Blagojevich is Obama’s Best Character Witness

You da man George!

Blago clearly was rebuffed by the Obama people, but the questions about contact remain. Were they really unaware of what Blago was trying to do with the Senate seat? Did they report him or try to protect a fellow Dem?
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are you kidding me chicago political system was the womb that Obama came out of and now the msm is covering at all cost ….. BTY obama offered blago wife a nice cushy job in exchange for his perfered pick…I VOTED FOR OBAMA AND AM VERY SORRY I DID…NO CHANGE SAME OLD STUFF

here we go
lol
you really are the guy who bought the bridges that got us here and now you try to say even after the bridge that everyone bought (you know with facts and brains and examination) is phony.
lol
huge FBI investigation
the slimy governor calling Obama every word in the book because he couldn’t get him to play dirty
and most likely the Obama team being the one that blew the whistle
and you talk about bridges
lol
Thank God we have smarter people who actually went to the polls this time around than you. lol

Ahhh, I didn’t even know Blagojevich. I think he was friends with Jeremiah Wright, whom I never listened to in Church during the 20 years I attended. I think he lives next door to Mr. Ayers, but since I don’t really know him, I’m not sure. Michelle who?

I feel sorry for Mr. Obama. He has to be a good man. I don’t know another man who would go through this to become president of a country that have so many ungrateful people and take on a debt of this country. Mr. McCain backed out as you can see. Picking Mrs. Palin for a running mate, please. This is a very intelligent man and who as he is and everyone else say, including me, is a brave decorated veteran. I take my hat off to Mr. Obama and wish him God’s Speed and all the prayer of my friend and family and I think, hope and pray of the nation.

Isn’t it amazing how all the rush-listening, hanitty watching idiots are quit to tie Obama to the governor of Ill.

Remember this name “Tony Rezeko” He is the one trying to save his own skin and is singing like a bird. You libs remember him, he “helped” Obama buy a house that Obama could not afford, remember “it was a bonehead mistake”. Rezeko is also tied in with the Govenor and his wife. Rezeko is talking to the feds and this is just the tip of the iceburg. More to come.

GET READY FOR THE RIDE AMERICA
I AM GLAD I DID NOT VOTE OSHAMA OOPS OBAMA, I SMELLED RAT SINCE DAY ONE

I believe he sees this as doing business as usual. All politicians give and take right? This was just on a broader scale. I think all politicians are guilty if this conduct to some degree.

mike,
I am tired of smelling rats the last 8 years. Jan. 20th will be like opening a window on the first day of Spring after a long hard winter.

If Oprah had not backed Barack Obama Hillary Clinton would have been the Dem candidate. Oprah should be aware of the power she has and she should not use it to further her personal feelings. I believe Hillary was not backed by the Kennedy family because she would not be their puppet. Hillary, rightfully, should have been the Dem. candidate, that is, if the game had been played fairly; but the word fair and politics do not mix.

Look, its obvious from Blagojevich’s
comments Obama’s team didn’t give
him anything and blew him off. The
new President is assembling a fine team
so far. I think he will really put this
country in a better place if he can get
his agenda through and change us into
a green energy manufacturer. We can
lead in this, like we have throughout
our history, but you have to start first.

Obama needs to discipline Alexrod if he really wants to come across as a hero in the midst of this scandalous scum.

I think Gov. is outlaw. He think he is above the law. look at him, he has no remorse of that is wrong or something.

Bill I agree with you. I truly believe Obama ran an honest campaign with a team that seems to be respected by everyone. I do think he was under pressure by some old heads in the party but I believe he cordially acknowledge them but never had any intentions to follow their leads, like they may have thought he would. He has shown that by the selection of his cabinet members. You here the leftist are already crying they were duped.
If he stay and track and continue to stay out of the cespool of scandal on both sides Rep/Dem, he will be one of the first presidents to really make a change. There are too many that want to see him fall but I think there more that are going support him when he makes decisions because there are some in our government who are not tainted just tied hands because they never had someone in above them that thinks like them, only the what’s-in-it-for-me politicians.
I say let’s give Obama the chance to get started because so far he seems to be getting full ahead running jump start so far and it is looking good.

you libs that hate Foxnews–you must be sneaking peaks to finally hear the truth –you won’t get it from other stations. Fox is fair and balanced and has the highest ratings of any news station–its because they keep us informed–no “head in the sand” mentality there.

Blagojevich is Obama’s Best Character Witness. WHAT??? GEORGE, WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH OBAMA, BUT THIS STATEMENT IS TOO MUCH! BLAG IS A CROOK AND A LIAR AND YOU’RE CALLING HIM OBAMA’S BEST CHARACTER WITNESS??? THEN WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU ABOUT OBAMA’S CHARACTER IF THATS THE CASE! NOW, DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT OBAMA’S STAFF IS GOING TO TELL THE TRUTH AND ADMIT WRONG DOING??? THIS IS PLAIN STUPIDITY GEORGE!!! GROW UP!!!

janey,
Get real. Fox news is about as credible as the national inquire. You should listen to NPR if you want a truly unbiased news report.

Its sad how many republicans and conservatives are jumping to conclusions without all the facts. Using guilty by associations is lame – no matter who, what and where. Wait until all the facts are out before making assumptions about guilt. What we do know, is that Blagojevich tried to cut a deal with someone on the Obama team and was rebuffed. Period.
So far the blackmailing of the Illinois Senate seat has been handled correctly and turned over to the proper authorities (FBI) to monitor and criminal engagement.
Again, Its sad how many on this blog are inspired by their imagination about the story then grounded by the facts and integrity of the unfolding circumstances.

Lumberman_63 raises an excellent point.
Why did blag expect something from barry, what did he do for him in the past?
Obama endorsed this guy whole-heartedly and Blog endorsed him….. yet another shady association the media will have to work around the clock to keep barry protected from.

