[Rhodes22-list] Politics: Here We Go Again...again!

[Brad Haslett]

Bill,

Ya gotta wonder if that $3K a day mansion in Hawaii helps jog The
One's memory about what he said to the Fitzgerald underlings.  That's
what got Scooter Libby in trouble.  They ask a few questions that they
already know the answers to (only they know what's on the tapes), then
call you back for a few more, then a few more, and again for a few
more.  You can't tell the truth because that would be an admission of
guilt.  Eventually, your "I don't remember" and "I can't recall"
answers don't work because they play a snippet of a tape, reveal a
small bit of testimony from one of the other players, and soon enough
you're in Libby perjury land.

In other news, Kennedy thinks, you know, she would, you know, make a
good, you know, Senator.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W85XJADEHxU&eurl=http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/&feature=player_embedded

Brad

On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
> Brad,
>
> "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."
>
> Carol Sowers
> KHQA (Channel 7)
> Quincy, Illinois
> November 5, 2008
>
> "I had no contact with the governor or his office and so we were not - I
> was not aware of what was happening."
> BHO
> December 9, 2008
>
> This just in:
>
> December 27, 2008
>
>
>  US Atty Asks Panel Not to Subpoena Obama Aides
>
> By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
>
> *Filed at 3:23 p.m. ET*
>
> CHICAGO (AP) -- The Illinois House committee investigating a possible
> impeachment of Gov. Rod Blagojevich
> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/rod_r_blagojevich/index.html?inline=nyt-per>
> won't subpoena two incoming White House advisers, the committee
> chairwoman said Saturday, shutting down a request from the governor's
> attorney.
>
> In a letter received by the committee Friday, U.S. Attorney Patrick
> Fitzgerald
> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/f/patrick_j_fitzgerald/index.html?inline=nyt-per>
> asked the special investigative committee specifically to not subpoena
> President-elect Barack Obama
> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/barack_obama/index.html?inline=nyt-per>
> adviser Valerie Jarrett
> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/j/valerie_jarrett/index.html?inline=nyt-per>,
> incoming chief of staff Rahm Emanuel
> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/e/rahm_emanuel/index.html?inline=nyt-per>,
> U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson
> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/j/jesse_l_jackson/index.html?inline=nyt-per>
> Jr. and Nils Larsen, a Tribune Co.
> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/tribune_company/index.html?inline=nyt-org>
> executive vice president.
>
> Fitzgerald said any such subpoenas ''would interfere with the ongoing
> criminal investigation into the activities of Governor Rod Blagojevich
> and others.''
>
> Blagojevich's attorney Ed Genson had asked the committee earlier in the
> week to issue the subpoenas.
>
> ''The ball is in Mr. Genson's court,'' committee chairwoman state Rep.
> Barbara Flynn Currie, a Chicago Democrat, told The Associated Press on
> Saturday. ''We're not interested in undercutting the U.S. Attorney's
> criminal investigation.''
>
> Genson did not immediately respond to a call requesting comment Saturday
> on the committee's decision.
>
> Blagojevich was arrested Dec. 9 on charges accusing him of scheming to
> swap Obama's vacant Senate seat for profit, shaking down a hospital
> executive for campaign donations and other wrongdoing.
>
> Genson has said testimony from Emanuel, Jarrett and Jackson would help
> prove the governor's claim that he didn't do anything wrong in his
> handling of Obama's Senate seat.
>
> Fitzgerald, however, said any testimony by Jarrett, Emanuel, Jackson or
> Larsen ''would overlap with the subject matter of the pending criminal
> investigation.''
>
> Larsen has been reported to be the Tribune financial adviser to whom
> Blagojevich instructed aides to talk about firing editorial writers in
> exchange for a grant to help sell Wrigley Field, home of the
> Tribune-owned Chicago Cubs.
>
> State Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie, the House committee's head, said
> Thursday that the panel received a letter from Genson asking members to
> subpoena Emanuel, Jarrett and more than a dozen others.
>
> On Dec. 22, Fitzgerald had sent the committee a letter asking members
> not to delve into the criminal charges against Blagojevich, saying
> interviewing current or former members of Blagojevich's staff might
> jeopardize his criminal investigation.
>
>
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