SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The lawyer for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says federal wiretaps may have caught the governor making some "unfortunate" remarks but they don't show him doing anything that justifies impeachment. Attorney Ed Genson told a House committee that there's no evidence the governor ever took any illegal action to auction off a U.S. Senate seat or pressure the Chicago Tribune to fire its editorial writers.
Blagojevich was arrested Dec. 9 on federal corruption charges. The criminal complaint includes snippets from Blagojevich conversations that were caught on tape. Genson says the conversations amount to "unfortunate talk, talk that shouldn't have been made perhaps. But not actions."
Only in Illinois can you say that and not have your lips fall off. Well, and New Jersey. And Louisiana. And Rhode Island.
The committee has been assigned to recommend whether the full House should vote on impeachment.
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I dunno, I seem to remember somebody having a fund-raiser in furtherance of getting Hot Rod his cumshaw...
#4
After ordering a tuna melt on 12-grain bread, Obama approached reporters and placed his hand on the shoulder of pool reporter Philip Rucker of The Washington Post, who was scribbling away in his notebook. You don't really need to write all that down, Obama said.
Next time Obama, don't say a word, just slap Rucker into tomorrow. They'll get the message.
#5
The media served its purpose as far as he's concerned. He's just torked that the peasants apparently didn't get the memo the day after the election to go piss off.
#7
Don't worry, the media will be the 'battered spouse' who'll always return to their batterer, for the same failure of real self esteem usually associated with deep seated [and in this case, justified] but never articulated nagging self doubts. They need him to reaffirm their worthiness. It usually doesn't end well for either party. Pass the popcorn.
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I can't wait until it dawns on the press that Obama hates them more than Bush did. You will be able to tell when all the 'woe is us' and bad press starts.
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pass the popcorn is right...I don't like either entity, the press or chairman maobama. However, taking your kids to get an ice cream is not news worthy. I think there ought to be limits. I don't care where the guy goes on vacation or what he looks like w/out a shirt on. This is all just a sad commentary on where we are as a culture. The obssesiveness w/celebrity is sickening.
SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Blagojevich's lawyer Monday intends to submit President-elect Barack Obama's internal report to a House impeachment panel as evidence the governor wasn't trying to enrich himself while deciding who to appoint to Illinois' vacant U.S. Senate seat.
One self-serving report leads to another ...
Denied the ability to subpoena Obama's inner circle, defense attorney Ed Genson told the Chicago Sun-Times Sunday that the report will buttress his arguments the governor has done nothing wrong and deserves to remain in office. "Since I can't subpoena anyone, this is the next best thing," Genson said.
Last week, Obama's transition team released a report concluding that incoming White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel had one or two phone calls with Blagojevich regarding the Senate appointment and another four calls with the governor's former chief of staff, John Harris, who also has been charged. The Obama report noted that Emanuel was pushing Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett for the seat but concluded no wrongdoing on the part of Obama's aides or any indication that the governor was attempting to seek a cabinet appointment or ambassadorship under Obama in exchange for appointing Jarrett or anyone else.
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Should at least be able to get Blago on record as to whether or not the report is accurate. If he agrees with the facts of the report and they turn out to be innaccurate then that would raise the pressure on Emmanuel as well as the governor.
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Why do all these guys seem to have homes overseas? There's Dodd, there's Rangel's Dominican place... I mean, if they're the guys who *write* the financial and tax regulations _here_...
#6
You couldn't buy a hovel in Galway for that money and apparently the cottage in question is a very nicely restored affair on the idyllic island of Inishnee, close to the coast in the fashionable Roundstone area of Connemara.
Think 600,000 - 800,000 and you're getting warm! That's getting on for a cool $1 million. Maybe he thought nobody would believe him - he's probably right.
The Micks clearly do not understand the Dodd CountryWide "Executive Discount" program.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The lawyer for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says federal wiretaps may have caught the governor making some "unfortunate" remarks but they don't show him doing anything that justifies impeachment. Attorney Ed Genson told a House committee that there's no evidence the governor ever took any illegal action to auction off a U.S. Senate seat or pressure the Chicago Tribune to fire its editorial writers.