It’s just another ploy on the Repukes side to try and distract or a dying attempt to over throw Obama because he is black! Truth hurts don’t republicans cry babies. If Obama was white they would have accepted and moved on but they don’t like someone smarter than them, especially a minority.
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oh please.
LOL….who is the racist now? Why are you bringing race into this? It’s a white Governor. People like you are why race issues will NEVER go away.
I don’t agree with the policies Obama ran on. I could not care less what color his skin is. No more than I care what color “Blago” is. ‘Blago’ is the now the new poster boy for the stereotypical corrupt & arrogant politician.
Only a complete fool would think that Obama could rise through the “Chicago Machine” and not have done his time “greasing the gears” as it were. The only thing that is certain , for right now, is that he was much more careful & discrete since there are no tapes or other evidence at this time of any improprieties.
I agree with your fellow liberals in that I HOPE he IS clean. The country does not need to have him entering office with scandals tied to his feet on day 1.

Honesty is the best policy to regain confidence and hope. It will light up many strong points,I think.

If I hear one more person compare barry O to Lincoln I’m going to go crazy..
Did Lincoln attend a white-supremist, radical for his time, church? Did he sit for 20 years in the pews and do nothing as he heard lie after lie coming from the pastor/founder?
Did any of Lincoln’s real-estate ventures involve federal investigations?
Did ANY of the people that had a political coming out party for Lincoln ever do any attacks against America?
Did Lincoln live next door to anyone who ever attacked America?
Did Mrs.Lincoln ever say she had never been proud of her country?
I also doubt that Lincoln would not contested wearing/participating in patriotic demonstrations (flag pin and pledge of allegiance).
The only 2 things Abraham Lincoln and BO have in common is that they were both born in the United States… no wait… that might not be true

Did anyone at his coming out party and lived next door to him attack America?
Yes, it was called the Civil War. Your neighbor, best friend, or brother attacked America. “A house divide against itself cannot stand”:
Did Mrs Lincoln ever say she had never been proud or her country? I would be willing to take that bet. If she was she would have convinced her husband to go along with slavery. Don’t you think?????????????
I think if did a little you might find a few other things they had in common. Oh by the was Hawaii not a state when Mr. Obama born????????

Of course, I’m sure Blago felt out someone in the Obama camp to find out who Obama might like to see in the new Senate seat. And Blago I’m sure asked what he might expect in return. From Blago’s own wiretaps we know he wasn’t going to get anything but gratitude. It speaks very well of Obama that he p’ed off Blago by not playing his disgusting, corrupt old-school “what’s in it for me” game. Old-School political corruption like this is on the decline, but this is rightly the era of zero tolerance.

BOisafraud, although what you post “may” have some credence (regarding Lincoln/Republicans), please keep in mind that people, and entities evolve. We all hope for the better but that is not always necessarily true. In my opinion, this is true of the Republian party. The party is not based upon its founding principles. My opinion…
You post;” On the other hand, barry just sat there for 20 listening to a hateful man incite rage in impressionable youths and was also in bed with crooked politicians.”
You know this with 100% factual evidence, “how?” Please cite your sources and supporting evidence in making such a condemning statement. In doing this we can all discuss this matter intelligently. It is possible, although highly doubtful, that your argument may move some who are opposed to agree with you.
If you are unable to do this, please refrain from spewing your unsupported, baseless rhetoric. On behalf of us all, if not all, many, I thank you very much.

I find it highly insulting that anyone would expect me to believe that Obama is not only completly innocent of any involvement in any of the rampid corruption in this lousy state but that he also had absolutly no idea of any of it………please. give me a break.

Oh puhleeze, Obama’s the only Chicago politician who hasn’t dipped his hands into the corruption?
Yeah, right.
Time will tell if a politician who was blessed by Mayor Daley and Gov. Bloggie has clean hands. I wouldn’t bet on it.
Illinois has been governed by corrupt politicians for several years. Ex-Gov. George Ryan is serving a stint in the fed pen due to his activities while governor. Chicago politicians have been recognized to be a corrupt bunch almost since just after the city was formed, but I never thought the public would want a Chicago politician in the white house.
People are so easily fooled by a smooth talker… it’s really sad.

Absolutely amazed that ANYONE with common sense would be surprised about this “buffoon”, who happens to be a governor, is corrupt. And to an extent, so is EVERY politician, including the newly elected president. Why would anyone be surprised? As for Obama and Chicago Politics (I’m originally from Evanston, IL and Cook County-Daley country), it’s always been “quid pro quo” (as is ALL POLITICS), so what’s the fuss about? Is everyone delusional to think politics and integrity have anything in common? “Whew!” Get a grip! Politics and Filth, what’s the difference?

Does anyone remember the Daley Machine – Chicago/Illinois Politics is as corrupt as any place in the US. The more fingers you have pointing at the Gov. one will always be pointing at you. Yes he should be removed and all these other politians…from where ever should really watch who they burn in the media.

Bill, he wasn’t hooked up to his teleprompter! Axlerod wasn’t speaking into his ear!! Obama’s impersonation of Sgt. Schulz:I know nuthhhhhing.I saw nuthhhhhhhhing.I hear nuthhhhhhhhing.I spoke to nooooooooooo one.You just have to love the new ‘ethical’ Democratic Party promised by Pelosi. Posted by: Bill Brady

Sweet Home Chicago, please re-read your posting. Seriously, are you well? You are wishing ill-fortune upon someone because of what? Your posting is similar to me stating that “I hope you get hit by a car” as you are crossing the street. I implore you, so that we all may share and possibly help you, what is it that Mr. Obama has done (and in particularly) to you which generates so much hatred and wishful hoping for misfortune?

RMBarley,
I’m thinking the trib may be sorry at this moment that it supported some of the people it did.
Go Bears.

