Obama Vows Openness on Blago Contacts

If this isn’t how BO does business, would a reporter please ask him how his wife (Ms.BO) got her position on the board that she just resigned from?

CBS IS ASKKING QUESTIONS. check out the lead story at cbs.com

Obama is right not to give any of you bloodletters fuel for your fires of hate.

Barack Obama was in a meeting for energy policies with Al Gore and Joe Biden, did you expect him to halt his historical day and stop to “comment” on a case under investigation? Which “once again” historically was tainted by another “crooke” politician!

Hey Sir Lanky,
Everyone including the US Attorney said that Obama himself had no contact and is not involved in the investigation at all and if you had listened to Blago’s tapes, he curses out Obama so doesn’t sound like there was a working relationship atall. So sorry to bust your bubble. Oh oh. LOL!

he is a lier plain and simple. (ask your self why is his wife named on page 64 of the Affidavit Submitted by FBI, lol look into it.) and why has there been reports that he has spoken to him about this. he wont show his vault birth certifacate to prove he is a natural born citizen and now he lies to use about this, hang on america were in for a long 4 years of more of the same!!!!!

I love our next President! He never gets himself involved in any sort of wrongdoing and he always knows how to best serve the American people. He’s a smart good man! I know that we have nothing to worry about with Barack Obama as our president unlike we did when Republican Nixon and Republican Bush as president.

If it is not another Bush administration. It is OBAMA.

“Uh oh. So what if this is traced back to Obama and it turns out he KNEW that the senate seat was up for sale, and did not alert authorities? I would think that would be reason enough to remove him from presidency.”
No freaking way would that be grounds for impeachment. Not anywhere close. Nice try, though.

I’m from the south. I have a master’s degree. Take your stereotyping crap and stick it. And I voted for Obama. If he gets busted, it was his own fault. I doubt he gets busted because I doubt he was involved.

Some people are so bitter about Obama winning that they will cling to anything. I don’t know what more people want from Obama, he wasn’t interested in playing the governor’s game yet people want to smear him.

You really think he didn’t know those things? Obama is a very smart man. And a lot of politics and dimplomacy is LYING. That’s just how it is. He’s handled everything to date BRILLIANTLY. It was a Axelrod who blew it.

WHEN WILL THE LIEING AND THE BS STOP MR OBAMA? ITS A KNOWN FACT THAT MR OBAMA HAD CLOSE TIES WITH BLAGO BOTH PERSONALLY AND BUSINESS WISE. SOMEONE HAS TO REMIND MR OBAMA THAT IT WAS MR BLAGO THAT GAVE HIM THE HOUSE HE LIVED IN; OR HAVE WE FORGOTTEN ABOUT THAT ONE? THERE’S TOO MUCH EVIDENCE AGAINST MR OBAMA AND HIS SHADY FRIENDS! OH WELL, HE’S JUST ANOTHER LIEING, CROOKED POLITICIAN LIKE THE REST OF THEM. SHOULD WE EXPECT ANYTHING LESS FROM THE GOVERNMENT ANYWAY? BEND OVER AND CRACK A SMILE AMERICA! SPREAD THEM CHEEKS!

“Obama is a perceptive lawyer and he knew all about Rezko, Wright, Ayers and the Governor. He needs to drop the innocent act and just admit he is part of the Chicago political machine.”
Why?

“Obama is a thug. He got where he is by his corrupt friends. When will America wake-up?”
You might want to put forth some evidence before running around telling other people that they need to wake up.

Every American should be asking, “Why out of every major American city, did BHO CHOOSE Chicago to get his start in politics?”

Obama is going to pull this country out of this recession and give us back our dignity as the “greatest” country in the world “the good ‘ole USA.” The people that are still bashing him will have to eat their words and sooner than later. I have confidence in him and continue to be impressed with what I hear him say. Come on January we can’t wait much longer. Kick Bush out NOW ! !

Are you complainers that blinded by the shear hate for Obama that you can’t see straight? I mean this investigation of Blag during the election as well. If there was any hint, stinch, or smell that Obama was involved in something shady the FBI would have blown the whistle long ago. This is going down now because they have collaberated enough factual evidence against Blag to bring him down. If someone on Obama’s team had anything to do with this it will come out and I am sure Obama will do the right thing and replace them. This again will be used as an attack to bring a bad light upon our new President who has not even had a chance to be sworn in.
I know it pleases you naysayers but I truly believe once again that your witch hunt will end fruitless once again.

