He called for Blag's resignation.

Did he bring his own shovel to the press-conference or did they provide one for him?

I think we're going to need this.

Anyone got a big enough shovel? I can smell this crap though my radio.

"i reject and denounce..."
"i never sent a message or an emissary to make an offer, plead my case, or propose a deal..."
etc. etc. etc.

Flat out denial.

re: #2 Creeping Eruption

Did he bring his own shovel to the press-conference or did they provide one for him?

I did. Heh.

re: #3 Sharmuta

GTMA!

How old do you have to be to become a senator?
Jesse made himself look too young.
Those facials are effective!

re: #7 Honorary Yooper

Well- they are democrats and predictable.

Now he's bragging.

re: #10 bosforus

Now he's bragging.

About himself and his life of service and blah blah blah

re: #3 Sharmuta

You will need a bigger one than that!

re: #2 Creeping Eruption

Did he bring his own shovel to the press-conference or did they provide one for him?

May he should try the 0bama/Homer Simpson approach - dig his way out of the hole!

He's already electioneering for the ''special election'' that is almost sure to come.

If the gloves do not fit you must aquit.

re: #8 mean Gene

How old do you have to be to become a senator?
Jesse made himself look too young.
Those facials are effective!

30

Salt for your shoe Jr?

re: #11 bosforus

About himself and his life of service and blah blah blah

Indignation is usually a sign of bad things coming down the pike.

Holy cow. This guy is going to jail ASAP... because of this horrible press conference and not because of anything criminal... other than the criminality of this speech.

. 'I was shocked, shocked to find pay-to-play going on in here!'

No questions!

Not taking questions!?

re: #10 bosforus

Now he's bragging.

Wow, he really IS taking after his father, isn't he?

Don't bring me down...

A text message from his little sister. Isn't that sweet.

He waited until Rush was over for the day.

Way to go, Jesse.

I don't know how I feel about a special election. I'd rather like Pat Quinn to choose.

Is it over already?

re: #22 Charles

No questions!

I wish had done the same on many ocassions.

...that's not the shakedown artist I knew...

. A text message from little sister won't keep Jesse out of jail.

"The fourteen years I've nearly served." hahahahahhahahahahaa

of course, he is NOT taking any questions.
now sharing text message from little sister who is proud of him.
yuck

Gee! His little sister believes in him! WOW

re: #16 CyanSnowHawk

30

From Article 1 Section 3.

This morning I got a text message from my little saying she was prou- [chokes up] that she was proud of what I have done for this nation.
Oh, shut up!

Crap, Sorry Charles, my last comment was a question. Or maybe a statement phrased as a question. I'm not sure of anything today.

run away Jesse run away

re: #33 DaddyG

...that's not the shakedown artist I knew...

No kidding. His father would have made 2 million for just promising to "not" say something during the press conference.

What a load of crap

Text from his sister who is so proud -
Does anybody care?

What? It's over already?

No questions? Was he eating waffles or something?

"Senate seat? Naw, man,...c'mon, I was just holding that for a friend."

he's trying to sound humble but also has an aggressive tone of denial.
yuck

This morning I got a text message from my little saying she was prou- [chokes up] that she was proud of what I have done forTO this nation.

Tweaked

Change!

A lotta change™

spare (4 million) quarters?

I hope i get some change.

***

How.

Very.

Sad.

"i never sent a message or an emissary to make an offer, plead my case, or propose a deal..."
etc. etc. etc.

"I" never sent ,,, (did Dad?)
WORDS MEAN THINGS

Ended with the words "content of my character". What a toad.

I think people knowing a parent has an altfamily may have ethics issues.

re: #47 nyc redneck

he's trying to sound humble but also has an aggressive tone of denial.
yuck

and an arrogant look on his face.

He figured that if a funny-named guy could become president a short guy with a name steeped in controversy could become senator.
Gee, what a resume!

re: #51 sattv4u2

"i never sent a message or an emissary to make an offer, plead my case, or propose a deal..."
etc. etc. etc.

"I" never sent ,,, (did Dad?)
WORDS MEAN THINGS

I'm thinking that the guy he told to do that is now worried about his job.

re: #51 sattv4u2

"i never sent a message or an emissary to make an offer, plead my case, or propose a deal..."
etc. etc. etc.

"I" never sent ,,, (did Dad?)
WORDS MEAN THINGS

He never sent a message. So, he made his case in person? He let someone else send someone?

re: #27 Sunlight

He waited until Rush was over for the day.

Hannity on it?

re: #54 reine.de.tout

and an arrogant look on his face.

angry that he has been ensnared.

re: #48 buzzsawmonkey

Oh, Jesse.

I will cut fresh flowers for you.

I'll always make the wine cold for you.

Buy me a river

He announced he was lawyering up and stonewalling the media...what an open and honest politician!

Is he shaking his finger?

re: #62 frank14

He announced he was lawyering up and stonewalling the media...what an open and honest politician!

"Stonewall" Jackson?

it is so annoying how they get all up in arms and self righteous when they get caught.

Interesting. Sort of a mixed bag, really.

Falling back on Obama's "skinny kid with a funny name" line doesn't bode well.

I look forward to hearing what the federal investigators have to say.

