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Ha, we all had a general idea about the atmospherics of “Chicago politics” — various scenarios involving sludge and trades and wires and smoke and $$$ come to mind, all smelling like dry air and farts — but when it invades Real America’s national news, all we want to do is cry! It’s like they all have old scores to settle with the old bosses back in Sicily. The point is: Rahm Emanuel possibly ratted out ol’ Blaggy to the Feds shortly after Blaggy asked him if he’d like to partake in any harmless high-level political corruption. That Rahm, always with the knives! Jesus, Chicago. What Chicago needs more of is Michael Jordan. [ThinkProgress]
Never trust a 9 fingered man. Just sayin’.
That is one badass ballerina, motherfuckers.
Oh the Untouchables (seems fitting that AMC played that movie last week.)
Rahm: You said you wanted to get Blago. Do you really wanna get him? You see what I’m saying is, what are you prepared to do?
Obama: Anything within the law.
Rahm: And *then* what are you prepared to do? If you open the can on these worms you must be prepared to go all the way. Because they’re not gonna give up the fight, until one of you is dead.
Obama: I want to get Blago! I don’t know how to do it.
Rahm: You wanna know how to get Blago? They demand a bribe, you drop a dime. He sends calls you a motherfucker, you sick Patrick Fitzpatrick on him and his buddies and throw them into Pound-Me-In-The-Ass Prison. *That’s* the *Chicago* way! And that’s how you get Blago. Now do you want to do that? Are you ready to do that? I’m offering you a deal. Do you want this deal?
Obama: I have sworn to be a Unicorn with all legal powers at my disposal and I will do so.
Rahm: Well, the Lord hates a coward.
[jabs Obama with his hand, and Obama shakes it]
Rahm: Do you know what a blood oath is, Mr. Obama?
Obama: Yes.
Rahm: Good, ’cause you just took one.
Do not try to strong arm Rahm Emanuel. He can out-mean anyone.
Who is this asshole trying to make something of Obama “shaking hands with the governor.” ??? Jesus, Elvis shook hands with Nixon, and he was still cool (E not Nixon).
Purple Tide: Thats 9 and a half fingers to you my friend!
Fox News:
Barack Obama’s house is a few blocks away from where a corrupt Governor is being held = Obama is neighbors with a convict = Obama is a convict
It doesn’t sound like Blagojevich needed setting up — he practically had a “for sale” sign on his office door. This is playing out a little like the plot to Johnny Dangerously.
I assume this means that Rahm just didn’t feel like meeting Blago’s price.
Why don’t they just elect Nixon as governor and be done with it.
Face it Illinois. YOU ARE DOOMED, I say. DOOMED.
Fox Reporter 1: It looks like Rahm may have been the one who dropped the dime.
Fox Reporter 2: I saw this photo on Drudge, how guilty does this make Obama look?
Fox Reporter 1: Oh, very guilty.
I will now listen to “Smack My Bitch Up” in honor of Rahm Emmanuel.
You’d think that a Chicago pol would have known by now not to try fucking with the Rahm. God, this Blagojevich was an idiot.
Wait — I thought Obama was going to get inaugurated in his “STOP Snitching” T-Shirt?
Totally unrelated, keep up the Campbell Brown ads! She is hot.
jagorev: Blags was out of control. He had to go, and anyone could have derailed that crazy train.
The capital of Illinois is Springfield. That’s where the governor lives & works.
As it happens, the Canadians have more or less by accident chosen their new Prime Minister. Even the good Canadian liberals can stab each other over and over until there’s one big toothy grin left standing.
http://for-the-turnstiles.blogspot.com/2008/12/so-michael-ignatieff-shall-lead-liberal.html
Now, Rahm was a Clintonista until Barack asked him to serve…maybe the PUMAs have a point about Obama?
IL FTW!
Craptaculous: There are Springfields everywhere- couldn’t you people think up something original?
…if its true, then I like Rahm even more!
ManchuCandidate: awesome
‘Chicago’ by Carl Sandburg
“They tell me you are wicked, and I believe them . . .”
The feds were taping him on November 3. Before the election. Emanuel wasn’t appointed until after the election. This doesn’t add up.
“What Chicago needs more of is Michael Jordan.”
and Science…what Chicago needs more of is science.
Is that a hair replacement system or does Governor Blogowhatever have an overfed cat on his head? A thorough investigation of this is long overdue.
stop the snitching!
Canmon (the Inadequate): There were strong rumors in early October that Rahm was the likely pick as COS in an Obama administration.
I love how in the same sentence that they are insinuating that Obama’s man did the right thing and instead of taking a bribe turned this asswipe into the Feds, they state that this will look bad for Obama because they’ve shaken hands before and are thus chums-in-crime. It’s either one or the other Foxies, can’t be both.
