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December 10, 2008Barack Obama says he’s had no contact with Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich in relation to filling his now vacant Senate seat. Obama adviser David Axelrod said they talked about it last month, but now says he misspoke.
I guess this article from Illinois’ KHQA also ‘misspoke’ on November 8, when they said that Obama met with Rod Blagojevich right after the election.
QUINCY, IL — Now that Barack Obama will be moving to the White House, his seat in the U.S. Senate representing Illinois will have to be filled.
Obama met with Governor Rod Blagojevich earlier this week to discuss it. Illinois law states that the governor chooses that replacement. There’s already been speculation about his selection…from Congressman Jesse Jackson, Junior to Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs Director Tammy Duckworth.
UPDATE: And “Poof” it’s gone. Seems this “misspeaking” phenomenon is epidemic. There is this curiously written explanation for an article written on November 8 about a meeting on November 5.
The story housed in our website archive was on the morning of November 5, 2008. It suggested that a meeting was scheduled later that day between President Elect Obama and Illinois Governor Blagojevich. KHQA has no knowledge that any meeting ever took place. Governor Blagojevich did appear at a news conference in Chicago on that date.
Last time I checked, November 8 is not later in the day of November 5.
OJ Simpson received a 15-year jail sentence, eligible for parole in 6 (Las Vegas Review-Journal says 9), for his role in a 2007 memorabilia robbery at a Las Vegas hotel.
My plan is to riot about the light sentence and the way in which OJ was never beaten by police at about 5:00 PM with the riot wrapping up around dinner time. Who is with me? If anyone can think of a good location where we can snag some free TVs (and maybe a Bow Flex - I think I need to exercise a little more) as an expression of our outrage please let me know.
In a long preamble before sentencing, prosecutors sought to pin the blame mainly on Simpson rather than his co-defendant. They said Simpson was the ringleader of the crime, the one who secured the guns and the one who escalated the violence.
“It could have been a lot worse,” the prosecution said. “He’s the person who ruined so many lives.”
Simpson’s two defence lawyers mounted strong appeals for clemency before an emotional Simpson stood up to say he was sorry. Wearing a blue prison suit, he defended his actions as those of a man trying to recover property that had been stolen from him.
“This was the first time I had an opportunity to catch these guys red-handed who were stealing my property,” Simpson told the judge.
“I did not mean to hurt anyone, I did not mean to steal anything, just my own stuff,” Simpson said. “I just wanted my personal things back… I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to hurt anybody.”
UPDATE: The AP now says OJ’s sentence can be up to 33 years, but still eligible for parole in 9.
An undercover video shot by a UCLA student identifying herself as a 13-year old who is pregnant by a 31-year old man shows an Indiana Planned Parenthood nurse advising the student how to avoid reporting the molestation as well as how to get an abortion outside of Indiana’s parental notification laws.
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As Joe Biden warned, “Gird your loins.” ABC News is reporting that the FBI has issued a terror threat warning surrounding the Long Island Railroad and New York City’s Penn Station based on a “reliable and knowledgeable” source. The alleged plot is to bomb commuter rail cars as they enter Manhattan’s Penn Station during the Christmas season.
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Because we elected the first African-American President two and a half weeks ago, running a special focused on the assassination of the first Catholic President is wrong, and that it happens to coincide with the 45th anniversary of the historic event doesn’t matter much. Plus, it’s a real downer when we’re all jazzed up on hope ‘n change.
That’s the reaction of some viewers who watched PBS’ repeat airing of Oswald’s Ghost, and PBS ombudsman Michael Gelter seems to buy it.
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Someone call John Connor. It’s not even Judgement Day, and already we’ve got machines with evil intent. Don’t these things always start out small?
A Connecticut lawyer has filed suit on behalf of his client who was arrested in April based on the results of a racist breathalyzer.
In a motion filed Tuesday in Bridgeport Superior Court, [Lawyer James O.] Ruane asked a judge to suppress his client’s breathalyzer test results.
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Ruane says research shows that the lung capacity of a black man is 3 percent smaller than a white man and, therefore, black men’s test results vary from the sobriety standard set by the device.
The xenophobic radar speed gun that hates foreign cars was unavailable for comment.
Via Right Wing News comes this Military.com poll gauging reaction to Barack Obama’s election as commander-in-chief of the US Military.
When I think of President Obama as my commander-in-chief…
I’m filled with pride. I look forward to serving under him. 19% I’m worried and doubt I’ll re-up when my time comes. 53% I’m ready to salute and follow his orders. 27%
Good thing we’ll barely have any enemies under an Obama administration and we’ll just surrender to those who remain.
Although he has done absolutely nothing besides buy an election for $600 billion, a group of Obama cultists in Kansas is already pushing for a national holiday to honor Barack Obama two months before inauguration day.
“Yes We Can” planning rallies will be at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. every Tuesday at the downtown McDonald’s restaurant, 1100 Kansas Ave., until Jan. 13. The goals are to secure a national holiday in Obama’s honor, to organize celebrations around his inauguration and to celebrate the 200th birthday of President Abraham Lincoln, who was born on Feb. 12 1809.
At 7:30 a.m. on Inauguration Day, Obama Cake will be served at the downtown McDonald’s, and a celebration is scheduled for 8 p.m. to midnight Jan. 20 at the Ramada Hotel and Convention Center, 420 S.E. 6th.
I’m not sure what “Obama Cake” is, but I’m guessing it’s made with ACORNs and lacks substance.
I’ve always said that the best ideas are hatched in the booths of downtown McDonald’s restaurants.
You thought trying to skirt jury duty was a priority before, wait until the guy sitting in the defendant’s chair at your local courthouse is one of many vile terrorist scum captured on the battlefields of Afghanistan or Iraq and looking for a liberal judge to find a technicality and set him free.
That’s what Barack Obama’s advisers are planning for you: A quick closing of Guantanamo Bay with terror suspects finding their way to US soil for trial.
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In the midst of the first Barack Obama press conference after the election, Obama managed to roll out a goofy sign for a governmental office that does not exist and to insult former First Lady Nancy Reagan.
When asked if he has spoken to former Presidents, Obama stated that he had spoken to all of those who were living. After a pause, he said he made that distinction because he didn’t want to get into any Nancy Reagan seance situations (updated with video at end of post).
Because it’s a riot to mock elderly widows while standing behind a sign that looks like it was printed at the Kinkos on Hubris Avenue.
Updated to also reflect that Nancy Reagan was reported to have had an astrologer come to the White House, never to have had seances. Mary Todd Lincoln was the one reported to have had seances. So Obama’s crack was not only ignorant in tone but also ignorant of fact.
Maybe he was thinking of Hillary Clinton’s two-way conversations with Eleanor Roosevelt.
Unbelievable softball questions.
Stock market tanked by 100 points while he was speaking.
On the Hope / Change / New Tone in Washington front, guess what news organization didn’t get a question at the event. Here are the questioners in order:
Nedra Pickler (AP), Lee Cowan (NBC), Jake Tapper (ABC), Chip Reid (CBS), Karen Bohan (Reuters), John McCormick (Chicago Tribune), Lynn Sweet (Chicago Sun-Times), Candy Crowley (CNN), Jeff Zeleny (New York Times).
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