“Over seas they do not respect Obama. He is a joke.”
They were dancing in the streets overseas. What are you talking about? The world summarily HATES George Bush. Are you at all familiar with Obama’s speech in Belin? Where 200,000 people showed up to hear a guy speak who was polling second on his own ticket in the primary season? And his numbers went UP after that speech. You’re out of your mind if you think “the world” doesn’t like this guy.

“What I’m absolutely certain about is that our office had no involvement with any deal-making around my Senate seat.” Obama
Is anyone else having flashbacks to repeated insistence (under oath) of a former president (who eventually had an impeachment trial for lying) that “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” Politicians – all of them – know how to lie and do it well.

Brian, the poster with an IQ of 12, asked “How does a guy who went to Harvard not know that Ayers is a unrepentant terrorist, Rezko was a criminal, Wright was an America hating racist, and the governor was a crook?” Because 1) They don’t teach you that Ayers is a terrorist, Wright hates America, and Blago’s a crook at Harvard. 2) Ayers and Obama were NOT that close no matter how strongly YOU pray that they were. Also, Ayers has never been arrested for that, is a respected author and educator and was given a Man of the Year award. 3) Wright does NOT hate America, only some of the bad things the American government has done. 4) Blago was just arrested this week.

Obama cannot stop scandals in his own backyard. What is the use of talking about tranparency and new directions. Easy to build castles in thin air, huh!

sushim mukerji babbled “Obama cannot stop scandals in his own backyard. What is the use of talking about tranparency and new directions. Easy to build castles in thin air, huh!” Sorry dummy, but it isn’t Obama’s job to run Blago’s life for him. Obama can not control every politician in this country. He is NOT responsible for something the governor did just because they come from the same state. Now, tell us all about Scooter who did his dirty work under direct orders from Bush. Why are you suddenly so quiet?

Wait until they wave 25-30 years in Blagos face.

SamTyler1973 – I seem to remember the Clinton presidency ending in disgrace – he was impeached by the House and although that impeachment was eventually overturned by the Senate, they still believed he had lied. Clinton was a popular president, but like all politicians, he was a skilled liar. One thing about all successful politicians (regardless of party) – they know how to tell us what we want to hear, and usually, we easily believe the lies.

Have you all lost your minds??? Don’t you have even the slightest bit of common sense? Most assuredly had Obama or ANY of his team done ANYTHING wrong ..the FBI would have NAILED Obama and/or his staff right along with Blago. I am LMAO at your unbelievable stupidity !!!!!!!!! LMAO! ! ! LMAO!!!

Obama needs to learn that when you lie down with dogs, you get up with their fleas.

I have seen nothing to dim my hopes that an Obama administration is going to be 100000% better than what we have gone thru the last 8 years. Obama is picking very qualified individuals and hopefully in a few years (after cleaning up the bush/cheney mess) this country will be back on track and we can start to see our IRA’s growing again.

That’s a good one barrack. Got your fingers crossed?

If you call the phone company to install a telephone line and the company tech asked for $50 “tip” to do the job or else, does that makes you guilty of anything? There are 2 options, you can walk away from the deal or you can complain to the phone company. It would seems Obama chooses not to deal with the governor. Big deal over nothing. Try harder next time.

Yeah ALEX,
Remember “Mission Accomplished”

It’s amazing, not a SINGLE (D) by the crooks name. If this had been a story about a Republican, you can bet the every third word would BE republican, (R), GOP… But no bias here, keep drinking the Kool-aid!!

When barry makes statements like “not how we do business” i want to throw up.
Is entire career has been built on rubbing elbows with dirty, corrupt, chicago politicians, ministers and terrorists.
Obama has fooled a lot of people in the past and I am still amazed by how many of his followers refuse to believe that their annointed one is not such a great guy after all.

Once again Obama denies any contact and once again our new leader proves to me that he is a big fat liar. This mess is nothing more then business as usual in the political life of Barack. Nothing surprises me anymore in the lack of morality this country has fallen to. It can not be more evident in the choosing of our new leader. Honor and morality no longer has a place in modern American politics. The people have made this clear.