The media will have to work around the clock to keep this from blowing up in BO’s face. It is amazing what power the media holds when it decides on a canidate that it likes and wants to protect.

FS,
No wishes for misfortune for anyone….unlike you who wish for people to be hit by cars….
I’m hoping that our new prez-elect is a smooth-talking SAINT who has made poor choices with regard to his Chicago pals, but at the same time I won’t be surprised if YOUR hero is shown to be as dirty as any other Chicago politician.
I’m a believer in miracles. It may be possible that, as a result of some modern day MIRACLE, the prez-elect got as far as he has without the support of Chicago cronyism.
Good Luck with your anger management program.

Wait for it – its just starting – Obama didn’t get where is today with out going along and being apart of the crimmal element. More to come but you all of you know that

FS,
What I view as ominous is your statement that you’re watching me….. that’s just creepy. Get a life.

FS,
What I view as ominous is your statement that you’re watching me….. that’s just creepy. Get a life.

>What I view as ominous is your statement that you’re watching me….. that’s just creepy. Get a life.
Not creepy at all. As attributed to the bible; “The tongue is mightier than the sword.” With that stated, I realize the damaging effects the written word can have–especially those posted on the internet without the qualifier Of “LOL.”
It is just plain WRONG for your side to consistantly post innuendo, and half-truths based upon no factual evidence whatsoever. It is an absolute disservice to the American people who care for this country. For me, I am doing my civic duty! So, to take 5 or 10 minutes from my work to “right an absolute wrong” is very little to give of myself. Thankfully, (because of the freedoms and opportunities of this country), I can amply afford to do so.
However, I think the following poster said it best:
Paul_Revere,
(Most WORTHY of re-posting!!!!
You now see why it’s so hard to get more honest, intelligent, and patriotic Americans to run for elected office. They know that they’ll have to work alongside crooks like this Dem. Governor and the jailed Rep. Governor before him, no matter how much it turns their stomach. They’ll also have to bear the stigma of guilt by association heaped on them by the public, extremists and average Joes alike. And have resolve within themselves the bitter reality that few will ever believe they served out of a deep abiding love of country.
The partisans on both sides are quick to jump on these events to point their crooked figures at the other side. You people aren’t interested in electing honest people. You just want to make sure the crook in power is the one you elected! If you want to create the kind of politics that you only pay to lip service in convention speeches, you need to put truth, verifiable facts, and being presumed innocent until proven otherwise, before your primal need to attack “the other side”.
There should be vigorous debate, on the issues, but with an eye towards making this country even greater than it is. How about putting the “civil” back into civilian again? Maybe that’s why more of us are independents now – real ones, not phony Joe-the-plumber types. We can judge people on merit, ideas, and conduct. We’ve matured enough to know that no one is perfect, but we’re not foolish enough to equate partisan attacks with truth. I remember reading something, umm, “…indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.” Know it?
If you want your kids to have a country that serves them and one they can proudly serve, stop injecting venomous partisanship and self-defeating scorched-earth tactics into every issue in sight! If you can’t do that for your kids, then make sure you bad-mouth the virtue out of them and teach them every dirty trick in the book, so that they can grow up to be the kind of politician you can be proud of – the one wearing your logo.

FS
Your ridiculously long-winded posts are getting old.
Stick to typical liberal rhetoric that shows the depth of your thought process..
“BUSH LIED KIDS DIED”
“SPREAD THE WEALTH AROUND”

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Laura Brown — Cut all ties to Chicago politics? Obama thrived in that corrupt atmosphere and used it to his advantage. His ability to work that system literally got him where he is today. I know we like to believe that Obama is somehow different from the rest, but the fact is, he’s one of a number of crafty Chicago politicians. And he’s not about to cut all ties – he owes some of his former Chicago peers big time, and if the governor’s taped conversations are any indication – they’re not about to let him forget it.

FS,
May I pose this question to you as a poster not involved in your ruckus with SWEET HOME CHICAGO (and not from the Chi area) “What makes you so sure that YOU are correct and everyone else who disagrees with you are mean and misinformed?” I will say that any intelligent person wants to know about the Ill. Gov. and Pres. elects relationship. Any informed citizen of this country should demand no less about ANY elected official whether they be Dem or Repub, black, white or purple. The people we entrust to handle our country and our sovereignty are held to a lower standard then our fast food restaurants who cook our burgers. Honor and truth DO mean something to the average citizen even if it’s not in vogue these days (I site GWB as an example of an irrate electorate). FS… I do care about civility but also care about the next 4 years. Let them investigate and let the chips fall where they may for good or bad. I am a registered voter and demand accountability of our elected officials no matter what office they will hold.

Blagojevich is clearly crazy, someone needs to put him in the nut house. Anyone who talks like him is a little on the insane side.

MsCred: And I thing your nuts. Obama is one of the most underhanded liars of any candidate that ran for office of the President. When trouble begins he doesn’t know the people. Give me a break. Wright, Farrakhan, Rezko, Father P and Ayers. Now the governor. Obama is involved with the governor and Rezko but the courts are afraid of questioning him because of a riot. I don’t care about riot’s. The black’s are always complaining anyway. They want everything their way. That’s too bad. Obama is not as intelligent as he pretends to be or he wouldn’t have to pick Clinton’s administration. He needed experienced people because he doesn’t have the knowledge to run this country. Everytime a corruption case comes up in Illiois, Obama runs like a chicken with its head cut off. Get a grip.

FS and BO are both communists. Where is Joe McCarthy when you need him?

