Ugh. RNC: Obama's statement on Blagojevich 'insufficient'

[babylonsister]

Can someone refresh my memory concerning PE Obama's history of supporting and advising Gov. Blagojevich?


http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/rnc-obamas-statement-on-blagojevich-insufficient-2008-12-09.html

RNC: Obama's statement on Blagojevich 'insufficient'
By Sam Youngman
Posted: 12/09/08 05:03 PM


The chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) said Tuesday afternoon that President-elect Obama's comments on the arrest of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich do not go far enough addressing the relationship between the two men.

Hours after Blagojevich was arrested by federal authorties for an array of corruption charges, including an effort to see profit in exchange for Obama's recently vacated Senate seat, Obama told reporters that he has had "no contact" with the troubled governor and he was unaware of what was going on.

RNC Chairman Robert "Mike" Duncan said in a statement that Obama's "comments on the matter are insufficient at best."

"Given the president-elect's history of supporting and advising Gov. Blagojevich, he has a responsibility to speak out and fully address the issue," Duncan said.

The RNC pointed out shortly after the governor's arrest that Obama has, in the past, had high praise for Blagojevich and advised the governor's first run for office.

Despite Obama's insistence that he has had no contact with Blagojevich about who might fill his open Senate seat, ABC News reported Tuesday that in late November, Obama senior adviser David Axelrod said he knew Obama had "talked to the governor and there are a whole range of names, many of which have surfaced, and I think he has a fondness for a lot of them."

[fumsm]

1. Fuck the RNC!

I'm just say;n....

[tbyg52]

3. Hi, fumsm!

Welcome to DU! :hi:

And ditto.

[malaise]

16. Ditto n/t

[Bluzmann57]

2. Of course they said that

If Obama had come out and proven that he hates Blago's guts, the rnc would have tried to come out with some bullshit anyway. Let the hounding of Obama begin.

[DS1]

4. RNC: Insufficient

fuck off back under your rocks, fuckheads

[Sarah Ibarruri]

5. The RNC needs to answer for the crimes of their president, their VP, and all the thousands of other

Republican criminals.

When they answer for them, we'll answer for this one.

[bdamomma]

29. they have more criminals than us, who are still walking around

freely, STFU Repugs.

[Kittycat]

6. Oh please... The RNC is insufficient. Sore Losers.

[Puzzler]

7. The RNC and the other RW shills are going to whip themeselves into a frenzy over the Blago arrest

Trust me, there is nothing Obama could say or possibly do to satisfy them here.

Mr. Independent Lou Dobbs was already doing his best to fan the flames this afternoon.

[TahitiNut]

8. What about Cheney's and Rumsfeld's "history of supporting and advising" Saddam Hussein?

Osama bin Laden?

:puke:

Fucking hypocrites!

:puke:

[Occam Bandage]

9. Whatever. It's like Rezko. There's nothing but physical proximity there.

"OMG OBAMA SAID THE DEM GOV SHOULD BE RE-ELECTED THREE YEARS BEFORE ALL HIS CORRUPTION WENT PUBLIC"

[musette_sf]

10. yeah right

Blago and Barack are complete and total BFFs :sarcasm:

but Bu$h NEVER even met Abramoff much less had a relationship with him :sarcasm:

in other words, the same old IOKIYAR BS.

naff off, RNC. you are irrelevant.

[bluestateguy]

11. The RNC appears to have trouble grasping that they lost the election

and that the voters have nicely asked them to STFU.

[Occam Bandage]

14. More to the point, they appear to have trouble grasping that the election is over.

Americans don't want guilt-by-association slams, they want health care and jobs.

[ProSense]

12. Repubs are assholes. Evidently they didn't read Fitzgerald's statements:

It isn't hard to conclude that not one of those conversations was with Obama based on Fitzgerald's statement that Obama was not implicated.

[ErinBerin84]

13. blah blah blah.

I'm sure Sarah Palin has said some nice things about Ted Stevens in the past, but they didn't care then. And as for Axelrod's statement, the Obama camp is claiming he was wrong and it seems like they have been taping Blago for a while...we would likely know if there was ANYTHING on Obama, and every indication is that Bago thought Obama was um, a motherfucker and wouldn't be willing to play along.

[Jim Lane]

24. Sarah Palin and Ted Stevens

You're right that Palin has said nice things about Stevens, but it wasn't exactly in the distant past:

Palin, an anti-corruption crusader in Alaska, had called on Stevens to be open about the issues behind the investigation. But she also held a joint news conference with him in July (2008), before he was indicted, to make clear she had not abandoned him politically. (from , on the Washington Post website)

Still, you can't criticize Palin's public comments as insufficient. They are sufficient to show her hypocrisy.

[jaysunb]

15. Dear RNC

Fuck You !

You lost. Your ship has run aground.

The new sheriff is all about new ideas. I suggest you get a few before you open your mouth again. The old shit ain't working anymore.

:evilfrown:

[FarLeftRage]

17. Hey rnc!

go fuck yourselves!

you had your time, now go away... EPIC FAILURES!!!

[shadowknows69]

18. How about tough shit?

Simon says go fuck yourselves.

[Mari333]

19. no one gives a rats ass what the RNC says anymore

thats whats so deliciously amusing about this whole thing.

[tabasco]

20. Sounds like Hillary.

Ya' just can't denounce and reject enough for some people.

[ColbertWatcher]

21. What took them so damn long?

And why wasn't the DoJ under a GOP administration unable to do anything until now?

[CANDO]

22. Holy fuck, here we go....

we will now hear nothing but this for at least four years. At least it replaces William Ayers.

[Canuckistanian]

23. Tough shit

After years of crimes against the Constitution, Der Shrubmeister's comments on HIS partners-in-crime were almost non-existent.

Obama owes Nobody Anything on this issue, ESPECIALLY to the RNC.

[roamer65]

25. My statement to the fuckhead RNC...Former Illinois Governor Ryan.

Don't throw stones when you live in a glass house, Repigs.

[rucky]

26. Palin's (entirely insufficient) Statement on Ted Stevens' Conviction:

"This is a sad day for Alaska and a sad day for Senator Stevens and his family," she said on the tarmac at Richmond International Airport. "The verdict shines a light on the corrupting influence of the big oil service company up there in Alaska that was allowed to control too much of our state. And that control was part of the culture of corruption that I was elected to fight, and that fight must always move forward regardless of party affiliation or seniority or even past service.

"As Governor of the State of Alaska, I will carefully now monitor the situation and I'll take any appropriate action as needed. In the meantime, I ask the people of Alaska to join me in respecting the workings of our judicial system and I'm confident that Senator Stevens from this point on will do the right thing for the people of Alaska," she said.

http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/10/27/sarah-palin-statement-on-ted-stevens-conviction/

[babylonsister]

27. Ha! And she's the voice of the rethugs!

:rofl:

[Cha]

28. The rnc have no credibility what so ever

so any comment they make is null and void.

[VoodooGuru]

30. He was supporting Blagojevich in Bill Ayers' living room, don'tcha know.

NPR quoted from Fitzgerald's report and said that Obama couldn't buy better exoneration - their exact words. The RNC can honk on it.

[Radical Activist]

31. The RNC's penis is insufficient.

That's why they're so angry all the time.