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Barack Obama aide demanded Senate seat for President-elect's friend

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Posted by Fred 2008-12-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 "all we get is appreciation, right?". Mr Emanuel is said to have responded: "Right."

"Appreciation" is a codeword for what?

Posted by Besoeker 2008-12-22 07:10|| 2008-12-22 07:10|| Front Page Top

#2 You're catching on ...

Posted by Steve White 2008-12-22 08:21|| 2008-12-22 08:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Tsk, tsk, tsk (under the bus with him).

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-12-22 09:17|| 2008-12-22 09:17|| Front Page Top

#4 I doubt it. It's pretty much a tempest in a teapot as far as B.O. and Rahmbo are concerned. The chief of staff would be the one to work out the mechanics of appointment and the Annointed's protestations of uninvolvement constitute the most minor of political peccadillos.
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Posted by Fred 2008-12-22 09:57|| 2008-12-22 09:57|| Front Page Top

#5 I dunno, the MSM needs their periodic blood sacrifice, and since Bush is on the way out they'll have to find it somewhere else. Rahm would be good for a month ...

Posted by Steve White 2008-12-22 10:16|| 2008-12-22 10:16|| Front Page Top

#6 If Obama's presidency does well then this will be forgotten.

If the Democratic party remains in power and the economy stagnates then this will haunt Obama, particularly since the amount of money they are planning to spend will generate additional graft and many questionable projects.

Posted by DoDo 2008-12-22 13:56|| 2008-12-22 13:56|| Front Page Top

#7 If Obama's presidency does well then this will be forgotten.

If the Democratic party remains in power and the economy stagnates then this will haunt Obama, particularly since the amount of money they are planning to spend will generate additional graft and many questionable projects.

Posted by DoDo 2008-12-22 13:56|| 2008-12-22 13:56|| Front Page Top

#8 So much for the "brains trust"; it is jobs for the boys.

Posted by Grinert Ghibelline2247 2008-12-22 14:51|| 2008-12-22 14:51|| Front Page Top

#9 The stench arising from BO and his cronies is sadly, predictably reminiscent of the pre-Clinton inauguration period. Clinton and Co. were guilty as sin and everyone who could add 2+2 and get 4 could see it clearly. Unfortunately, that group doesn't include a lot of Democrats. We're in for a lot of scandals and criminality in the next four years and it's going to be very ugly. Bama's a bastard and the puppeteers running him are worse.

Buy arms and ammo while you still can.

Posted by Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-12-22 18:02|| 2008-12-22 18:02|| Front Page Top

#10 I'm starting to think Obama looks more and more like Hoover every day.

Posted by Aaron A. Aardvark 2008-12-22 19:48|| 2008-12-22 19:48|| Front Page Top

#11 PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM/TOPIX > [Noted/
Preeminent = read, WEALTHY]] INDIAN AMERICANS ARE INVOLVED IN OBAMA-BLAGO ILLINOIS SCANDAL.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-12-22 23:02|| 2008-12-22 23:02|| Front Page Top

#12 NET POSTERS > Corruption + Public Nepotism in Chicago = State of Illinois is no longer the SOLE VENUE of the PRE-WW2 OR EVEN COLD WAR ITALO-SICILIAN, IRISH, BLACK, OR OTHER TRADITIONAL "AMERICAN MAFIAS", as CITY-STATE has become so DIVERSE, MULTICULTURAL, AND ECON IMPORTANT that NON-TRADITIONAL = INTERNATIONAL CRIME ELEMENTS ARE NOW PART OF THE LOCAL UNDERWORLD + OVERT POLITICAL-BUSIN ARENA.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-12-22 23:09|| 2008-12-22 23:09|| Front Page Top

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