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Oh, yeah. Separate from last entry (which, as usual, became longer than expected)...
The governor of Illinois was taken in amidst a flurry of allegations. Seems he was caught, amongst other things, soliciting bribes for the appointment of Obama's replacement in the senate. (Obama becoming president means he has to give up his senate seat, and Illinois state law gives that power solely to the governor... Possibly, it seems, even if he's in a holding cell awaiting trial.) That's a real mess, but the good news is that Obama isn't involved.
Well, he is and he isn't.
The head of the investigation says that Obama wasn't involved.
Obama denies any involvement, of course.
In one of the recorded conversations being put forward as evidence, the governor can be heard venting his anger that Obama and his team aren't offering him anything.
And there's even a strong rumor going around that Obama's chief of staff, perhaps having had the governor request a bribe, was the one who tipped investigators off in the first place.
On the other hand, there are headlines floating around about how this scandal could pose a problem for Obama, how this could be Obama's first scandal, etc., and chatter about whether somehow (despite all evidence and indication) he's maybe involved, anyway.
In reality, Obama isn't involved. In the world of attention-grabbing headlines and sound bites and organizations trying to fill 24-hour news cycles, the tangential relationship is more than enough to qualify as (potential!) involvement. Brilliant.
(I don't even want to know what they're saying on Fox News.)
The governor of Illinois was taken in amidst a flurry of allegations. Seems he was caught, amongst other things, soliciting bribes for the appointment of Obama's replacement in the senate. (Obama becoming president means he has to give up his senate seat, and Illinois state law gives that power solely to the governor... Possibly, it seems, even if he's in a holding cell awaiting trial.) That's a real mess, but the good news is that Obama isn't involved.
Well, he is and he isn't.
The head of the investigation says that Obama wasn't involved.
Obama denies any involvement, of course.
In one of the recorded conversations being put forward as evidence, the governor can be heard venting his anger that Obama and his team aren't offering him anything.
And there's even a strong rumor going around that Obama's chief of staff, perhaps having had the governor request a bribe, was the one who tipped investigators off in the first place.
On the other hand, there are headlines floating around about how this scandal could pose a problem for Obama, how this could be Obama's first scandal, etc., and chatter about whether somehow (despite all evidence and indication) he's maybe involved, anyway.
In reality, Obama isn't involved. In the world of attention-grabbing headlines and sound bites and organizations trying to fill 24-hour news cycles, the tangential relationship is more than enough to qualify as (potential!) involvement. Brilliant.
(I don't even want to know what they're saying on Fox News.)
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Pretty much the beginning of FoxNews article and they just talked about other egg-on-your-face incidents in Chicago's recent political history.
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Of course, there are still Republicans trying to make (or at least strongly allege) the link... but that's the way it always goes with politics.
And, as mentioned, the more neutral headlines and talking heads. *sigh*
But yeah, the Chicago (and Illinois in general) political track record is pretty impressive, isn't it?