Kat C,
You, like most liberals, are totally uninformed about history. Democrats did not get on the whole “equality” thing until the 60′s, when they realized entitements get votes. Ever since then, the whole liberal free-love, let your pants hang down, wel-fare mentallity has been like a curse on the black community. That is why Martin Luther King was a republican!
Blacks “are inferior to the whites in the endowments of both of body and mind.”
–Thomas Jefferson, 1787
Co-founder of the Democratic Party (along with Andrew Jackson)
President, 1801-09
“I hold that the present state of civilization, where two races of different origin, and distinguished by color, and other physical differences, as well as intellectual, are brought together, the relation now existing in the slaveholding states between the two, is, instead of an evil, a good–a positive good.”
–Sen. John C. Calhoun (D., S.C.), 1837
Vice President, 1825-32
His statue stands in the U.S. Capitol.
If blacks were given the right to vote, that would “place every splay-footed, bandy-shanked, hump-backed, thick-lipped, flat-nosed, woolly-headed, ebon-colored Negro in the country upon an equality with the poor white man.”
–Rep. Andrew Johnson, (D., Tenn.), 1844
President, 1865-69
“Resolved, That the Democratic Party will resist all attempts at renewing, in Congress or out of it, the agitation of the slavery question, under whatever shape or color the attempt may be made.”
–Platform of the Democratic Party, 1852
Blacks are “a subordinate and inferior class of beings who had been subjugated by the dominant race.”
–Chief Justice Roger Taney, Dred Scott v. Sandford, 1856
Appointed Attorney General by Andrew Jackson in 1831
Appointed Secretary of the Treasury by Andrew Jackson in 1833
Appointed to the Supreme Court by Andrew Jackson in 1836
“Resolved, That claiming fellowship with, and desiring the co-operation of all who regard the preservation of the Union under the Constitution as the paramount issue–and repudiating all sectional parties and platforms concerning domestic slavery, which seek to embroil the States and incite to treason and armed resistance to law in the Territories; and whose avowed purposes, if consummated, must end in civil war and disunion, the American Democracy recognize and adopt the principles contained in the organic laws establishing the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska as embodying the only sound and safe solution of the ‘slavery question’ upon which the great national idea of the people of this whole country can repose in its determined conservatism of the Union–NON-INTERFERENCE BY CONGRESS WITH SLAVERY IN STATE AND TERRITORY, OR IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA” (emphasis in original).
–Platform of the Democratic Party, 1856
“I hold that a Negro is not and never ought to be a citizen of the United States. I hold that this government was made on the white basis; made by the white men, for the benefit of white men and their posterity forever, and should be administered by white men and none others.”
–Sen. Stephen A. Douglas (D., Ill.), 1858
Presidential nominee of the Democratic Party, 1860
“Resolved, That the enactments of the State Legislatures to defeat the faithful execution of the Fugitive Slave Law, are hostile in character, subversive of the Constitution, and revolutionary in their effect.”
–Platform of the Democratic Party, 1860
“The Almighty has fixed the distinction of the races; the Almighty has made the black man inferior, and, sir, by no legislation, by no military power, can you wipe out this distinction.”
–Rep. Fernando Wood (D., N.Y.), 1865
Mayor of New York City, 1855-58, 1860-62
“My fellow citizens, I have said that the contest before us was one for the restoration of our government; it is also one for the restoration of our race. It is to prevent the people of our race from being exiled from their homes–exiled from the government which they formed and created for themselves and for their children, and to prevent them from being driven out of the country or trodden under foot by an inferior and barbarous race.”
–Francis P. Blair Jr., accepting the Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1868
Democratic Senator from Missouri, 1869-72
His statue stands in the U.S. Capitol.
“Instead of restoring the Union, it [the Republican Party] has, so far as in its power, dissolved it, and subjected ten states, in time of profound peace, to military despotism and Negro supremacy.”
–Platform of the Democratic Party, 1868
“While the tendency of the white race is upward, the tendency of the colored race is downward.”
–Sen. Thomas Hendricks (D., Ind.), 1869
Democratic nominee for Vice President, 1876
Vice President, 1885
“We, the delegates of the Democratic party of the United States . . . demand such modification of the treaty with the Chinese Empire, or such legislation within constitutional limitations, as shall prevent further importation or immigration of the Mongolian race.”
–Platform of the Democratic Party, 1876
“No more Chinese immigration, except for travel, education, and foreign commerce, and that even carefully guarded.”
–Platform of the Democratic Party, 1880
“American civilization demands that against the immigration or importation of Mongolians to these shores our gates be closed.”
–Platform of the Democratic Party, 1884
“We favor the continuance and strict enforcement of the Chinese exclusion law, and its application to the same classes of all Asiatic races.”
–Platform of the Democratic Party, 1900
“The repeal of the fifteenth amendment, one of the greatest blunders and therefore one of the greatest crimes in political history, is a consummation to be devoutly wished for.”
–Rep. John Sharpe Williams (D., Miss.), 1903
House Minority Leader, 1903-08
“Republicanism means Negro equality, while the Democratic Party means that the white man is supreme. That is why we Southerners are all Democrats.”
–Sen. Ben Tillman (D., S.C.), 1906
Chairman, Committee on Naval Affairs, 1913-19
“We are opposed to the admission of Asiatic immigrants who can not be amalgamated with our population, or whose presence among us would raise a race issue and involve us in diplomatic controversies with Oriental powers.”
–Platform of the Democratic Party, 1908
“I am opposed to the practice of having colored policemen in the District [of Columbia]. It is a source of danger by constantly engendering racial friction, and is offensive to thousands of Southern white people who make their homes here.”
–Sen. Hoke Smith (D., Ga.), 1912
Appointed Secretary of the Interior by Grover Cleveland in 1893
“The South is serious with regard to its attitude to the Negro in politics. The South understands this subject, and its policy is unalterable and uncompromising. We desire no concessions. We seek no sops. We grasp no shadows on this subject. We take no risks. We abhor a Northern policy of catering to the Negro in politics just as we abhor a Northern policy of social equality.”
–Josephus Daniels, editor, Raleigh News & Observer, 1912
Appointed Secretary of the Navy by Woodrow Wilson in 1913
Appointed Ambassador to Mexico by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933
USS Josephus Daniels named for him by the Johnson Administration in 1965
“The Negro as a race, in all the ages of the world, has never shown sustained power of self-development. He is not endowed with the creative faculty. . . . He has never created for himself any civilization. . . . He has never had any civilization except that which has been inculcated by a superior race. And it is a lamentable fact that his civilization lasts only so long as he is in the hands of the white man who inculcates it. When left to himself he has universally gone back to the barbarism of the jungle.”
–Sen. James Vardaman (D., Miss.), 1914
Chairman, Committee on Natural Resources, 1913-19
“This is a white man’s country, and will always remain a white man’s country.”
–Rep. James F. Byrnes (D., S.C.), 1919
Appointed to the Supreme Court by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941
Appointed Secretary of State by Harry S. Truman in 1945
“Slavery among the whites was an improvement over independence in Africa. The very progress that the blacks have made, when–and only when–brought into contact with the whites, ought to be a sufficient argument in support of white supremacy–it ought to be sufficient to convince even the blacks themselves.”
