Politics: OBAMA LINKED TO BLAGO SENATE-SEAT-FOR-SALE SCANDAL!!
Posted in Politics with tags blagojevich, Rahm Emanuel, Rich Miller on December 13, 2008 by Billy DennisAnd by “linked to,” I mean that the man Obama has picked to be his chief of staff gave to Blagojevich a short list of people he wouln’t object to being picked to be Obama’s replacement in the Senate. Of course, in the language of the lazy, sloppy-thinking mass media, “linked to” means the exact same thing as “guilty of.”
Rahm Emanuel doesn’t need me to defend him. Â But I’d be shocked if if someone from the Obama camp wasn’t talking to Blagojevich about his appointment.
And according to The Hill, Rahm Emmanuel and Obama may come out of this looking like goody-goodies:
Many believe Emanuel makes his own appearance in the criminal complaint, showing up as an unnamed adviser to Obama. Blagojevich curses the unnamed adviser in conversations with aides because, he says, the adviser seems unwilling to meet the governor’s demands.
In other words, Obama was unwilling to help Blago line his pockets.
But it doesn’t matter. Obama and Amanuel are “linked to” Blagojevich. Ooga booga booga. Whatever.
And Rich MIller (hat tip) makes the following observation:
Unless Rahm was wheeling and dealing with Governor Blagojevich on that Senate seat, promising favors like jobs and campaign cash, then this has absolutely zero real impact on Emanuel or Obama, especially since the feds are saying he’s not a target.
And I remain continually astounded at how willfully ignorant many commenters seem to be about Illinois politics. I caught five minutes of Michael Savage last night. In addition to pronouncing “Blago” line “Blaggo,” he kept insisting that Obama was a member of the Chicago Machine. This is true, because he is from Chicago.