First, I think BO has nothing to worry about and he’s done nothing wrong. Second, Kathy, your quote “You can tell which posters above are from the South (the ones that can’t spell, use grammar, and can’t stand Obama)” is rude and uncalled for. Spelling and grammar are a result of lack of education, usually caused by a vicious cycle of poverty. Typos, on the other hand, can happen to anyone. Rudeness and spite can be controlled by every one, whether you’re educated or not, rich or poor. There are just as many uneducated poor in the North as there are in the South because poverty and underfunded schools are a national problem, not a Southern-only problem.

I love all the poor republican “sore losers” on this blog. Even joe-the-plumber is bad-mouthing mccain today.

For once we have an honest President Elect and the Repubes are trying to bark. Just like the Repubes, barking up the wrong tree with no evidence. Let’s see, Duke Cunningham, Sen Stevens, Sen “Tapshoe” Craig, Abrahms, Florida’s Foley Follies, Bush lying about WMD, Rumsfeld on our Army, boy the Rebubes need to clean up their act.
I am so glad that in just over month the Democrats will be in control. Repubes, you lost, we won, get over it!

Most of these comments are from the old defeated right wing nuts who can’t get used to the idea that Barack Obama is now really their president-elect. So what’s left to do? Try to relive the campaign and imagine ways, like impeachment, to get rid of this person they so easily vilify. But hope continues to win out over fear. As president-elect Obama has already given more new direction to the economic disaster that he inherited and done more to repair the image of the US around the world than anyone could have imagined.

“Obama vows openness on Blago contacts”. What a joke!! Hussein will not recognize openness if it hits him in the face. He and his entire possie (Valerie Jarret, Ayers, Blago, Stroger, Rezko….on and on) are deep in corruption. It is pure corruption that got Hussein to where he is today. And why is Blago so mad about the treatment he is getting from Hussein and his team now? Of course, he is looking for payback!! If he did not do his portion of favors for Hussein he would not be expecting anything in return. Why are we even speculating about this? Isn’t clear as day that he is upset because Hussein used him and is now turning his back? Like all the other relationships of Hussein……….he uses them and then throws them under the bus (grandma, Wright, Farrakhan, Rezko, Ayers, Khalidi………I did not know about any of these people). What a corrupt liar!! It’s deep in his African DNA……he can’t help himself! Can you name a single leader coming from the African continent who was not corrupt?? He is just another! God help us.

Sam Tyler 1973
Right on!!!!!
And my point exactly in my previous post…going after nonsense but not going after the war, WMD, Wall Street, banks, etc.

Brian – Rev Wright does not hate America, otherwise he would not have served in the Armed Forces to protect American’s in the Viet Nam war. He hates how America has treated African-American’s. As do many African-American’s. Obama is trying to right that situation, which is why so many have rallied around him.

Hey Joe, I resent that comment you made, “You can tell which posters above are from the South.” I’m from the deep Red South, Atlanta, GA and I’m educated, articulate and an unabashed Obama supporter!!

@i just love him soooo much: CHOOSE is the present tense. The word you wanted was CHOSE. But who needs grammar when you voted for someone like Palin?

Hmmm – wasn’t Al Capone also from Chicago and Elliot Ness put him away? So isn’t Blagojevich (and/or Jessie Jackson, Sr/Jr) and Patrick Fitzgerald kind of similar? Although Al Capone was a ‘ganster’ and Blago is a ‘governor’ it sounds like there was a lot of corruption going on there in general. Geez Illinois, do you really want this swept under the rug and the Lt. Governor to make the appointment to the Senate seat? I would think you would be jumping up and down DEMANDING the right to vote about now. After all, if these guy’s are all corrupt (as are their buddies) do you REALLY want someone potentially corrupt making the call or would your rather use your own constitution given voice to stand up and make the best decision possible for representation.

Anyone ever ask Obama what all those federal housing grants, that he helped to get on behalf of the people in his district, were worth to Rezco?

Dean – You don’t start a sentence with “But”. What kind of education did you have? Obviously neither you or “i just love..” are running your posts pass your professional editor and proofreader before posting them. That’s how professional writers avoid most of their errors.

HILLARY and many others – Before BO takes office his supporters are feeling like supporters of Bush after 8 years of being president. That seems fair to most of the people on here. I am sure our nation’s founders hoped that we would spend all our time speculating about all the crimes the next president might have commited. After all, they never expected us to pull together to improve the country they started.

