How long before the wingnuts try to tie Obama to Blagojevich?

[Cyrano]

My stopwatch is running and I'm waiting for some insane right winger to come out and claim that Obama and Blagojevich are part of a huge Dem/Commie conspiracy.

I've had it with wingnuts trying to tie Obama to everything from not being a U.S. citizen, to having ancestors who killed Jesus.

And I'm also through with being passive when every imaginable slur is thrown at Obama. My present position is to get in the face of anyone and everyone who tries to discredit Obama, or question his legitimacy.

After eight years of a criminal administration, I'm through listening to lies and bullshit about Obama from those who supported BushCo beyond any sense of rationality, decency, or sanity.

[babylonsister]

1. Apparently m$nbc already has suggested a connection. nt

[KoKo]

14. Yep....Mike Issikoff was just working hard to tie them together ...

he was salivating about how "corrupt Chicago politics are" and that this all ties in with Resko's support for Obama.

I wondered how long it would take them. Especially Mikie "Blue Dress."

[leftofthedial]

2. it took them less than a millisecond.

[Alter Ego]

3. They're doing it already.

[Pirate Smile]

4. How are they going to do that when they have this on tape:

"Blagojevich said he knew that the President-elect wanted Senate Candidate 1 for the open seat but 'they're not willing to give me anything except appreciation. {Expletive} them.' "

[Cyrano]

6. Never underestimate the depth of the sewers into which wingnuts can crawl

Tapes? Facts? Truth? "We don't need no stinkin' reality."

[Pirate Smile]

7. It will make it much harder.

[Mari333]

5. its all over freerepublic

i checked.

[Peacetrain]

8. oh how about yesterday... it will be the flavor of hate for the next few weeks

[Cyrano]

12. Try doing what I do. Get in their miserable faces and

bludgeon them with reality.

At present, I'm so pissed over wingnut attempts to discredit Obama, I'm willing to speak out as strongly as possible, even at the risk of getting a broken nose.

As a woman, you probably are risking no more than lost friendships for speaking out. But are those attacking Obama really friends you want to have?

[Peacetrain]

17. It is insane,..but you are right..we can not let them get away with

trying to discredit Obama because of gov.

It will tie this congress up in knots, and the things that need to be done will be blown to the wind. The people we have to get into the face of is our elected officials..so they will not be turned inside out by the hell hounds of talk radio and fox.

But first I must say this, if this is true, and it looks to be.. I hope they send that guy straight to prison with no look back.

[boomerbust]

9. CNBC

Larry Kudlow and Melissa Francis are orgasmic over this story. Funny they never mention Puke corruption.

[KoKo]

15. Off Topic but Kudlow was pushing hard for Obama's Stimulus to focus on Military

Building. New bases and hardware...blah, blah. Then I see William Kristol in the NYT's urging Obama's Big Spending Package to go for the Military instead of Schools and Roads.

Coordination.... They still get their Marching Orders from Heritage, AEI, AIPAC and the other usual backers.

[trollybob]

10. Just turn on WLS-Chicago Radio 890am, the spokesperson for the Bush Administration

and hosted by such open-minded geniuses as Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity.

[Cha]

11. Let 'em try..

kpete (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-09-08 11:28 AM
Original message

Blagojevich indictment-Obama Wouldn't Play Ball
Obama Wouldn't Play Ball

"If you look down on page 8 of the Blagojevich indictment, it seems he wasn't happy with Obama since he wasn't willing to play ball.


In a conversation with Harris on November 11, the charges state, Blagojevich said he knew that the President-elect wanted Senate Candidate 1 for the open seat but "they're not willing to give me anything except appreciation. (Expletive])them."


"Harris" is John Harris, Blagojevich's chief of staff, who was also arrested this morning.

We're trying to confirm the identity of "Senate Candidate 1". It appears to be Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett."

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/247390.php

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4616778

[pnwmom]

13. They both have "connections" with Rezko. But if Obama were at all

culpable, the Bush Justice Department would have seen to his indictment long ago.

[slackmaster]

16. We know they are both from Illinois, and that Illinois is run by a bunch of crooks

:sarcasm:

[pansypoo53219]

18. i have already overheard

about obama being from the crocked chicago political system. but i am in milw. we've seen some of it close up.

[JVS]

19. How long does it take Word to change Rezko to Blagojevich in a document?

[Bucky]

20. It happened in the last hour: "GOP Ties Obama To Blagojevich Arrest"

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/12/post_8.php

GOP Ties Obama To Blagojevich Arrest

By Greg Sargent - December 9, 2008, 12:31PM

The GOP is wasting no time trying to tie Obama to the news of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's arrest on charges of conspiring to sell Obama's Senate seat.

The Republican National Committee blasted out an email highlighting Obama's ties to the Governor, noting that Obama advised Blagojevich on his gubernatorial run and highlighting an August 2006 quote from Obama:

"We've got a governor in Rod Blagojevich who has delivered consistently on behalf of the people of Illinois."

That isn't much at all. Though Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett is in the midst of the case as the candidate Obama reportedly wanted for the Senate seat, there's no suggestion of any wrongdoing on her part. Still, Republicans are already trying to use Obama's association with the Governor to associate Obama with corrupt Chicago politics and tar his reformist image, and Obama will almost certainly have to address this himself today.