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The Blago/Obama/Blackwell pay-to-play circle

by admin on 11. Aug, 2010 in Emil Jones, Mainstream Media, Michelle Obama

The news media reported this in pieces but never put the whole thing together. Essentially, Chicago entrepreneurs Robert Blackwell Jr. and Sr. were good friends to Barack Obama and Rod Blagojevich (campaign contributions) and Obama and Blagojevich were good friends to the Blackwells. A chronology: 2001–Barack Obama gets an $8,000 a month legal consulting contract [...]

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