is clear is [...]

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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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