Busted, down on Bourbon Street, Set up, like a bowlin' pin.
Knocked down, it get's to wearin' thin. They just won't let you be, oh no.

Well, that served the sole purpose of 5 free minutes of "Jesse Jr. for Senator of Illinois" campaigning. Thank you MFM.

re: #51 sattv4u2

"i never sent a message or an emissary to make an offer, plead my case, or propose a deal..."
etc. etc. etc.

"I" never sent ,,, (did Dad?)
WORDS MEAN THINGS

'zactly. Did he say I never spoke to the governor?

Or does that depend what definition of is is ?

re: #69 buzzsawmonkey

If it's red, don't you dare.

Nevah!

re: #64 hermit

"Stonewall" Jackson?

do NOT taint that name by linking it to scum like JJ!

*hard cold stare*
*waving the Confederate Battle Flag*

re: #65 nyc redneck

it is so annoying how they get all up in arms and self righteous when they get caught.

you aren't kidding, and may I remind the audience..."I did NOT (finger wagging) have sex with that woman!"

dog and pony show.

I feel sorry for the dog and pony.

re: #67 Peacekeeper

Don't start platying bootlegs or I'll have to come up there.

re: #67 Peacekeeper

As this is Chicago, I was thinking more along the lines of " . . .steal your face right off your head."

OK, process of elimination.
(If you believe the players so far.)
Jesse didn't ''pay to play.''
0bama didn't ''pay to play for his first choice (what's-her-name).
That leaves 3 other potentials.
Who are they and do we have any proof that any of them tried to pay to play?

re: #69 buzzsawmonkey

Hey, buzz -- have you already done a send up of Big Rock Candy Mountain for Hopenchange? Would you?

re: #65 nyc redneck

it is so annoying how they get all up in arms and self righteous when they get caught.

It would be refreshing if he would just say "OK. You got me. What happens next?"

Big stink all over.

"I've, like, shown up and voted and done my job practically, like, every single time. THAT is why I'm, like, so totally qualified for this job.'

'I mean, who shows up to work, like, most of the time anyway? Me. That's right. I'm on the job practically all the time it is required. Almost."

L'il Jesse
12/10/2008

re: #56 CyanSnowHawk

I'm thinking that the guy he told to do that is now worried about his job tongue.

re: #73 Big Steve

you aren't kidding, and may I remind the audience..."I did NOT (finger wagging) have sex with that woman!"

exactly.

Good idea to piss off the feds junior.

re: #29 ggt

I don't know how I feel about a special election. I'd rather like Pat Quinn to choose.

Quinn's even said a special election would be better.

re: #64 hermit

"Stonewall" Jackson?

Stonewall Jackson was a hard eyed warrior. That was an insult. He never shirked his duty, and never dodged his responsibilities to his superiors or his country.

One term president

1/2 term President.

re: #51 sattv4u2

"i never sent a message or an emissary to make an offer, plead my case, or propose a deal..."
etc. etc. etc.

"I" never sent ,,, (did Dad?)
WORDS MEAN THINGS

"Mr. Capone coulds not have had nothin ' to do with the Valentines Day Massacre as he was in Miami at the time."

re: #85 Honorary Yooper

Quinn's even said a special election would be better.

Who's Pat Quinn?

re: #79 bellamags

Heh! Right...
; )

This HYMIE is very amused!

re: #74 ggt

dog and pony show.

I feel sorry for the dog and pony.

or Dog and Cow...Weiner Mobile

re: #87 Ojoe

One term president

Don't tease me.

re: #79 bellamags

It would be refreshing if he would just say "OK. You got me. What happens next?"

LOL,
yes, why doesn't he just defend his actions. and say well, hells bells, i got the million and i want the senate seat. that's the way we do business here, folks.

re: #88 Noam Chumpski

OK

BBL

re: #92 WriterMom

This HYMIE is very amused!

LOL LOL LOL!

{WritaaahMom}

"I never had pay for play with that woman... Miss Blagonsky..."

What did Gov. Blog due to piss off the feds?

I thought one part of the press conference yesterday with Fitz and the FBI guy was interesting.

One of them (I can't remember which) said that regular political horse-trading was not criminal. It became criminal when the participants used it for personal gain.

I think it's interesting that the Justice Dept knows the differnence, but the politicans do not.

A shovel won't do the job. When the Jackson family gets going you need a bulldozer

I'm actually admiring the feds breaking up some of these "pay to play" (official policy in some blue states) operations. However, I'm wondering what type of pressure they must be under because they seem to blow the whistle, stop the play, arrest people, make plea agreements, etc. before the whole scam is uncovered. I feel like they know that the public has an inkling that there is massive corruption in some states, so they are throwing us a fish while trying to survive the blowback from the people involved... I think there is lots more and it goes really high as the state people move to D.C. and track their slime into the capitol.

re: #90 Walter L. Newton

Who's Pat Quinn?

Lt. Governor, I think.

re: #72 pre-Boomer Marine brat

*hard cold stare*
*waving the Confederate Battle Flag*

Dear Mr pBMb,
I am very, very sorry.
Sincerely,
Hermit
/the nuns made me write that...
/Dude, stop staring now...please?

re: #64 hermit

"Stonewall" Jackson?

Ummm ... ever mind.

