My Governor is a total Rod...

[Devastatin Dave]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/...nor/index.html

Man, I can't wait for Obama's response to this. It will probably be something like this, "This is not the Rod Blagojevich I knew"....

Anyway, I have a feeling this is the tip of the iceberg. Please read the PDF on the conversations that they've taped on this guy. Classic stuff!!! What's your opinion?

[Hosakawa Tito]

We know this kind of wheeling/dealing happens sometimes, but even corrupt politicians generally have more class & panache than this. Maybe he can be the grand pooba of the Jail-House Lawyers Club when he goes to prison.

[Mangudai]

Good riddance to the governor of Chicago.

Downstate everybody dislikes him even the hardcore democrats.

[Yoyoma1910]

Sometimes Illinois makes even Louisiana look good. Thanks guys!




Now why did I put my Edwin Edwards statuette... Oh yeah, next to the William Jefferson poster.

[Devastatin Dave]

LOL, maybe he can get a room with former IL governor Ryan!!!!

I think this is the tip of the iceberg. Looks like Rezko is gonna spill the beans on everyone and the underbelly of Chicago politics where Obama sucked on the teet of these characters will FINALLY come out. I'm glad the media might actually have to cover this story instead searching the Alaska tundra for whatever dirt they can did on Palin before the 2012 election...

[Goofball]

LOL, maybe he can get a room with former IL governor Ryan!!!!

I think this is the tip of the iceberg. Looks like Rezko is gonna spill the beans on everyone and the underbelly of Chicago politics where Obama sucked on the teet of these characters will FINALLY come out. I'm glad the media might actually have to cover this story instead searching the Alaska tundra for whatever dirt they can did on Palin before the 2012 election...

Just wondering: has there ever been shred of evidence (or even credible allegations) that Obama is as dirty as you hope he is?

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Nope: There's evidence he knew/worked with some political scumbags -- but that can be said of a good chunk of Illinois. Unless you believe in guilt by association it says nothing of Obama himself.


I was having a nice chuckle about having to get 2/3 of the way through the piece before I found out Blag-boy was a Dem. The cynic in me says that if he'd been GOP we'd have seen a (R) after his name in every sentence except the headline -- but perhaps I'm just spitballing.

[Devastatin Dave]

Just wondering: has there ever been shred of evidence (or even credible allegations) that Obama is as dirty as you hope he is?

Here's a better question: even though evidence that Obama is a total Chicago scum politician has been posted thousands of times in the backroom, would you ever allow yourelf to believe it? Let me put it to you this way... go to the projects that Mr Obama was "organising" and see how much they've "change" since the time he "organised" them till the time he left them. You guys have been so busy praying to the Obama alter to even really look at where this guy and his associates come from. To say he's clean is about the most niave thing to believe. Look at how he got his original state senate seat. Tony Rezco, William Ayers, Blogojevich, Rohm Emanuel, Rev Wright, Mayor Daley, and the list goes on and on. Come on Goofball, even you can't be that smitten to not see that this guy is neck deep in the Chicago machine.

The Governor will roll over and this is going to get interesting.

[Crazed Rabbit]

My Governor is a total Rod...

And he got the shaft.

I hope they get Daley next.

CR

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Let's be honest, this stuff happens everyday in a less blunt sort of way.

[Devastatin Dave]

Let's be honest, this stuff happens everyday in a less blunt sort of way.

And not recorded...

He just got caught doing what probably 80% of all politicos do.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

And not recorded...

He just got caught doing what probably 80% of all politicos do.

And does anybody here care to bet that Nixon was the only one who taped stuff in the White House?

[Lemur]

Let's be honest, this stuff happens everyday in a less blunt sort of way.

And to what extent is that sort of sentiment a self-fulfilling feedback loop?

Blagevodinnerjacket (D) is a scumbag who is going to prison. Let's not extrapolate him onto all politicos just because we feel like casting lazy aspersions.

[ICantSpellDawg]

And to what extent is that sort of sentiment a self-fulfilling feedback loop?

Blagevodinnerjacket (D) is a scumbag who is going to prison. Let's not extrapolate him onto all politicos just because we feel like casting lazy aspersions.

Right.

Jesse Jackson Jr seems to be relatively innocent of this thing. His associate just seems to have suggested that Jackson would raise a ton of funds for re-election.

It is a bit uncouth, but politics works through making trades. It makes me sick to my stomach when they are bartering for themselves rather than the electorate.

Obama is rather clean as well, but again the things that he has said about the Governor give me more reason not to trust him, his judgment or the depth of his words on any subject.

If he thought "The people of Illinois have a dedicated servant in Rod" (among many other stellar comments), how wrong will he be on issues that he isn't intimately associated with.

[CountArach]

Claiming that this shows anything about obama's lack of judgement is completely false. How could Obama have known about this in advance?

[Devastatin Dave]

Claiming that this shows anything about obama's lack of judgement is completely false. How could Obama have known about this in advance?

Well it is kind of a strange trend of Obama to hang out with some of the shaddiest SOB's in politics, religion, and money sources. There comes a time when even His worshippers should question is strange lack of judgement.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Claiming that this shows anything about obama's lack of judgement is completely false. How could Obama have known about this in advance?

Oh, I should hope he has some skill at judging character, Obama's certainly been in power in the same state as Blagovejerk long enough and I doubt he never heard or saw anything shady.

But still all politicians go around saying how the other guy who's supporting them is such a great fellow (at least until that other guy gets caught). In the future, though, Obama's endorsements for governor may not mean as much.

CR

[Xiahou]

Claiming that this shows anything about obama's lack of judgement is completely false. How could Obama have known about this in advance?

Is knee-jerk lying a lack of judgment?

Obama quickly denied having any discussions with the governor about his senate replacement- despite multiple sources that mentioned him having discussions with the governor about it. That doesn't prove that Obama had anything to do with corrupt dealings, but it sure sounds like he lied.

Note: Before someone gets apoplectic, the source I linked was only chosen because it listed the multiple sources that contradict Obama. These sources include David Axelrod and the Chicago Tribune, among others.