–William Jennings Bryan, 1923
Presidential nominee of the Democratic Party, 1896, 1900 and 1908
Appointed Secretary of State by Woodrow Wilson in 1913
His statue stands in the U.S. Capitol.
“Anyone who has traveled to the Far East knows that the mingling of Asiatic blood with European or American blood produces, in nine cases out of ten, the most unfortunate results. . . . The argument works both ways. I know a great many cultivated, highly educated and delightful Japanese. They have all told me that they would feel the same repugnance and objection to have thousands of Americans settle in Japan and intermarry with the Japanese as I would feel in having large numbers of Japanese coming over here and intermarry with the American population. In this question, then, of Japanese exclusion from the United States it is necessary only to advance the true reason–the undesirability of mixing the blood of the two peoples. . . . The Japanese people and the American people are both opposed to intermarriage of the two races–there can be no quarrel there.”
–Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1925
President, 1933-45
“This passport which you have given me is a symbol to me of the passport which you have given me before. I do not feel that it would be out of place to state to you here on this occasion that I know that without the support of the members of this organization I would not have been called, even by my enemies, the ‘Junior Senator from Alabama.’ ”
–Hugo Black, accepting a life membership in the Ku Klux Klan upon his election to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat from Alabama, 1926
Appointed to the Supreme Court by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937
“Mr. President, the crime of lynching . . . is not of sufficient importance to justify this legislation.”
–Sen. Claude Pepper (D., Fla.), 1938
Spoken while engaged in a six-hour speech against the antilynching bill
“I am a former Kleagle [recruiter] of the Ku Klux Klan in Raleigh County. . . . The Klan is needed today as never before and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia. It is necessary that the order be promoted immediately and in every state in the union.”
–Robert C. Byrd, 1946
Democratic Senator from West Virginia, 1959-present
Senate Majority Leader, 1977-80 and 1987-88
Senate President Pro Tempore, 1989-95, 2001-03, 2007-present
His portrait stands in the U.S. Capitol.
President Truman’s civil rights program “is a farce and a sham–an effort to set up a police state in the guise of liberty. I am opposed to that program. I have voted against the so-called poll tax repeal bill. . .. I have voted against the so-called anti-lynching bill.”
–Rep. Lyndon B. Johnson (D., Texas), 1948
U.S. Senator, 1949-61
Senate Majority Leader, 1955-61
President, 1963-69
“There is no warrant for the curious notion that Christianity favors the involuntary commingling of the races in social institutions. Although He knew both Jews and Samaritans and the relations existing between them, Christ did not advocate that courts or legislative bodies should compel them to mix socially against their will.”
–Sen. Sam Ervin (D., N.C.), 1955
Chairman, Committee on Government Operations, 1971-75
“The decline and fall of the Roman empire came after years of intermarriage with other races. Spain was toppled as a world power as a result of the amalgamation of the races. . . . Certainly history shows that nations composed of a mongrel race lose their strength and become weak, lazy and indifferent.”
–Herman E. Talmadge, 1955
Democratic Senator from Georgia, 1957-81
Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, 1971-81
“These Negroes, they’re getting pretty uppity these days and that’s a problem for us since they’ve got something now they never had before, the political pull to back up their uppityness. Now we’ve got to do something about this, we’ve got to give them a little something, just enough to quiet them down, not enough to make a difference. For if we don’t move at all, then their allies will line up against us and there’ll be no way of stopping them, we’ll lose the filibuster and there’ll be no way of putting a brake on all sorts of wild legislation. It’ll be Reconstruction all over again.”
–Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (D., Texas), 1957
“I have never seen very many white people who felt they were being imposed upon or being subjected to any second-class citizenship if they were directed to a waiting room or to any other public facility to wait or to eat with other white people. Only the Negroes, of all the races which are in this land, publicly proclaim they are being mistreated, imposed upon, and declared second-class citizens because they must go to public facilities with members of their own race.”
–Sen. Richard B. Russell Jr. (D., Ga.), 1961
The Russell Senate Office Building is named for him.
“I did not lie awake at night worrying about the problems of Negroes.”
–Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, 1961
Kennedy later authorized wiretapping the phones and bugging the hotel rooms of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
“I’m not going to use the federal government’s authority deliberately to circumvent the natural inclination of people to live in ethnically homogeneous neighborhoods. . . . I have nothing against a community that’s made up of people who are Polish or Czechoslovakian or French-Canadian or blacks who are trying to maintain the ethnic purity of their neighborhoods.”
–Jimmy Carter, 1976
President, 1977-81
Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, 2002
“The Confederate Memorial has had a special place in my life for many years. . . . There were many, many times that I found myself drawn to this deeply inspiring memorial, to contemplate the sacrifices of others, several of whom were my ancestors, whose enormous suffering and collective gallantry are to this day still misunderstood by most Americans.”
–James Webb, 1990
Now a Democratic Senator from Virginia
“Everybody likes to go to Geneva. I used to do it for the Law of the Sea conferences and you’d find these potentates from down in Africa, you know, rather than eating each other, they’d just come up and get a good square meal in Geneva.”
–Sen. Ernest F. Hollings (D., S.C.) 1993
Chairman, Commerce Committee, 1987-95 and 2001-03
Candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, 1984
“I do not think it is an exaggeration at all to say to my friend from West Virginia [Sen. Robert C. Byrd, a former Ku Klux Klan recruiter] that he would have been a great senator at any moment. . . . He would have been right during the great conflict of civil war in this nation.”
–Sen. Christopher Dodd (D., Conn.), 2004
Chairman, Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, 2008
“You cannot go into a Dunkin’ Donuts or a 7-Eleven unless you have a slight Indian accent.”
“My state was a slave state. My state is a border state. My state has the eighth largest black population in the country. My state is anything [but] a Northeastern liberal state.”
“I mean, you got the first mainstream African American [Barack Obama] who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice looking guy.”
“There’s less than 1% of the population of Iowa that is African American. There is probably less than 4% or 5% that is, are minorities. What is it in Washington? So look, it goes back to what you start off with, what you’re dealing with.”
Sen. Joseph Biden Jr., (D., Del.), 2006-07
Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, 1987-95
Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations
vp, 2009
Bonus quote:
“It has of late become the custom of the men of the South to speak with entire candor of the settled and deliberate policy of suppressing the negro vote. They have been forced to choose between a policy of manifest injustice toward the blacks and the horrors of negro rule. They chose to disfranchise the negroes. That was manifestly the lesser of two evils. . . . The Republican Party committed a great public crime when it gave the right of suffrage to the blacks. . . . So long as the Fifteenth Amendment stands, the menace of the rule of the blacks will impend, and the safeguards against it must be maintained.”