I am somebody!

re: #97 loppyd

HAHAHAHAHAHHAAHA

I crack myself up!

re: #85 Honorary Yooper

Quinn's even said a special election would be better.

I thought the IL legislature was working on a bill to get one.

re: #85 Honorary Yooper

good on him.

I still think Senators should be chosen by the legislatures of each state, so I'd prefer that route.

Blago is going to go to the feds to cut a deal.

He will sing.

These guys calling for his resignation may end up cutting their own throats.

re: #87 Ojoe

One term president

One term president-elect

re: #65 nyc redneck

Unhinged, baby!

re: #90 Walter L. Newton

Who's Pat Quinn?

Lt. Governor. A pretty honest guy who the Combine seriously hates. Blago chose him as an insurance policy against the Combine rising up against him in the General Assembly. It seems to have backfired.

re: #103 loppyd

And a good guy from the accounts that matter.

re: #107 WriterMom

HAHAHAHAHAHHAAHA

I crack myself up!

Still in militant hezbo hell?

JJJr speaks with the same cadence as his dad, without the Dr. Seuss crap.
(posted last thread without knowing fresh thread was available.)

re: #109 ggt

good on him.

I still think Senators should be chosen by the legislatures of each state, so I'd prefer that route.

Here, here!

Who's going to represent the interest of the States otherwise?

re: #114 ggt

And a good guy from the accounts that matter.

He's going to be the next governor of IL so that's a good thing.

re: #100 ggt

I thought one part of the press conference yesterday with Fitz and the FBI guy was interesting.

One of them (I can't remember which) said that regular political horse-trading was not criminal. It became criminal when the participants used it for personal gain.

I think it's interesting that the Justice Dept knows the differnence, but the politicans do not.

Remember Jimmy Stewart "Mr Smith Goes to Washington" was appointed to Congress by a corrupt governer who thought he could control him.

Whitewash

It would have been funnier if he had simply gotten up their and did the Dave Chappelle routine of "Plead da' FIF!"

OK, did I miss something?

Did buzz do something to the effect of the green eggs and ham?

re: #100 ggt

I thought one part of the press conference yesterday with Fitz and the FBI guy was interesting.

One of them (I can't remember which) said that regular political horse-trading was not criminal. It became criminal when the participants used it for personal gain.

I think it's interesting that the Justice Dept knows the differnence, but the politicans do not.

The difemence is they do a better job of whitewashing it...

re: #86 maddogg

Dear Mr, maddogg...I am very, very sorry.

okay, it was a play on the WORDS from the quoted comment...stonewalling. I promise that I was not attempting to draw any historical comparisons!

Somewhere along the way over the last two and a half years I got the idea that if a skinny kid with a funny name could be President of the United States, then a short kid with a somewhat controversial but certainly a high profile name could be a Senator from Illinois.

He said THAT?! That's just... sad.

re: #93 Big Steve

you are right, much better example. And, you get points for having a visual aid!

re: #87 Ojoe

One term president

Bob Beckel was on Fox this morning and stated the biggest problem was likely to be the public's view of the Chicago machinery, which would affect the Democratic party, and would ripple up to the president.

I seldom agree with Beckel, but I think he's got this right. Things wouldn't be so bad except Reid and Pelosi's actions will now get magnified. Within four years (maybe by the next midterm!) Democrats will join -- not replace, join -- Republicans in the "corrupt" column.

It will be an interesting set of elections. Bull Moose party, anyone?

re: #66 Cognito

I look forward to hearing what the federal investigators have to say.

Bingo.

re: #115 loppyd

You know it.

But I have really had a blast the past few days. I been a baaad bad girl...LOL.

re: #120 Spare O'Lake

Whitewash

I don't know why anyone would want him to resign. So far no one's done anything wrong! According to everyone who's been accused.

re: #108 Sharmuta

I thought the IL legislature was working on a bill to get one.

They are. Madiagn's called back the House for Monday next week, and Jones will call back the Senate after that. They need to make it veto-proof if Blago is still governor. If Quinn's the governor by then, they won't have to worry about it being passed. Quinn has stated he will sign such a bill.

re: #26 Charles

A text message from his little sister. Isn't that sweet.

It's stupid. Just stupid.

re: #129 WriterMom

You know it.

But I have really had a blast the past few days. I been a baaad bad girl...LOL.

Are they away at a militant hezbo convention or something?

just waiting for the blue dress to pop out

/channelling Slick Willie

re: #104 hermit

Dear Mr pBMb,
I am very, very sorry.
Sincerely,
Hermit
/the nuns made me write that...
/Dude, stop staring now...please?

heh ... I forgive you

Let's hear the tapes, Feds. I can't wait for these things to get leaked.

Yes, that's savage, but corruption in government effects everyone and I want these people to be shamed and humiliated as a lesson to every Governor, Mayor, and Dog Catcher across the nation who asked for or took a bribe while in office.

Somewhere along the way over the last two and a half years I got the idea that if a skinny kid with a funny name could be President of the United States, then a short kid with a somewhat controversial but certainly a high profile name could be a Senator from Illinois. I entered this process with that expectation, and I hope that the people of the state of Illinois and the people of our country will measure me based on the content of my character

YOU ARE NOT MLK, YOU EFFING SHAKEDOWN ARTIST.

