Well, well, well. The corrupt is being the judge and jury to the corrupt Illinois governor. Reid got some 'splaining to do.
From Blago criminal complaint on pg. 73:
ROD BLAGOJEVICH told Fundraiser A to tell Individual D that Senate Candidate 5 was very much a realistic candidate for the open Senate seat, but that ROD BLAGOJEVICH was getting “a lot of pressure” not to appoint Senate Candidate 5.
Days before Gov. Blagojevich was charged with trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat to the highest bidder, top Senate Democrat Harry Reid made it clear who he didn’t want in the post: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Danny Davis or Emil Jones.
From Blago criminal complaint on pg. 73:
ROD BLAGOJEVICH told Fundraiser A to tell Individual D that Senate Candidate 5 was very much a realistic candidate for the open Senate seat, but that ROD BLAGOJEVICH was getting “a lot of pressure” not to appoint Senate Candidate 5.
Days before Gov. Blagojevich was charged with trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat to the highest bidder, top Senate Democrat Harry Reid made it clear who he didn’t want in the post: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Danny Davis or Emil Jones.
Rather, Reid called Blagojevich to argue he appoint either state Veterans Affairs chief Tammy Duckworth or Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, sources told the Chicago Sun-Times.
Sources say the Senate majority leader pushed against Jackson and Davis — both democratic congressmen from Illinois — and against Jones — the Illinois Senate president who is the political godfather of President-elect Barack Obama — because he did not believe the three men were electable. He feared losing the seat to a Republican in a future election.
Blagojevich spokesman Lucio Guerrero confirmed that Reid (D-Nev.) and U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) — the new chief of the Senate Democratic political operation — each called Blagojevich’s campaign office separately Dec. 3. Sources believe that at least portions of the phone conversations are on tape.
The Reid-Menendez calls came a day before a Dec. 4 conversation overheard on government wiretaps where Blagojevich says he “was getting ‘a lot of pressure’ not to appoint Candidate 5.” Candidate 5 is Jackson.
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Harry "the Weenie" Reid, well apparently he DOES have some backbone when its not the wishes of the We the People...
Harry Reid has been in the White House's back pocket for 8 years and now is scared he wont be re elected so it's show time folks. G-Rod knows Reid has his own history of pay to play. How can one crook tell another crook what to do. G-Rod knows all the kick backs and backroom deals Reid has made with the GOP. We learned about the illegal land deal Reid had.
One good thing about Obama's pick is he got Rahm Emanuel who knows all the secrets of each Law Maker. I like the fact he knows Speaker Pelosi got her kick back money from Bush in turn she took the impeachment off the table. Yes Emanuel knows Mitch McConnell got his bribe money and surprise Mitch is gay but in the closet.
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