Obama vindicated. FBI tapes show no deal with Blagojevich over Senate seat.

[Radical Activist]

FBI tapes show that Obama offered former Governor Rod Blagojevich nothing in exchange for the appointment to his vacated Senate seat. After all the accusations from talk radio and the corporate press, shouldn't there be a few headlines and apologies from national news organizations?

http://www.sj-r.com/top-stories/x1353761613/Judge-High-court-ruling-may-not-offer-hope-for-Blagojevich

Rod Blagojevich became bitter when told that he would receive thanks — but nothing else — from Barack Obama in return for naming a friend of the newly elected president to the Senate, according to an FBI tape played Thursday at the former governor’s corruption trial.

Blagojevich’s trial proceeded after Judge James B. Zagel turned down a defense request for a delay following a new Supreme Court decision in a different case limiting the use of the “honest services” law — the basis for some charges against Blagojevich.

With former Blagojevich chief of staff John Harris on the stand, prosecutors played an FBI tape on which Harris is heard telling the governor that the Obama camp sent word that it would be “thankful and appreciative” if Valerie Jarrett were appointed to the Senate seat.

[Jennicut]

1. The GOP will just find something new to obsess about (and the media).

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Don't hold your breath waiting for those headlines and apologies....

There will undoubtedly be the distant chirping of crickets...and that is all.

[stubtoe]

5. Word.

[NJmaverick]

3. I don't think there was ever any doubt

[Radical Activist]

4. There was never any evidence of wrongdoing.

But that didn't stop wide speculation in the press that the tapes would implicate Obama in some kind of Senate seat trading scandal. If I had a little more time on my hands I would pull up some of those clips and articles so that we could send thr reporters a note asking them to set the record straight.

[Scurrilous]

6. K & R

:thumbsup:

[FirstTimeVoterAt37]

7. How those apologies would look

"Is 'thankful' secret black-supremacist code for 'heroin' and is 'appreciative' an illuminati anagram for 'child prostitutes'? Our Fox News panel discusses this and more next..."

They ain't given up on the Birther bullshit, so I'd say this has a little gas left in it yet.

[TexasObserver]

8. recommend

[Swamp Rat]

9. *****Breaking on Fox News!*****

"Illegitimate President Barack Hussein Obama cut secret deal with Rod Blagojevich over U.S. Senate seat!!" .... see non-apology at 1 AM PST... see apology for the non-apology in Twitter at 6 AM EST.