/sucks to be you

/sucks to get caught

This is sad, pathetic.

The nation's great institutions are in desperate need of men and women with integrity.

I wish this story would just go away. It's quite enough that every preminent Wall Street investment banking house has either collapsed or has re-chartered. Quite enough that America's largest industrial manufacturers are virtually bankrupt. And it's quite enough that American's are being thrown out of their homes and jobs in record numbers.

We need some leadership, statesmanship and integrity.

When do we get it?

.

re: #107 WriterMom

HAHAHAHAHAHHAAHA

I crack myself up!

crackhead.

Guilty.

re: #120 Spare O'Lake

Whitewash

Typical White person whitewash.

re: #133 loppyd

No-LOL. Even better, they are all in town. I'll send you a note.

re: #131 Honorary Yooper

Madigan! Argh.

Question

Are they using person "a" and person "b" and so on in the indictment issued to the public as a way to protect names, or are these people they are not sure of who they are?

re: #139 Peacekeeper

[WHACK]

You needed that.

re: #116 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

JJJr speaks with the same cadence as his dad, without the Dr. Seuss crap.
(posted last thread without knowing fresh thread was available.)

Ignorance of a new thread is no excuse. Comment is still funny!

re: #141 drmark

Typical White person whitewash.

I was just at Home Depot and wanted to get some in the aerosol spray can !

re: #100 ggt

I thought one part of the press conference yesterday with Fitz and the FBI guy was interesting.

One of them (I can't remember which) said that regular political horse-trading was not criminal. It became criminal when the participants used it for personal gain.

I think it's interesting that the Justice Dept knows the differnence, but the politicans do not.

The pols know the difference. They just don't care.

re: #144 Walter L. Newton

Question

Are they using person "a" and person "b" and so on in the indictment issued to the public as a way to protect names, or are these people they are not sure of who they are?

they know

re: #128 Racer X

Hi, 10. The thing is- Federal Prosecutors aren't the most loquacious when it comes to on-going investigations. We may get some sort of statement, but it will likely leave us wanting.

re: #59 nyc redneck

angry that he has been ensnared.

He's one of the chosen ones, and cannot understand why it is he is called to be accountable for his actions.

re: #144 Walter L. Newton

Question

Are they using person "a" and person "b" and so on in the indictment issued to the public as a way to protect names, or are these people they are not sure of who they are?

Shades of "unindicted co-conspirator"

re: #143 ggt

Madigan! Argh.

Madigan's looking at impeachment as well. His kid is looking at an obscure law to work that angle against Blagojevich. Either way, Blago's toast.

re: #127 jwb7605

Reid's up for reelection in 2010. Think his "smelly" constituents will reelect him?

re: #149 ploome hineni

...the dog

...the dog

he forgot the dog

who?

re: #110 karmic_inquisitor

Blago is going to go to the feds to cut a deal.

He will sing.

These guys calling for his resignation may end up cutting their own throats.

blago won't go down alone. he is a vindictive sob.

re: #144 Walter L. Newton

Question

Are they using person "a" and person "b" and so on in the indictment issued to the public as a way to protect names, or are these people they are not sure of who they are?

Oh, no - they're using that until they bring forward charges against those listed anonymously (and to keep them from knowing their phones are tapped as well).

re: #144 Walter L. Newton

Question

Are they using person "a" and person "b" and so on in the indictment issued to the public as a way to protect names, or are these people they are not sure of who they are?

It's to protect the innocent.

re: #136 Noam Chumpski

Meanwhile, the they scream that the Cook County hospital is going bankrupt and they have to add taxes to everything from bottled water to rental property AND cut jobs because the government has no money.

Yet, the can pay to play. . . .

Daley has got to be chewing Prilosec today.

re: #142 WriterMom

No-LOL. Even better, they are all in town. I'll send you a note.

I'll be on the lookout.

re: #155 Lee Coller

Reid's up for reelection in 2010. Think his "smelly" constituents will reelect him?

Of course. It's the 'small' players that need to worry.

re: #153 unreconstructed rebel

Shades of "unindicted co-conspirator"

Is that an answer to my question, because it doesn't make sense to me?

Stop me if you've heard this one - but saw a great nickname for Obama - "Sgnt. Schultz" from Hogan's Heroes - "I know NOTHING!" Ha ha!

re: #144 Walter L. Newton

Question

Are they using person "a" and person "b" and so on in the indictment issued to the public as a way to protect names, or are these people they are not sure of who they are?

My guess with the wire taps they know exactly who the players are...

Arrogant little creep, isn't he?

re: #155 Lee Coller

Reid's up for reelection in 2010. Think his "smelly" constituents will reelect him?

Of course - he sends the bacon home.

re: #157 nyc redneck

lol, he's already naming names, guaranteed!

Obama:

You can take the politician out of Chicago, but you can't take the Chicago out of the politician.

How old does a woman have to be before you stop referring to her as your "little sister"? His youngest sibling was born in 1975.

re: #160 ggt

Meanwhile, the they scream that the Cook County hospital is going bankrupt and they have to add taxes to everything from bottled water to rental property AND cut jobs because the government has no money.

Yet, the can pay to play. . . .

Daley has got to be chewing Prilosec today.

Ya think? Daley's gotta be shitting bricks right now, as is Stroger.

