[Rhodes22-list] Politics: Blago

[Brad Haslett]

Bill,

OK, everyone showed for the last event I'm covering today so it's out
the door for the hangar - but before I go,  here's today's NYT's
coverage.  The "Gray Lady" may be suffering hard times financially but
this scandal could sell enough papers to revive her bottom line.

"A Democrat familiar with Illinois politics and the Obama transition,
who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said there probably were
calls between the Blagojevich and Obama camps about the Senate seat.
It was not clear if any calls were recorded by federal agents, who had
tapped the governor's phones."

The WSJ said it's Emanual who made the calls.  For the NYT's to even
admit that someone/anyone "probably" made calls can't be good. Of
course, it's within the realm of possibilities that Team Obama were
shocked, SHOCKED, by the brazenness of Blago and tipped off Fitz
because they're honest brokers.  Hello?

I'm already bored with this movie because I have a gut feeling how it
will end.  The most interesting thing now is how the press will
resuscitate itself - or not.

Brad

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:44 PM, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> Bill,
>
> Got sidetracked and didn't answer your last questions. Jarret got
> pulled just in time to perhaps save her, maybe not. Jesse, Jr
> (D-Budweiser) is toast for statewide office but he's in a lifetime
> district if he can dodge this bullet. His dad is out of ammo, he's
> done his last corporate shakedown deal over white guilt (but not
> before the "Bud's a Dud" program got Jr. his beer distributorship).
> The current speculation is that Ralph Emanuel is "Adviser A" in the
> indictment.  That's just speculation but if true, this movie could be
> over before the first bag of popcorn is eaten. But even if it isn't
> true, someone from DC talked to Blago for over two hours (today's
> WSJ), if not Emanuel, then who? As to Durbin, I don't have an answer
> to that one. He's such an idiot, just leave him in the Senate to make
> an ass out of himself.  Maybe he'll be like Trent Lott and resign
> before the spotlight finds him.
>
> Where's Woodward and Bernstein in all this?  No wonder the MSM media
> is financially bankrupt. You can't help but empathize with young Barry
> - he picked a bad week to quit smoking.
>
> Brad
>
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>> Can Blago protect Patti?  Give them his father-in-law; they will both
>> protect the daughter?
>>
>> It shouldn't take TOO long for the MSM to notice Michelle has done
>> exactly the same things Patti did.
>>
>> You are the first person I've spoken to who thinks Fitz can get Daley.
>> Why do you think that?  Because he's got all the henchmen?  He knows how
>> to wipe his fingerprints off things.
>>
>> Obama will throw Jarrett under the bus.
>>
>> Jesse Jackson Jr. is gone.
>>
>> Is Rahm Emanuel good enough to protect himself?
>>
>> What about Durbin?
>>
>> Bill Effros
>>
>>
>>
>> Brad Haslett wrote:
>>> Bill,
>>>
>>> That's a damn good question.  The ultimate answer would be a
>>> Presidential pardon.  Let's see, Eric Holder, the architect of the
>>> Marc Rich pardon, is supposed to be the new AG, hmmmm. Nope, too
>>> obvious. One would have to think that Blago's worth as a witness will
>>> go down over time.  He's competing with Rezko for who can sing the
>>> loudest, but, unlike Rezko, he hasn't been behind bars yet so right
>>> now he's still in the defiant mode. I'm still betting on the State
>>> Treasurer next before the Mayor.  My rough guess would be that a
>>> couple of years in a country club prison like Webb Hubbell or a Jim
>>> Guy Tucker would be the best he could hope for.  Unfortunately, I know
>>> some convicted felons in Illinois (don't ask how closely related) one
>>> of which did time in the general population with one of Governor
>>> Ryan's lieutenants. Blago knows the Illinois prison system and he
>>> definitely doesn't want in the state system.  Most of his convictions
>>> will be for Federal crimes anyway so I'd say "pick-of-the-litter" in
>>> the Fed system would be his best hope (he wants to make salads in the
>>> kitchen not toss salads in the cellblock). One would think they'll
>>> have to sentence him with at least one charge, so negotiating for the
>>> one charge with the shortest term would be his best bet. I think
>>> Fitz's original "Big Fish" was Daley and he will probably get him.  At
>>> this point he doesn't have to try all that hard for "The Really Big
>>> Fish".  He'll go down the same way Richard Nixon did - it's not the
>>> crime, it's the cover-up.
>>>
>>> Brad
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Brad,
>>>>
>>>> If you were Blago, and you knew you could bring down the President and
>>>> everyone around him, how would you negotiate?  What would you want?
>>>> What do you think you could get?
>>>>
>>>> Bill Effros
>>>>
>>>>
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