Right wingers, elections are over, get over it. McCain is not clean and has never been clean and not Sarah Palin with US$ 180 000 in clothes and etc. The governor of Ill is angry at Obama for a reason and that is he could not get what he wanted from Obama and will never get it a corrupt deal with Obama. Obama’s hands are clean and remain clean.

>Your point about “mean spirited” also can be found in references made about likening “neocons” to the Nazi party (fascism)and the KKK
You are absolutely right and I DO agree with you! I do not like it when I see those terms either. Although, truthfully when I come across posters such as; BOisafraud, and David I can’t help but thinking of them as such. As for Mariann Pepitone, I just consider her a die-hard party loyalist. They REALLY should hire her! Its been a long time since I have seen such party loyalty!!!!
As for the remainder of your posting;
I absolutely agree with you! We are definitely on the same page!
However, and this does not necessarily pertain to you, how would you respond to those who continue to go on about Mr. Obama’s eligibility when the following has been issued and widely deseminated? (please keeep in mind, Imake no judgements–in your case anyway. I’m quite interested.)
FactCheck.org staffers have now seen, touched, examined and photographed the original birth certificate. We conclude that it meets all of the requirements from the State Department for proving U.S. citizenship. Claims that the document lacks a raised seal or a signature are false. We have posted high-resolution photographs of the document as “supporting documents” to this article. Our conclusion: Obama was born in the U.S.A. just as he has always said.
Update, Nov. 1: The director of Hawaii’s Department of Health confirmed Oct. 31 that Obama was born in Honolulu.
Update Nov. 1: The Associated Press quoted Chiyome Fukino as saying that both she and the registrar of vital statistics, Alvin Onaka, have personally verified that the health department holds Obama’s original birth certificate.
About FactCheck.org
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BOisafraud–
Stop your ranting and raving. My point is…do not make statements that you say are facts unless they ARE facts that can be checked out. You tell someone to check their history books, yet you go nuts on copy and paste when you are called out on your “fictional facts”.
My post had nothing to do with racism in this contry, just on how the two parties started. At least I gave places to check the statements I posted.
In my opinion, you could use some anger management training.
Also, learn how to read exactly what is posted instead of trying to “read between the lines” and retort with name calling and lies.

Kat C
I just love exposing liberals for the hypocrites, traitors and socialists that they are. Nothing to do with anger. I hope you have a great day.

BOisafraud,
>I just love exposing liberals for the hypocrites, traitors and socialists that they are.
???????
I believe you have REALLY exposed yourself and unfortunately it is not pretty at all!

conspiracy theorists: your candidate lost the election (a fair election)by millions of votes and an electoral college landslide. last week your conspiracy theory lawsuit challenging the President-Elect’s citizenship was thrown out of the U.S. Supreme Court without any hearings. now the Illinois gaovernor. will you people ever rest? and to those who call him (in a derogatory manner) “Messiah” why don’t you keep your rapture-waiting, antichrist-coming hate mongering inside your close-minded churches. mayve the rapture has already happened and you weren’t chosen. maybe this is hell and you are being tortured by having a president you don’t want. at any rate, get on with your lives.

Obama didn’t have to buy his senate seat. He just eliminated the competition.

SORRY to disappoint bitter losers republicans but this Blago bad apple doesnt spoil the whole bunch. Sad that the republicrites and their leader Sarah Palin (laugh laugh) are so desperate and bitter. WE love Obama and so does the World !