He didn't mention mama... or trains... or whiskey

re: #158 Noam Chumpski

Oh, no - they're using that until they bring forward charges against those listed anonymously (and to keep them from knowing their phones are tapped as well).

So there are going to be 5 senate possibilities brought up on charges for talking to Blago about buying the seat?

re: #147 sattv4u2

I was just at Home Depot and wanted to get some in the aerosol spray can !

This reminds me of Lucy in an old Peanuts cartoon: "Beethoven now comes in spray cans!"

re: #173 faraway

He didn't mention mama... or trains... or whiskey

Or the rain . . .

re: #102 Sunlight

I have - cynically - concluded that the FBI is now in the business of preventing actual political dissent by staging a huge "investigation" a la ACORN, then burying the whole business for a couple of years under a welter of grand juries and paperwork, with maybe a high-profile arrest, then a welter of confusion that results in absolutely nothing happening.

It's to give the impression that something is being done.

My feelings about this are not to be taken as gospel, of course.

re: #135 pre-Boomer Marine brat

heh ... I forgive you

Thank You -- it is my lizard-day after all! I am ONE!
But now I must run away and play with the kids in afterschool, no teaching today. I am secretly training them for future lizardship...little anti-idiotarians!
Thank you, Lizards!

re: #159 Honorary Yooper

It's to protect the innocent.

Or, the "innocent".

re: #171 capitalist piglet

How old does a woman have to be before you stop referring to her as your "little sister"? His youngest sibling was born in 1975.

My oldest sibling was born in 66', and she is still my little sister.

re: #163 Walter L. Newton

Is that an answer to my question, because it doesn't make sense to me?

Being facetious, sorry. It was a popular term during the Nixon era. Pay no attention.

re: #158 Noam Chumpski

Oh, no - they're using that until they bring forward charges against those listed anonymously (and to keep them from knowing their phones are tapped as well).

Unnamed, unindicted, co-conspirators.
God Bless America.

re: #171 capitalist piglet

How old does a woman have to be before you stop referring to her as your "little sister"? His youngest sibling was born in 1975.

Unless, of course, he's referring to his born-in-1999 half-sister.

OT

As much as I hate Billy Mays, I find myself wanting to order a bottle of Mighty Mendit.

re: #127 jwb7605

Lizard Party.

re: #180 CyanSnowHawk

My oldest sibling was born in 66', and she is still my little sister.

Point taken. We're in my age range now, but my brother doesn't call me that...to my face, anyway. : )

re: #184 Cattt

OT

As much as I hate Billy Mays, I find myself wanting to order a bottle of Mighty Mendit.

Did they change the name of Mighty Putty?

re: #164 ploome hineni

jjjr

his little sister

and he forgot to mention the DOG

Ah.

re: #157 nyc redneck

blago won't go down alone. he is a vindictive sob.

And a deal maker - something obvious from the tapes.

Lawdee, he even managed to get in a rift about global warming/energy efficiency or some such.

Is it me, or is this whole scandal way more obvious and real than anything the Repubs ever had on Clinton?

re: #174 Walter L. Newton

So there are going to be 5 senate possibilities brought up on charges for talking to Blago about buying the seat?

No, not at all. There were six of them mentioned in the Complaint, but not all of them are in trouble. Apparently just #5 is in trouble thus far for wanting to pay for the seat. Not everyone whose name is obscured by a title is in trouble, just a few of them.

re: #184 Cattt

OT

As much as I hate Billy Mays, I find myself wanting to order a bottle of Mighty Mendit.

I do too.
And a sham-wow from the other guy.

Here's what he should have said.

It's been alleged that I offered a million dollars to the gov for a senate seat. Nothing could be further from the truth. As the son of Jesse Jackson, this apple didn't fall far from the tree. Believe me, we do not get shaken down, we shake down. Had I wanted this senate seat, I know how to persuade the Governor to give it to me. I don't pay to play.

re: #174 Walter L. Newton

I listened to the press conference. I think they don't want names coming out of people who did nothing wrong. Guilt by association and all that stuff.

re: #173 faraway

He didn't mention mama... or trains... or whiskey

And why do I suspect that it ain't gonna be momma that's "run over by a train"?

/metaphor for the Justice Dept.

re: #174 Walter L. Newton

So there are going to be 5 senate possibilities brought up on charges for talking to Blago about buying the seat?

...I'm not sure that's what I meant. I accidentally excluded the notion that it is also to protect someone who is guilty of no criminal act.

re: #184 Cattt

OT

As much as I hate Billy Mays, I find myself wanting to order a bottle of Mighty Mendit.

Speaking of Billy Mays... this scandal kind of gives new meaning to ShamWow.

re: #193 reine.de.tout

I do too.
And a sham-wow from the other guy.

I want those, but that guys voice is IRRITATING !

re: #173 faraway

He didn't mention mama... or trains... or whiskey

Before he could get to the station in his pickup truck, he got thrown under the danged ole train ... and Blago and Fitz never even called him by his name!