I knew it wouldn’t take this inadequate black male long to ruin this country. I was right to listen to redstate.com and purchase this bumper sticker from the GOP in August, suspecting I would need it long before he was sworn in. Who looks foolish now??
Canmon (the Inadequate): Maybe he had offered Emmanuel the Senate gig in anticipation of Obama’s win.
Dave J.: The Affidavit spells out the evidence that led to the wiretap. It had nothing to do with Emanuel or the Senate appointment.
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/sections/news/081209_FINAL_complaint_cover_and_aff.pdf
Canmon (the Inadequate): “The affidavit details numerous conversations about the Senate seat between November 3 and December 5.”
See page 6.
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/pr/chicago/2008/pr1209_01.pdf
I suppose Blago’s defense will be that he needed the money to bribe the Olympic site selection committee.
Rahm will fucking cut you! With a ballet kick!
So the only thing faker than Blago’s puffy hair is the idea that he has morals:
http://democralypsenow.blogspot.com/2008/12/say-it-aint-so-blago.html
Those of you in the rest of the country have no idea of how happy everyone & I do mean everyone in this totally corrupt state is at his arrest, but we are flat out fucking amazed that Blago tried to sell Obama’s Senate seat.
We’ve always know that Blago was a corrupt pile of shit, the US Attorney’s office has been investigating him for THREE YEARS, but trust me, never & I mean never did we think he was this crooked!
I’m betting on a plea of mentally ill!
I’m loving this. Pass the popcorn. Faux transcript rocks, too.
Why is that video no longer available? Why???
IT’S A CONSPIRACY PEOPLE!!1!
If that were really fox news, they would be saying Serbian Orthodox Democrat Blago arrested (not for buttsecks)
If that Rahm wasn’t already taken! Ooooh! Makes me want to just smack it up, flip, rub it down! Oh Rahm is so HOT!
Unindicted Co-Conspirator: His only defense is that he was too retarded to know better.
RAHM EMANUEL
[runs down the table (in ballet slippers)]
* chop *
[holding the head of Blagojevich]
If ANY of you sons of bitches has ANYTHING else to say NOW’S the fucking time!
Rahm Emanuel Contributor Total 2008 Election Cycle:
UBS AG $63,700
AT&T Inc $49,950
Blackstone Group $47,000
JPMorgan Chase & Co $45,700
Grosvenor Capital Management $38,900
Goldman Sachs $32,950
Citigroup Inc $28,500
Lehman Brothers $27,600
National Amusements Inc $26,900
Texas Pacific Group $23,000
Merrill Lynch $20,800
Mf Global $20,400
CME Group $19,650
Carlyle Group $16,250
Morgan Stanley $16,200
Evercore Partners $16,100
Madison Dearborn Partners $16,100
Bank of America $16,000 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <- Look Here!
Kirkland & Ellis $15,500
Bailey Perrin Bailey LLP $13,800
Eton Park Capital Management $13,800
Just saying…
Craptaculous: Yes, but “Corrupt Chicago Politics (nudge, wink)” works so much better when establishing guilt by association.
tonehedge: There’s the answer to what happens to Rahm 1/2 finger - he broke it off in Blaggy’s ass.
Purple Tide: Actually, the Obama Administration is expected to replace Adam Smith’s invisible hand with Rahm Emanuel’s invisible finger.
It would be in Emanuel’s interest to put Blagojevich away before the inauguration, rather than let him sell Obama’s seat and cause more guilt by association in Faux News circles. But I think Rod brought this one down on himself, suffering from acute hubris. A lot of Faux “news” seems to come from the news agency called Wishful Thinking. “Attribution” seems to be too big a word for them to understand. Of course, even a tabloid can break a legit story once in a blue moon (my respect for both monkeys and typing paper preclude my drawing any comparisons).
Who’s the effing douche in the video on Think Progress (from Fox) who starts in on trying to tie all this to BHO, and then ends up just sort of garbling something that sounds, you know, like a question? Fox hasn’t gotten the memo yet. But a fork in it, Fox. You’re done.
Beer4Prez: It can be anything they say it is, buster. who’s spinnin this story, you or them?
I thought Rahm Emmanuel, if that’s really his name, was supposed to be some sort of knife-wielding genius with a hard ass. But look at this lousy timing. Why did he not wait until we had hard evidence of who is the republican bidder before dropping the hammer, this genius guy? And what about these Wonkette “reporters”? Are they digging up anything on this? No, they are digging up innane lists of novel gifts to give to retards for x-mas. Give us journalism, godammit! Save America with words!!
A source close to him is saying it wasn’t our darling Rahm-bo. *sigh*
BobLoblawLawBlog: Oh well. I’d still fuck him.