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PresidentObama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 01:35 PM
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Gov. BlagoSandwich (D-umbass) meet Patrick Fitzgerald and Rahm Emanuel.
And now meet handcuffs and jail cells.

You don't fuck with President-elect Obama because he doesn't want to play ball.

And when you try and fuck with Obama, you fuck with Rahm.

Big mistake. Now Patrick Fitzgerald is embarassing your ass in front of national television.

If this is a sign of things to come, Obama and Rahm won't stand for corruption or sleazy politics.

Rhetoric meet results.
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RandomThoughts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 01:49 PM
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1. Well I don't look at it that way.
That sort of looks like, if you mess with so and so, they will sick the justice department on you. I like thinking about it as if they break the law and try to use corruption, then this is what happens.

So not they tried to mess with Mr. Obama, but the Govenor tried to be corrupt for self gain, which Mr. Obama / Mr. Rahm does not go along with.




Note: It would be so much better if the comment about Bank of America wasn't in the mix.

That puts a question on the intent. Really hope it wasn't targeted justice.

I really hope it was them standing against corruption. That would be so great.
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 01:51 PM
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2. Uh, Blagojevich was shaking down Obama via Rahm
Rahm did the right thing. Refer to Justice.

The Bank of America thing was Blagojevich deperately trying to get his numbers up. He is more despised in Illinois than George W. Bush.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 01:51 PM
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3. Apparently corruption needs to be cleaned up on both sides of the aisle.
What stands out to me is that the easy money to be made in politics needs to be addressed and laws implemented to make it really difficult to do so in the future. The crooks will then retire to organized crime where they belong and we can send the Feds after them.
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beachmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 01:53 PM
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5. No new laws are needed. Blago broke existing laws already on the books.
What I have read is that he's not that smart.
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 01:56 PM
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7. I can PROVE he's stupid
The idiot KNOWS he's being investigated by Fitzgerald for pay-to-play.

So what does he do?

He holds a fucking auction for the seat of a United States Senator.

How fucking stupid is that?
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beachmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 01:52 PM
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4. I look at Rahm Emanuel with cautious trepidation.
Make no mistake he will break you, if you cross him, and that includes corrupt politicians as well as courageous truth tellers. Rahm Emanuel is not nor will he ever be an anti-corruption Democrat. He just saw a problem politically, and went in and fixed it.
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 01:54 PM
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6. Well said. "Rhetoric meet results."
They won't stand for it on either side of the aisle, and thank goodness we have tape to prove it.

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Ozma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 04:09 PM
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8. Is that how you pronounce STUPID in ILL? "Blagoswindlewich"?
Edited on Tue Dec-09-08 04:09 PM by Ozma
He's got to be one of the dumbest Governors in the USA... oh wait, Sarah has that honor.
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