{"id":2696,"date":"2008-12-12T15:26:44","date_gmt":"2008-12-12T20:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/?p=2696"},"modified":"2008-12-12T15:47:23","modified_gmt":"2008-12-12T20:47:23","slug":"its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/2008\/12\/12\/its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Illinois AG Asks High Court to Declare Gov. Unfit<\/strong><\/a>
By CHRISTOPHER WILLS
The Associated Press
Friday, December 12, 2008; 1:56 PM<\/div>\n

In an unprecedented move, the Illinois attorney general asked the state’s highest court Friday to strip scandal-plagued Gov. Rod Blagojevich of his powers. Lisa Madigan took the action as pressure on the governor intensified to step down and lawmakers considered impeachment. And the fallout over the scandal continued Friday as the governor’s chief of staff resigned; John Harris was arrested along with the governor on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

Madigan said that she took the action with the Supreme Court because she thinks that this is a faster way to strip Blagojevich of his power than through impeachment, which could take several weeks. "I recognize that this is an extraordinary request, but these are extraordinary circumstances," Madigan said at a news conference. It was not immediately clear when the Supreme Court might take up the matter. The justices also have the discretion to deny the attorney general’s request…<\/p>\n

The attorney general asked the court for a temporary restraining order or an injunction that prevents Blagojevich from serving as governor. The filing says he is "unable to serve as governor due to disability and should not rightfully continue to hold that office." <\/p>\n

"The pervasive nature and severity of these pending charges disable Mr. Blagojevich from making effective decisions on critical, time-sensitive issues," the filing said. The filing asks that the lieutenant governor assume Blagojevich’s powers…<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Rahm Emanuel Gave Blagojevich List Of ‘Acceptable’ Senate Candidates<\/strong><\/a>
The Huffington Post<\/strong>
December 12, 2008 09:55 AM \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n

President-elect Barack Obama’s chief of staff Rahm Emanuel had direct conversations with Gov. Rod Blagojevich about Obama’s replacement in the US Senate, FOX News Chicago reports<\/a><\/strong>. Citing "a source familiar with the investigation," Fox says that Emanuel had "multiple conversations" with Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris, who was also arrested Tuesday on federal corruption charges, about the seat and that they we’re "likely recorded and in FBI possession."<\/p>\n

Fox’s source said that Emanuel gave the governor’s office a list of "candidates that would be acceptable to President-elect Barack Obama" but no "quid pro quo" or "dealmaking" is suspected.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, an angry Emanuel says he won’t go to work because of the media stakeout. He told an ABC News cameraman that has received death threats<\/a><\/strong>…<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Blagojevich fundraiser held by Jackson allies Saturday<\/strong><\/a>
By David Kidwell, John Chase and Dan Mihalopoulos
Chicago Tribune
December 12, 2008<\/div>\n

As Gov. Rod Blagojevich was trying to pick Illinois’ next U.S. senator, businessmen with ties to both the governor and U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. discussed raising at least $1 million for Blagojevich’s campaign as a way to encourage him to pick Jackson for the job, the Tribune has learned.<\/p>\n

Blagojevich made an appearance at an Oct. 31 luncheon meeting at the India House restaurant in Schaumburg sponsored by Oak Brook businessman Raghuveer Nayak, a major Blagojevich supporter who also has fundraising and business ties to the Jackson family, according to several attendees and public records.<\/p>\n

Two businessmen who attended the meeting and spoke to the Tribune on the condition of anonymity said that Nayak and Blagojevich aide Rajinder Bedi privately told many of the more than two dozen attendees the fundraising effort was aimed at supporting Jackson’s bid for the Senate… <\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
My how the nastiness has a way of filling in all of the cracks. Rahm’s in hiding and getting death threats for doing what Chiefs of Staff do. Jesse Junior is on the ropes.The Right Sided Media is abuzz. Through it all, I like Madigan’s idea – that the Rod Blagojevich is "unable to serve as governor due to disability and should not rightfully continue to hold that office<\/em><\/strong>." Nevermind that he was unable to serve as governor on the first day he was elected either. Blagojevich is a Nixon level lunatic. Recall a Nixon quote or two among those recently released from the Nixon’s old tapes:<\/div>\n
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On<\/strong> July 1, 1971<\/strong>, Nixon instructs Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman to have someone break into the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.:<\/div>\n