UPDATE: GOP goes after barry about Gov Blagojevich

December 10, 2008

Republicans are getting in the act. Why not? What do they have to lose?

RNC Chairman, MIKE DUNCAN:

Obama’s comments on the matter are insufficient at best. Given the president-elect’s history of supporting Gov Blagojevich, he has a responsibility to speak out and fully address the issue….

President-elect Barack Obama’s carefully parsed and vague statements regarding his own contact and that of his team with Governor Blagojevich are unacceptable. Considering the of the allegations against Governor Blagojevich, the President-elect should immediately disclose any and all communications hs transition team has had with the governor’s office along with Employees International Union (SEIU) officials involved in the matter. Obama’s promise of transparency to the American people is now being tested.

He will not be able to obamanate free of this aka “carefully parsed and vague” and it’s acceptable as long as the proobamedia doesn’t wake up and see they’ve been had. His promise of transparency is just now being tested? What have they been looking at? Might explain why they waited till the end to start looking. He hasn’t yet been transparent and won’t be unless a higher power forces him to. I imagine that will be a question he asks of his new Justice Department appointments and their answer will dictate whether or not they are appointed. Wonder what Joe the Plumber thinks about possible union involvement?

This is a hometown issue relevant to his political and personal career and, of course, Rezko. The Syrian-born operator has survived worse than this and was even named Arab-American businessman of the decade in Illinois. Wonder how much he paid to get that? The proffering of barry’s senate seat pertains directly to him as the ex-Senator and most likely there are some recordings of him and his top aids discussing it. I am personally interested in what Jesse Jr was willing to do to get the seat…whether he further trashed his dad…whether there was a deal when he came out against his dad to save barry. It’s all there - it’s just a matter of how far the pro-obamedia chooses to follow it. Already they’re spinning for him: Blagojevich is a whack job.

Mark Kirk backed up barry much to Norah O’Donnell’s dismay. He wants to know who is senate candidate #5.

BLAGOJEVICH (on tape):We were approached pay-to-play. He raised me $500K. An emissary came. Then the other guy would raise a million if I made candidate #5 a senator.

My guess: Emil Jones.

Spokesman Dem Congressional Committee spokesman, DOUG THORNEL:

Spare us the phony rhetoric…Congressional Republicans have enough ethically corrupt members under criminal investigation to make Jack Abramoff, former Rep Bo Ney and Duke Cunningham blush.

But none of them are in barry's position…a very sad position indeed.