Good post over at Ace's (too long to fully quote here):

More on the Chicago Culture of Corruption In Which Obama Thrived
More: KHQA, Which Reported Obama-Blago Meeting, Disappears Articles Reporting It; Tom Magurie Wonders if They Just Didn't Get It Wrong from the Get-Go

re: #164 ploome hineni

jjjr

his little sister

and he forgot to mention the DOG Puppy

Its "puppy" and also kittens. Puppies, Kittens, and little sisters.

re: #199 sattv4u2

I want those, but that guys voice is IRRITATING !

Guy looks exactly like Johnny Knoxville from Jackass.

re: #160 ggt

Oh, I forgot my personal pet peeve. The decline in funds for our State Parks? . And Lt Governor Pat Quinn has been fighting it for a while.

and Blagohair shut down controlled pheasant hunts.

D@mn those spin-off links are a handy reference tool. Without them, I never find this information when I want it. Kudos Charles!

re: #199 sattv4u2

I want those, but that guys voice is IRRITATING !

HEY. That guy is a lot less irritating than Billy Mays.

re: #189 karmic_inquisitor

And a deal maker - something obvious from the tapes.

Which leaves me continuing to think there's a bigger fish Fitz is trying to catch.

re: #187 CyanSnowHawk

Did they change the name of Mighty Putty?

It probably offended some overly-sensitive democrat whose name was "Putty".

re: #193 reine.de.tout

I do too.
And a sham-wow from the other guy.

The shaw-wow guy creeps me out and why is he telling us that they sell themselves? I want a fancy towel, not a franchise to sell them. I have some of those things that I got at the Del Mar Fair one year, and they are pretty good at doing what he says.

re: #206 Sharmuta

Which leaves me continuing to think there's a bigger fish Fitz is trying to catch.

Please be Obama, please be Obama, please be Obama . . .

re: #197 Noam Chumpski

...I'm not sure that's what I meant. I accidentally excluded the notion that it is also to protect someone who is guilty of no criminal act.

Wow, I worded the above sentence so, so poorly.

I mean 'to protect the innocent.'

George Bush needs to name Fitz as special prosecutor for Illinois political corruption so that Fitz doesn't get fired when the Obama admin takes over and wants "their" US Attorneys ( ala Gonzo)

re: #199 sattv4u2

I want those, but that guys voice is IRRITATING !

everything about that guy is irritating.
The look on his face - his little scrinchy eyes - the way he holds his skinny elbows in at his side all the time - the way he wears that stupid mouthpiece - the way he points at the stuff he's just poured into the carpet - everything about him irritates me.

*Snark Alert!*

We all got to respect Reverend Jackson. Why, he was Martin Luther Kings right hand man, and wouldn't be so crass as to pay 5 million dollars for a Senate seat.

Would he?

re: #197 Noam Chumpski

...I'm not sure that's what I meant. I accidentally excluded the notion that it is also to protect someone who is guilty of no criminal act.

guilty of no criminal act

GUILTY OF NOT CRIMINAL ACT

Sorry ,,, but that hurt my brain !

re: #209 Wyatt Earp

Please be Obama, please be Obama, please be Obama . . .

My guess is it would be Emanuel...

BACK AT YA CHICAGO BOYS!

"Your tears are delicious ..."

/from an Obama supporter to Charles after the election

Over in a flash! No questions from the media, just some stories about his little sister, some self-aggrandizement, and then a little Martin Luther King to finish up:

Somewhere along the way over the last two and a half years I got the idea that if a skinny kid with a funny name could be President of the United States, then a short kid with a somewhat controversial but certainly a high profile name could be a Senator from Illinois. I entered this process with that expectation, and I hope that the people of the state of Illinois and the people of our country will measure me based on the content of my character.

"a little M.L.K...". Not exactly...that would be called "The Race Card"

re: #172 Honorary Yooper

Yep, somehow I don't think giving free bus rides to seniors is going to count for much.

Stroger? Oy.

re: #206 Sharmuta

Which leaves me continuing to think there's a bigger fish Fitz is trying to catch.

Bigger fish than a sitting congressman? Pray, do tell.

re: #193 reine.de.tout

I do too.
And a sham-wow from the other guy.

I imagine those things sucking up ALL the water in the washing machine.

re: #171 capitalist piglet

How old does a woman have to be before you stop referring to her as your "little sister"? His youngest sibling was born in 1975.

My big sis was born in '41 - our little sister in '44 - yes we still do. Especially when pulling rank. ;-)

re: #207 gmsc

It probably offended some overly-sensitive democrat whose name was "Putty".

It offended David Puddy.

"Gotta support the team."

Come on, seriously, JJ, Jr. and family are royalty in Chicago politics and perfectly bullet-proof just like the new big O (sitting on the dock of the pay) is nationwide.

...waiting anxiously for the Gov to retrun the favor and state that the president elect should resign...since, O was probably to get his cut from the deal in some fashion...what else would two crooked Chicago politicians discuss about the impending appoinment and those will to pay to play at least a million for the gig...and that was probably the opening bid...who knows, O and the Gov may have become a little richer in a hurry on this rather small potatos joint venture.

re: #175 gmsc

This reminds me of Lucy in an old Peanuts cartoon: "Beethoven now comes in spray cans!"

