Blagojevich is probably going to prison, just like so many of his predecessors. Must be something in the air in Illinois. Perhaps the precedent set by Abraham Lincoln is just too hard to live up to. And now we are set to inaugurate a President who comes from a cesspool of Chicago thugs. Obama has tried to distance himself from Blago by saying they were never close. I hear a bus starting to roll.
David Axelrod, Obama's chief advisor, is on record as saying that Obama had several conversations with Blago regarding his replacement. Obama said he never spoke with the governor. Somehow I would think someone like Obama, who seems to have called everybody personally after his election, would have talked to Blago, the guy responsible for appointing his successor. Didn't Obama care who would take his seat?
Rahm Emanuel, the Clintonista who took Blago's seat in the house when he was elected Governor, is now going to be Obama's chief of staff. How much did he pay for Blago's endorsement. Of course he also had the Daley machine using their strong arm tactics to win him the seat. Some of those thugs that helped him get elected are now sitting in a prison cell.
Tony Resko. You remember him. He is currently serving time for some similar shenanigans as his buddy Blago. Big surprise. Tony served on Obama's Senate campaign's finance committee. He also was the slumlord who secured government money with the help of Obama. He raised money for Emanuel's and Blago's campaigns too.
Somehow, this den of thieves, who seem to have more than just crossed path's, have all distanced themselves from each other when one gets caught. One by one they fall. If we are to believe the media, Obama is just an innocent guy who happened to be in the same circles as these thugs. I judge the man by the company he keeps. Resko, Blagojevich, Wright, Ayers.
Blagojevich was hailed as a bright young honest leader who was elected to change Illinois. Let's hope Obama isn't destined to follow the same charted path.
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