Shocking
Now out of nowhere
Over the past 8 years…
The Obama haters … mostly from the Grand Ole Potty…. are the voice of everything that is just pure and true.
Over the past 8 years we have seen some of the WORST GOP politicians (from airport bathroom stalls to northern exposure corruption.
NEWSFLASH: That’s why your the g.o.p went belly up this past election.
Get a life … you don’t have a leg to stand on.
You witch hunt to tie this to Obama is quite amusing. Just wondering …do you feel stupid sometimes? Just asking.
Why you are spending all your time displaying your insanity, how about getting back in touch with america.
Just a suggestion.

Wait a minute!!! Let’s not start the name calling! It took all day but I feel it… I really feel it!!!! I feel there are A LOT of eyes on this particular column. ….I feel it! I feel that although there is disagreement, there are eyes on both political sides taking a breather and opening a willingness to listen to each other’s views…. I know it! I can feel it!!!! We know that there will be those who will never be a part… but, for some reason I feel they have left us! I can feel it!
Now…
Let’s all close our eyes, take a deep breath, mentally hold hands, and sing a chorus of kum-by-yah….
God bless America everyone!!!! Its a wonderful country that we have!!!!!

BOisafraud–
“I just love exposing liberals for the hypocrites, traitors and socialists that they are.”
There you go again…name calling and lies.
Are you this pleasant in the real world?
Scary thought.

Oh Yuck, like everyone is so totally negative. Really so totally anti-president elect. It’s like a total drag.
I don’t want to hear anything remotely negative about my beloved president-elect…..I want to continue to believe he is perfect because I voted for him.
Whatever the president elect may have done or not done doesn’t matter to me because I LOVE him. And, he loves all of us too!
Don’t confuse me with any facts that make me think my beloved president -elect is anything less than a deity.
Let’s all hold hands and wander together through the next four years without questioning Anything, because the newly elected president will take care of us; would never ever lie; would never do anything that wasn’t perfect; and will never ever do anything that is not perfectly wonderful. I know this because he was elected by a whole lot of people and a whole lot of people could never ever be wrong!!
XXXOOO to everyone who voted the same way as me.
@$!*& to anyone who didn’t vote the way I did.

Like all other insinuations of wrongdoing thrown @ barack, it wont stick..infact he has come out unscathed evertime..

I can’t imagine that Valerie Jarrett, who was Obama’s initial suggestion as his replacement, did not mention to Obama, Axelrod or Rom Emanuel for that matter, that the seat was for sale not appointment.

Um, sounds like a full moon is nearly here and ALL the village idiots are out baying. There are a few who simply say, let’s just give the man (Obama)a chance before vilifying him. All the idiots, the racists, conspiracy theorists now have a target. Even though all their stances are based on innuendo or just plain goofiness. Obama can have the job. I sure wouldn’t put up with this crap. I do so hope they back under the rocks from which they climbed.

YES…THERE IS IRONY TO THIS. THE GOV HAS SHOWED THAT OBAMA IS NOT WILLING TO PLAY THIS DIRTY GAME!! ITS TOO BAD THE RIGHT WING PYSCHOS WILL TRY TO TIE OBAMA TO THIS SCANDAL. OBAMA WILL COME THROUGH….YES HE WILL!!

Hey for all of you with this criminality by association thing going on, Hello! just remember that Blagoyevich is WHITE! The Daleys, one of the most corrupt families in the country, ARE White! Chicago seems to be full of Corrupt WHITE, Theiving politicians!What is the nationality of the whites who live there, maybe it would explain the Endemic corruption..

Hey for all of you with this criminality by association thing going on, Hello! just remember that Blagoyevich is WHITE! The Daleys, one of the most corrupt families in the country, ARE White! Chicago seems to be full of Corrupt WHITE, Theiving politicians!What is the nationality of the whites who live there, maybe it would explain the Endemic corruption..

Obama and compangy get a Plea Bargain to keep them out of the court procedings.
Same with Jessie Jackson Jr
Blagojevich a fall guy for the cause.
I do not think anyone even considered or whose name was passed or hinted for the seat should be allowed to have the seat.
The seat should be given to an independent, a Republican or the person Obama stole it from. (public knowledge how he got the seat)
To keep anymore corrupt people from moving up in government.

FS, You’re full of crap, your obviously suffering from delusions of grandeur. Barack Obama will be Impeached within two months of him taking office, for gross corruption and perjury. Enjoy

One has to laugh at the the Obama haters. They did not like him as a candidate and what’s to sway them now. Even though Blago said he couldn’t get anything from Obama but appreciation and “F” him, the nut jobs are still contorting this to somehow taint Obama. LOL! You people need to get real. Obama is no more connected to this guy than the American citizens are responsible for Cheney shooting a “friend” in the face.

Please do remember that Illinois also had Senator Paul Simon (akin to Minnesota’s late and highly missed Paul Wellstone, a rock of ethics and service.)
Some of President Elect Obama’s campaign staff began in Illinois with Senator Paul Simon, a great gentleman, and promoter of Ethics Legislation. I agree with the person who said: some politicians who go to serve must by “association” be in contact with those who serve themselves at the public’s expense. I voted for Barack Obama. I would do so again.
It has been and is a privilege to see intelligence, service, contemplation and goodness on display for the American people.
To those who said he did not “take on his Democratic Party” vis a vis Sarah Palin who “took on the old boys network”. Please, see the Ethics legislation he helped pass with Paul Simon. And, his call to the Illinois Senate three months ago to pass new Ethics legislation. The latter action a possible incentive for Gov. B. to accelerate what actions he has taken.
My sister is a County Commissioner in Illinois. She is very dedicated having had a career earlier as a college professor. She met Barack Obama several years ago being introduced by Senator Paul Simon. She was very impressed and endorsed him as a State Senator immediately.
As someone noted: good people must also be part of the political scene, for our sakes!!! Be very proud of our President Elect as someone who has kept a vision of hope and care for our country & the world. Bless all. Thank you.