The "Anti-Bullshit Spray" is particularly effective when sprayed directly at the TV screen.

re: #138 Dad O' Blondes

Simple...when we DEMAND it. How's about voting in those persons of integrity.
Better yet, how's about us finding and supporting those persons of integrity.
It's easy to do...don't listen to a single word any of the candidates say.
Just look at their platforms and their voting records.
But, NO... everybody falls prey to the sugar coated promises and money for nothing and the PC bullcrap.
Don't worry, when it's time to vote again, the worst of America will become amnesiac's again...
You get the politicians you deserve...
NO sarc.

re: #187 CyanSnowHawk

Did they change the name of Mighty Putty?

No, but it can survive a wind tunnel.

re: #136 Noam Chumpski

Let's hear the tapes, Feds. I can't wait for these things to get leaked.

Leaks won't be necessary. They'll be introduced as evidence, and enter the public record at that point, even if a plea bargain is struck. It may take a FOIA request to get them, but in good time - and a fairly short time - all that information will be released.

Don't forget, too, that this investigation is certainly not over. Anyone who solicited bribes is also going to be looked at very closely. This current chapter is a follow-on to the Rezko conviction, aided by Rezko's plea deal to testify on corruption he took part in.

There are a minimum of four additional 'Senate Candidates' as yet unnamed. They will be just as high profile, quite possibly more so, than Jesse Junior.

What they actually said will be fascinating to hear. The main questions are: Did they actively solicit the Senate seat with the promise of some sort of kickback? If a payment was solicited, did they actively embrace the idea? Did it never come up at all? Or was Blago the sole instigator, who never got any bites?

It will be an interesting couple of months. Remember, too, that the Senate seat is only one of the issues here. There's a whole host of dealings with union representatives, manufacturers, other politicians and on and on.

And that's only what's become known since October. This guy's been in his current office for six years.

I'm gonna go order a case of popcorn.

re: #205 bellamags

HEY. That guy is a lot less irritating than Billy Mays.

Billy Mays's only problem in that Groucho Painted On Facial Hair By Ronco

re: #200 jwb7605

Before he could get to the station in his pickup truck, he got thrown under the danged ole train ... and Blago and Fitz never even called him by his name!

I can understand him NOT mentioning prison.

re: #152 reine.de.tout

He's one of the chosen ones, and cannot understand why it is he is called to be accountable for his actions.

yes, he wanted to have that senate seat purchase go smoothly and then get ensconced in his position of power and start raking in the cash.

re: #211 karmic_inquisitor

George Bush needs to name Fitz as special prosecutor for Illinois political corruption so that Fitz doesn't get fired when the Obama admin takes over and wants "their" US Attorneys ( ala Gonzo)

I don't trust Fitz, and Obama will keep him because he's digging "just deep enough" but not deeper.

re: #213 rusty_armor

*Snark Alert!*

We all got to respect Reverend Jackson. Why, he was Martin Luther Kings right hand man, and wouldn't be so crass as to pay 5 million dollars for a Senate seat.

Would he?

It wasn't him, it was the Son Of The Reverend.

re: #214 sattv4u2

guilty of no criminal act

GUILTY OF NOT CRIMINAL ACT

Sorry ,,, but that hurt my brain !

Yeah, it couldn't have been written worse than that; could it?

I posted that, read it, and then hit myself on the forehead. I apologized above. lol

re: #221 debutaunt

I imagine those things sucking up ALL the water in the washing machine.

hahahaha!
they way they describe them, they could indeed suck up all the water.
Wouldn't that be a hoot?

is there some sort of blackout on getting the tapes leaked ?

re: #211 karmic_inquisitor

George Bush needs to name Fitz as special prosecutor for Illinois political corruption so that Fitz doesn't get fired when the Obama admin takes over and wants "their" US Attorneys ( ala Gonzo)

Didn't the special prosecutor statute espire? I thought the Dems let that expire after it blew up in their face.

re: #213 rusty_armor

*Snark Alert!*

We all got to respect Reverend Jackson. Why, he was Martin Luther Kings right hand man, and wouldn't be so crass as to pay 5 million dollars for a Senate seat.

Would he?

Didn't he make up the part about him holding MLK after he was shot or being at his side or something?

re: #212 reine.de.tout

everything about that guy is irritating.
The look on his face - his little scrinchy eyes - the way he holds his skinny elbows in at his side all the time - the way he wears that stupid mouthpiece - the way he points at the stuff he's just poured into the carpet - everything about him irritates me.

ummm,,, you COULD change the channel!

/just sayin!

re: #206 Sharmuta

Which leaves me continuing to think there's a bigger fish Fitz is trying to catch.

He's after the big fish, the Teflon Don of Chicago, the Godfather himself, Mayor Richard M. Daley.

In my interpretation, his quoting of Martin Luther King (when put in context of the original King quote) is pretty much a flat-out accusation that his accusers are racist.

The acorn doesn't fall far from the tree.

re: #232 nyc redneck

yes, he wanted to have that senate seat purchase go smoothly and then get ensconced in his position of power and start raking in the cash.

exactly.

re: #231 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I can understand him NOT mentioning prison.

And NOT mentioning soap-dropping.

re: #144 Walter L. Newton

Question

Are they using person "a" and person "b" and so on in the indictment issued to the public as a way to protect names, or are these people they are not sure of who they are?

No, they know exactly who they are. Many of those involved have been actively cooperating in the investigation.