Is it even ethical for Obama to try to choose his successor? Just curious.

After idiot told Obama staff and the next President of the United States to screw themselves after not getting what he wants. Rahm made a call to Fitzgerald (Elliot Ness). Why does everything has to be a conspiracy theory. Calm down people.

Silky and Joe:
To Joe- I resent the implication that every repub is from the south, illiterate and somehow unworthy to have a thought. You sir (and other intolerable people on both sides of the political spectrum)have just done what you profess you don’t do..show complete and utter partisan disdain and contempt for those who do not conform to your thinking. Yes Joe…I and everyone else you have lumped together, deserve an apology from you.
Silky-
You continue to show how intolerant you are for those whom you do not think are as intellectually “bright” as you are. Let me be perfectly clear, you may think A.Huffington is a site of worthy intellectual discourse but I wish to remind you that she had a repub TV show which she got because she married a repub official. She changed to her present position/political stand because she was received more favorably in Hollywood and finally received their party invites. THAT is the “intellectual” site you favor?

“THAT is the “intellectual” site you favor?”
One of them, yes. She is one of many involved on that site.

all the obama people on here talk like they have”paper ars-holes” they’d beleive obama , even if he were proved to be wrong, anyway, so why bother to tell them they are wrong about obama?

“As an average, college educated, US citizen “worker bee”; it frightens me that some of our electorate considers Hollywood’s uneducated, over-indulged consumers to be credible policy wonks (been there/done that with Pres. Clinton).”
Hollywood elite? People from all walks of life post on that site. And it’s one of many that I read. Once again, you’re barking up the wrong tree. That’s your thing, huh?

Thomas:
all the obama people on here talk like they have”paper ars-holes” they’d beleive obama , even if he were proved to be wrong, anyway, so why bother to tell them they are wrong about obama?
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Could it possibly be because you don’t KNOW that we are wrong about him? He has not been implicated in any of this. It’s just the haters that are hoping like hell that he is.

Obama sat in Jeremiah Wright”s church for 20 years and says he didn”t know about Wright”s views.
Obama worked with Bill Ayers on government-funded projects but says he barely knows him.
Obama and Rezko bought adjacent real estate lots on the same day which ended up as a financial advantage to Obama, but Obama says he didn”t know much about him. ..and on and on.
Obama worked on Blagojevich”s first governor election campaign as an advisor…and now he is distancing himself from that relationship with Blagojevich.

CLW – I would be interested in sites that you think are grounded closer to truth but also have good insights. I realized you will probably get critized for whatever you mention, but I would like to know. I have been an independent my whole life, don’t really like either party, but seldom fine anything in common with third parties either. I prefer a variety of view points that are close to the center and grounded in common sense. I very much dislike extreme positions from any individual or group. There is no silver bullet and everyone has flaws. The only site I like a lot is FactCheck and government sites for court rulings and budget info. Thanks in advance.

mikemo- you should check this out -http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/10/what_really_happened_in_the_mo.html

There is no evidence whatsoever that casts doubt on the President-elect’s statement that he had no conversations with Gov. Blagoyevich about his former Senate seat, and it is perfectly reasonable for his transition staff to take a few days to develop a list of any phone conversations between his staff and that of the governor. Until the latter is disclosed, everything written above this comment is mere speculation, unsubstantiated rumor, or outright invention. Once again, the news media are focusing massive resources on a story that will be insignificant in 10 days.

To the dip stick that wants to know how Mrs Obama got here position at the board she jsut resigned from…..it’s call Princeton and Harvard you idiot. These are educated people who have worked hard for what they have. STOP HATING and get a life.

Tribunus Plebis—thank you for the voice of reason.

This whole campaign was a manipulation by Saul Alinsky’s Best Student The obama thuggery admitted too! Obama’s supporters appear to be using — and abusing — a tool allowing them to “flag” questions as “inappropriate” to remove all questions. They manipulated the campaign, Obama spent years as director of the Developing Communities Project, which operated using Alinsky’s strategies, and was involved with two other Alinsky-oriented entities, Acorn and Project Vote. This has been a huge suppressing movement in the Obama camp

CLW – The first three you listed, I have not been to before, so I will try them out. I have been to GS blog before and it is good. Thanks for the leads.