FS…
Was busy and a little time has elapsed since our “e” dialogue and I see that the civility has gone out the window with the “bath water”. You mentioned, in your comment to me, a reference to Pres-elects birth cert. Not really concerned about that. What I want is to know that it’s not going to be “business as usual” in DC as so often the case is. I believe full disclosure whatever the outcome needs to be the order of the day if this country is to ever survive. What makes our country unusual and special is the fact that we are collectively willing to say “uncle” when needed. Our salvation as a nation isn’t about who is the lessor of the evils but should be about NO EVIL. We need to hold all people accountable for the decisions in their lives. One lady said it on a blog: “We are judged by the company we keep.” Politicians should think about that BEFORE they test the questionable waters. I still believe openness and let the chips fall where they may-for good or bad. Was it the French who said “a little revolution now and then never hurt anyone..?” I admit I cannot sight the link for this ;)

Apparently, ‘The Economy’ is no longer the topic of the day, the topic of the day is ‘The Blago’.
So the question we should ask ourselves is, “Is Blagonomics a bigger problem then our current economic situation?”
Or in an interesting way, is Blagonomics what caused our current economic situation?

I am willing to sell my soul to the Devil, Rev. Wright, Bill Ayers, Bernadine Dorn, Rashid Khalidi, Father Pflager, Tony Rezko, Louis Farrakhan , who is the highest Bidder? -O

Chief Washington Propagandist: see “Obama’s Effort on Ethics Bill Had Role in Governor’s Fall” http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/us/politics/10chicago.html?_r=1&hp. “A phone call (Obama) made three months ago to urge passage of a state ethics bill indirectly contributed to the downfall of a fellow Democrat he twice supported, Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich. Mr. Obama placed the call to his political mentor, Emil Jones Jr., president of the Illinois Senate. Mr. Jones was a critic of the legislation, which sought to curb the influence of money in politics, as was Mr. Blagojevich, who had vetoed it. But after the call from Mr. Obama, the Senate overrode the veto, prompting the governor to press state contractors for campaign contributions before the law’s restrictions could take effect on Jan. 1, prosecutors say. Tipped off to Mr. Blagojevich’s efforts, federal agents obtained wiretaps for his phones and eventually overheard what they say was scheming by the governor to profit from his appointment of a successor to the United States Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Obama.”

CLW, again we agree! It is about accountablity. Its a rough road to DC (over the last 20 years.) That’s why, (I was JUST speaking to a friend of mine who is a therapist–not mine though), that although the next 6 months will be REALLY rough, I think it will be a good thing because people will “come-back” to what exactly is important to them and what makes them truly happy. I personally think those things will be very simple. However, they are things of which people are willing to fight/die for.
My best to everyone–even BO(whatever), David, Mariann, & Patricio! Just as I told my friends who are extrmely liberal that Mr. Bush is our President, I so do tell you, Mr. Barck Hussein Obama is our 44th President of the United States of America! Let’s all try and support him… at least give him a chance! God bless!

BO, David Axelrod, & George Stupidandapuss are scumbag liars.
Nice change.
Bo voters stink.

buckbasshunter—you have a really impressive vocabulary. the only stink i smell is from your post. go hunt and fish and dont forget your klan meeting.

I should be glad but I am not. I had contacted the Governors office in the past for help with a state agency and got none. However what the people and the state of Illinois legislators are trying to do to the Governor is wrong. What happen to the land of the free, and innocent until proven guilty. Blagojevich has the right to his job until the next election or he is proven to be guilty in a court of law. I don’t care what the tapes may appear to say; he is innocent for now. How can we say we are a country of freedom when we are judged and convicted before all the fact in court are heard? This has become the norm in America and it is just wrong, shame on us all, shame on Illinois. Freedoms lost.
Signed:
Steven Casper Sr.
Mount Vernon, IL

Wow this is a brilliant deduction George. Ever stop to think that maybe the reason Obama didnt wheel and deal with Blago is because everybody in Chicago knew that Blago was under investigation?
Obama is about as corrupt as they come. Can you say 800,000.00 funneled to ACORN through a front group? Can you say broken campaign pledge after broken pledge? Can you sealed campaign donor list? Can you say Rezko sweetheart deal,or Ayers CAC? Can you say sealed original birth certificate, college admissions records, and Pakistani passport?
Oh, and of course Axelrod just happened to have “misspoke”,,,, how conveneient.

Did you guys know that most Americans can’t pass a basic civics quiz…that most Americans don’t know what’s in the U.S. Constitution (or any official government document for that matter)? Most of what I read on these message boards is nonsense and is completely uninformed. Politics are give and take–always has been, always will be. No squeaky clean person could ever be elected because there is no such thing. There’s not a religion on the planet that doesn’t address this. When I vote, I’m not trying to elect Jesus or any other squeaky clean religious figure. In fact, I doubt someone as squeaky clean as Jesus could even be elected–We wouldn’t believe a single Ad from his campaign. I vote for people whom I believe can get things done that are in the best interest of all Americans. Any politician who has done something that is harmful to the American people should be appropriately scrutinized. But the people with whom you associate are not a primary determinant of your character. Your character allows you to process these relationships in ways that are consistent with your values. There’s not a person reading this message who doesn’t know, interact, or share families with someone whose character is questionable if not downright disdainful. We DON’T always dis-own and distance ourselves from everyone who doesn’t pass our character test. In fact, we can learn something from these people. Obama ran a campaign, was elected, and will have the responsibility to govern. The others (like Clinton) lost and therefore have to choose how they will play. That’s the way it goes. Basic civics will teach you that. If you think that moral perfection fuels democracy and capitalism, your are naive. “Let he among you who be without sin cast the first stone.”

Yes, the fact is that the Obama team did not take the hook. However, if they knew about the corruption why did they do nothing about it? I think the fact nothing was done about it by Obama and his administration is telling.