The names are doctored to protect the players, and also to protect the investigation itself, which is ongoing and probably just getting started.

re: #209 Wyatt Earp

Please be Obama, please be Obama, please be Obama . . .

No, that is the last thing America needs right now. Seriously. If Obama goes down in flames America is in for some really tough times ahead. Anarchy.

bbl

re: #224 buzzsawmonkey

In the Big Obama Mountain
You never pay your tax
But anything to the government
Fourfold to you comes back
Thanks to the great Charles Ponzi
Bills come another day
Oh, I want to live 'neath the broad blue skies
Where the ocean levels no more rise
On the Big Obama Mountain

In the Big Obama Mountain
Free health care is a right
Unless your lifestyle's not worthy
In the government's sight
Because whate'er they grant you
They can also take away
Make sure you do as you're told to
By folks who say, "Don't do as we do,"
On the Big Obama Mountain.

Oh, we've traded home on the range for the hope and change
And the bailout bills are mountin'
Everything's just great in the nanny state
On the Big Obama Mountain.

You simply amaze me.

re: #176 kafir lover

Or the rain . . .

or pick up trucks

Down With The Sickness (Video / Explicit)

Read article the other day that said the "sham wow" is a sham.

The little balls that you throw in your dryer, don't do much and join the lost socks.

The spaghetti thing (for the microwave) works great.

Just an article. Not an big fat endorsement.

re: #237 Adrenalyn

is there some sort of blackout on getting the tapes leaked ?

RACIST

re: #240 sattv4u2

ummm,,, you COULD change the channel!

/just sayin!

nawww - sometimes it relieves a lot of stress to yell at the stupid irritating guy on the tv.

re: #246 Racer X

No, that is the last thing America needs right now. Seriously. If Obama goes down in flames America is in for some really tough times ahead. Anarchy.

Exactly according to plan!

- Hillary

re: #254 kafir lover

Exactly according to plan!

- Hillary

ding.

re: #250 Cattt

Down With The Sickness (Video / Explicit)

Nice taste in music. I saw Disturbed at Ozzfest. They were so tight, I thought they were lip syncing. They blew everyone else out of the water.

re: #244 Wyatt Earp

And NOT mentioning soap-dropping.

I'll throw in the towel on that one.

re: #246 Racer X

No, that is the last thing America needs right now. Seriously. If Obama goes down in flames America is in for some really tough times ahead. Anarchy.

Would make the Rodney King riots look like a playground scuffle.

re: #226 Spare O'Lake

The "Anti-Bullshit Spray" is particularly effective when sprayed directly at the TV screen.

Nah, for the TV, I've got something much better - Span-O-Vision (Part 1, Part 2)!

re: #208 CyanSnowHawk

Ahhh, I've been seriously thinking about getting them for drying my long haired dogs after their baths. Old towels just get sopping wet and don't do the job.

$19.99 for the dogs is a bit much for me to justify when I have a pile of old towels.

ha!

re: #239 loppyd

Didn't he make up the part about him holding MLK after he was shot or being at his side or something?

I think he was hanging onto his coattails ...

Candidate No. 5 sounds like a decent nic.

re: #253 reine.de.tout

nawww - sometimes it relieves a lot of stress to yell at the stupid irritating guy on the tv.

HEY ,,, you're talking about my livelihood!

re: #237 Adrenalyn

is there some sort of blackout on getting the tapes leaked ?

I'd love to hear them. But as just noted, this is an ongoing investigation, with LOTS more fun sure to come as it proceeds. No point in short-circuiting the process until EVERYONE involved has been looked at.

Meanwhile, in Boston we have our little corruption drama playing out.

Turner, Wilkerson plead not guilty to extort charges

There was no awkward display of solidarity at the federal courthouse today, but former state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson and City Councilor Charles “Chuck” Turner could not avoid standing feet apart as accused co-conspirators in a political-muscle-for-hire scandal.

Before an overflow crowd of some 120 supporters, many wearing “We Stand With Chuck” stickers, Turner, 68, and Wilkerson, 53, both of Roxbury, pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy and attempted extortion indictments that could put them in prison for dozens of years if they’re convicted.

The suspect stateswoman and the bearded Turner are alleged to have pocketed bribe money last year - Wilkerson, $23,500, and Turner, $1,000 - to help a proposed nightclub in their district secure a liquor license.

re: #78 hermit

Hey, buzz -- have you already done a send up of Big Rock Candy Mountain for Hopenchange? Would you?

How is this?

HopeChange Revolution

(sung to “Big Rock Candy Mountain”)

One evening as the sun went down and the prairie fire was burning
Down the track came a candidate and he said boys I'm not turning
I'm headin for a land that's far away beside the foggy bottom
So come with me we'll go and see the HopeChange Revolution

In the HopeChange Revolution there's a land that's fair and bright
Where the bailouts grow on bushes and the Army doesn’t fight
Where the busses are all empty cause the people ride beneath
With the preachers please, there’s no cigarettes please
Where the donations spring with anonymous bling
In the HopeChange Revolution

In the HopeChange Revolution all the mortgages get paid
And the bankers all write rubber checks and the taxpayers get played
The minivans get built for free and their tanks are full of gas
Oh, the MSM gives me a pass
The investigations never last
In the HopeChange Revolution