[Rhodes22-list] Illinois Governor Arrested for Corruption

Wed Dec 10 08:03:57 EST 2008

Bill,

First, Axlerod says The One has been talking to Blago, then the
transition team says no, Axlerod is being "inartful".  Put him under
oath, that'll solve the problem.  Word on the street is that "Hail to
the Chief" is being replaced by "Bojangles". I'm putting my money on
two years down the road, that's how long it will take for Blago to
tire of wearing a skirt and start singing like Rezko.

Brad

-----------------

MR. OBJANGLES

I knew a man, Objangles, and he danced for me
In worn out new deal shoes.
With short hair, a flashy shirt and fancy pants,
The old new deal soft shoe.
He tap danced so high, tap danced so high, then he lightly touched down.
I met him in a ward in Chicago, I was
So down and out.
He looked at me to be the Messiah of the age,
As he spoke right out.
He talked of hope, he talked of change. He laughed, clicked heels instead.
Mister Objangles
Mister Objangles
Mister Objangles

Dance!

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 12:14 AM, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
> PS --
>
> Here is something else he actually did say:
>
> "We're not going to end corruption in Illinois by arrests and
> indictments alone.  What's going to make the difference is when people
> who are approached to pay-to-play first say no, and second report it."
>
> I believe he was talking to Mr. Obama, and I don't think this is the
> last we'll hear on this topic.
>
> Bill Effros
>
>
> Slim,
>
> That's not what he said.
>
> What he said was that Obama is not mentioned "IN THIS INDICTMENT."
>
> That is true.
>
> But, as you know if you follow him, old Fitz likes to amend indictments
> as he goes.
>
> "The Press" keeps getting the story totally wrong.  Obama has already
> started to dissemble.
>
> The New York Times already has its facts wrong:  "There is nothing in
> the criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday to indicate that Mr. Obama knew
> anything about plans to seek money and favors in exchange for his Senate
> seat; he has never been implicated in any other "pay to play" cases that
> have emerged from the long-running investigation of the Blagojevich
> administration."
>
> This is wrong on both counts.  Valerie Jarrett is Candidate A in the
> indictment.  She was Obama's choice to get his seat.  The Obama camp
> refused to pay Blagojevich for the nomination and she dropped out of the
> running.  Obama knew Blagojevich was seeking money and favors, he chose
> only to not pay -- I'm not sure, but I think he was required to report
> the extortion attempt. Fitz doesn't indict on judgment calls like this.
> Obama certainly was implicated in other "pay to play" cases involving
> the Blagojevich administration.  He came up repeatedly in the Rezko
> trial.  The FBI has been following him almost from the day he entered
> the Senate.  He was named in a previous indictment.  He was listed as a
> potential witness in the Rezko trial.
>
> When Mohammad Ata flipped at the end of the Rezko trial, Fitz no longer
> needed Obama on the stand, and didn't call him.
>
> Rezko complained to the judge that Fitz was pressuring him to implicate
> Obama.  He refused to do so before the jury verdict.  Now he is cooperating.
>
> Obama is in this up to his ears.  The house was a bribe.  Stuart Levine
> described exactly how the bribing was accomplished, as did several
> others who testified in the Rezko trial.  Thanks to the Patriot Act, the
> FBI was able to follow $20,000 worth of extorted money from the accounts
> of people who testified, into Obama's political action committee
> accounts.  This is twice the threshold amount for a federal indictment.
>
> Fitz doesn't have all the Obama ducks lined up just yet, so he didn't
> indict him just yet.  But he didn't say there is no implication of Obama
> whatsoever at this time.  In fact he has said just the opposite.
>
> Bill Effros
>
>
>
> Steven Alm wrote:
>> I think Fitz is the most intelligent, straight-talking and honest man man in
>> the theater.  I believe everything he says.  He is saying there's no
>> implication of Obama whatsoever at this time.
>>
>> Bill, what do you know to the contrary?
>>
>> Slim
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Jb,
>>>
>>> Patrick Fitzgerald is relentless.  And patient.
>>>
>>> He just rolls from one to the next.
>>>
>>> Ben C. believes Obama has promised he will not replace Fitzgerald until
>>> "Operation Board Games" is complete.
>>>
>>> Blagojevich has been described as a sociopath.
>>>
>>> Fitzgerald already has the goods on Obama, and he knows it.  But he
>>> likes to wait until there is no question he will get convictions.
>>>
>>> Even though Nixon fired the special prosecutor, he still had to resign
>>> in the end.
>>>
>>> I can't believe Fitzgerald will stop short of the top prize.  The only
>>> question in my mind is whether he can get Daley.
>>>
>>> Obama left fingerprints all over the place.  I don't know of any Daley
>>> has left. We are in for interesting times.
>>>
>>> Bill Effros
>>>
>>> PS -- Just saw that Blagojevich's co-conspirator in this indictment is a
>>> former Daley guy, so the only question for now is who they are going
>>> after next.  By all accounts I've seen, it's Obama.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> JbTek wrote:
>>>
>>>>> It is just a matter of time before Obama is indicted and impeached.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Bill,
>>>> I don't think so.
>>>>  If there is anything that would keep him from POTUS, the Clinton machine
>>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>>> the Republican machine would have exposed it before the primary or
>>>>
>>> election,
>>>
>>>> not after. The press isn't going to do it.
>>>> Jb
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com>
>>>> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 3:18 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Illinois Governor Arrested for Corruption
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Jb,
>>>>>
>>>>> This was contained in the Rezko indictment, and the information was made
>>>>> public during the Rezko trial.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also contained in the indictment and released during the trial was the
>>>>> fact that Barack Obama was under investigation for involvement in the
>>>>> same matters.
>>>>>
>>>>> It is just a matter of time before Obama is indicted and impeached.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bill Effros
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> JbTek wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Federal prosecutors have investigated Blagojevich's administration for
>>>>>> at least three years. They've been looking at everything from how he
>>>>>> hired people for state jobs to the actions of friends and contributors.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So why did it take 3 years to arrest this guy when he has been doing
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>> this
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> stuff the whole time, and they knew it.
>>>>>> Jb
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com>
>>>>>> To: "R22 List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 8:08 AM
>>>>>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Illinois Governor Arrested for Corruption
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> December 9, 2008
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   Illinois Governor Arrested for Corruption
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> CHICAGO (AP) — An official says Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich
>>>>>>> (bluh-GOY'-uh-vich) has been arrested in Chicago on corruption charges
>>>>>>> stemming from the selection of the successor to President-elect Barack
>>>>>>> Obama's U.S. Senate seat.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> U.S. Attorney's office spokesman Randall Samborn says both Blagojevich
>>>>>>> and his chief of staff John Harris were arrested Tuesday. Authorities
>>>>>>> aren't yet releasing details about those charges. However, a federal
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>> law
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> enforcement official tells The Associated Press the governor is
>>>>>>>
>>> accused
>>>
>>>>>>> of corruption charges. The official says the charges stem from the
>>>>>>> selection process of a successor to Obama.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Federal prosecutors have investigated Blagojevich's administration for
>>>>>>> at least three years. They've been looking at everything from how he
>>>>>>> hired people for state jobs to the actions of friends and
>>>>>>>
>>> contributors.
>>>
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