UPDATE to this update: KHQA-TV has removed the article below from its website. (Good thing we, um … made a copy.)
There’s been a whirlwind of speculation in the last 24 hours about (1) whether or not Barack Obama knew his U.S. Senate seat was up for sale, (2) whether or not he talked to Rod Blagojevich about it, (3) whether or not he personally made the decision to not “play ball,” and even, for the conspiracy-minded, (4) if he or his surrogates might have tipped the FBI about the pay-for-play scheme in the first place.
First, Obama aide David Axelrod was like, “the prez-to-be and the inmate-to-be talked about it.” Then Obama was all, like, “Oh no, we din’t.” Then Axelrod said “oops.”
Well, here’s some new red meat from Quincy, Illinois TV station KHQA (that’s channel 7 for you locals).
Whaddya think? Looks like a meeting to me.
Ill. governor meeting with Obama today
By Carol Sowers
Wednesday, November 05, 2008 at 10:39 a.m.CHICAGO, ILL. — Now that Barack Obama will be moving to the White House, his seat in the U.S. Senate representing Illinois will have to be filled.
That’s one of Obama’s first priorities today.
He’s meeting with Governor Rod Blagojevich this afternoon in Chicago to discuss it.
Illinois law states that the governor chooses that replacement.
There’s already been speculation about his selection…from Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. of Chicago’s south side who co-chaired Obama’s presidential campaign, to recently-retired state senate president Emil Jones, to the governor himself.
It’s likely the governor will make his decision quickly so the new senator will get some seniority before newly-elected senators take office in January.
Part of the timing depends on when Obama officially vacates his senate seat.
KHQA’s Alexis Hunt is speaking with Illinois Senator John Sullivan today about his thoughts on that replacement process, his time working with Obama in the state senate, and if there’s a chance Sullivan might play a role in the Obama administration. Watch KHQA News at 5:00, 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. tonight to hear what he has to say.
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Well of course Obama was involved. You don’t go calling someone an MFer who’s not involved.
A preview of things to come?
..The wheels on the bus go ’round and ’round!
‘Round and ’round! ‘Round and ’round!
The wheels on the bus go ’round and ’round, all through the town!
oh snaps (see I am young and hip)!
But the Chosen One said he, uh mean we, uh no that was I, never slept with that governor…
Link to article now goes down the memory hole.
Headline goes to the same nonresponding link via google.
Cached page is here
http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:Ph_kkHKQkX4J:www.connecttristates.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=217582 “Who will fill Obama’s senate seat? : News : KHQA”&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=safari
Take a dirty Illinois politician and add in the same crew from the Clinton years and mix them all together and what do you get??
We actually got the Clinton climate for 4 more years and Hilldog wasn’t even on the ballet. Gee Thanks.
Funny how all the things contradicting Obama are disappearing from the internet… that article, the video of Axelrod on FNS… and here I thought I had to go to China or Australia for this kind of compassion in keeping me protected from things that might emotionally damage me.
Gone from the Google cache now too.
But I did take a screen shot now at
http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/bad_americans/missing_pages_o.php
Well the news media won’t put out slander…..unlike the story they tried to stick on McCain about a supposed affair that was shown to be an out right lie, but I bet you can still find it on the web.
interesting tid bit http://www.connecttristates.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=233822
Hail to the bus driver, bus driver, bus driver. Hail to the bus driver, bus driver man……..
I’m so dizzy from all the spinning!
Kristine is on point. I feel like I’m in an Orwell novel.
Since Blago the Impaler called Obama “m-f*cker”, I doubt that Obama was high on the Christmas card list.
john edwards hair!
Almost can’t believe no one’s been in here accusing Deceiver of evil, right-wing conspiracy stuff with this.
Right back at ya, Rocko, for that first comment.
Isn’t it more suspicious to remove the articles?! Sure, it looked bad that they existed, but now it just looks criminal that they felt the need to remove them.
There’s talk about filling the senate seat, and there’s *talk* about filling the senate seat. When the cat’s away, the mice come out to play. Chances are there’s probably a lot of behind-the-scenes talk that Obama isn’t aware of/wasn’t a part of. Sounds like Blago is a shady character, but no different than most politicians I suppose, he just had his conversations taped and was caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
“We actually got the Clinton climate for 4 more years and Hilldog wasn’t even on the ballot…”
Yeah, no , sister. The one thing he got right was to destroy the Clinton machine and then he turns around and puts a crown on this coat-tail-riding-no talent-ass-queen! WTF!!!!
I want my vote back, !
people say the president elect hasn’t looked very presidential, but i disagree…obama has looked very presidential in the past 24 hours, as his stammering and deer in the headlights look is reminiscent of dick nixon…very presidential, indeed.
Well, sure. I wouldn’t have a problem if the governor and the senator were talking about who was replacing him. It would be silly to assume otherwise. The problem is that Sir Stammers-A-Lot decided to lie about said obvious talks having taken place.
I’m not sure if this is what you were implying, Ani, so this isn’t really at you (mostly the Politico blog I read yesterday that I can’t find now)… so, because all politicians are buying seats and involved in corruption and are generally crooked, we’re just supposed to accept it?? That sure wasn’t the case with Ted Stevens or Tom DeLay. But boy-oh-boy, we can find $90,000 in William Jefferson’s freezer that matches money given to an FBI informant and we just reelect him! Maybe I’m doing something wrong in my life since I’m not a crack-addict mayor, a la Marion Barry. From all of this, I have changed my mind. Obama’s just carrying on a longstanding tradition and I am all for traditions.
“Isn’t it more suspicious to remove the articles?! Sure, it looked bad that they existed, but now it just looks criminal that they felt the need to remove them.”
I emailed KHQA and told them exactly that same thing. The article never said that Obama actually met with Blago but rather it said he was scheduled to meet with him later in the day. So Obama’s denial isn’t untrue (liking the double negative) but obviously someone from Obama’s camp was talking to someone in Blago’s camp. Why is that a big deal? (not directed at Deceiver but at Obama…stop stammering and tell it like it is….like you did with smoking, uh I mean not smoking, occassionally smoking, whatever)
Blagjevich probably paid them to remove it…
Wish they would actually respond, D-.
I’d just like to take a moment to look at this photo Oversneer thoughtfully provided. I’m not quite sure what’s going on in it.
Is Obama teaching his supporters how he’d liked to be greeted when he comes in a room? “HEIL BAMA!”
I know, Kristine, and if they do I will be sure to post
Ahh, the re-appearance of the Democrat political machine memory-hole!
And this time, no matter what anyone says, it does matter!