no lib cares to defend. noone care to explain the lies already coming from the nobama camp. no one willing to step up. typical
On Dec 19, 6:39 am, mark <[email protected]> wrote: > President-elect Barack Obama's incoming chief of staff Rahm Emanuel > had a deeper involvement in pressing for a U.S. Senate seat > appointment than previously reported, the Sun-Times has learned. > Emanuel had direct discussions about the seat with Gov. Blagojevich, > who is is accused of trying to auction it to the highest bidder. > > Emanuel talked with the governor in the days following the Nov. 4 > election and pressed early on for the appointment of Valerie Jarrett > to the post, sources with knowledge of the conversations told the Sun- > Times. There was no indication from sources that Emanuel brokered a > deal, however. > > A source with the Obama camp strongly denied Emanuel spoke with the > governor directly about the seat, saying Emanuel only spoke with > Blagojevich once recently to say he was taking the chief of staff > post. > > But sources with knowledge of the investigation said Blagojevich told > his aides about the calls with Emanuel and sometimes gave them > directions afterward. Sources said that early on, Emanuel pushed for > the appointment of Jarrett to the governor and his staff and asked > that it be done by a certain date. > > At least some of the conversations between Emanuel and Blagojevich > were likely caught on tape, sources said. > > http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/1337789,CST-NWS-rahm18... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
