{"id":376,"date":"2010-08-20T23:16:51","date_gmt":"2010-08-21T06:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=376"},"modified":"2010-08-20T23:16:51","modified_gmt":"2010-08-21T06:16:51","slug":"blago-blows-the-lid-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=376","title":{"rendered":"BLAGO BLOWS THE LID OFF!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rod Blagojevich is the gift that keeps on giving.\u00a0 In his interview with Brian Ross from ABC News, Blagojevich says that Obama had a much closer relationship with Rezko than Blagojevich.\u00a0 He even said it was Obama who introduced him to Rezko.\u00a0 He then hinted that the feds wanted him to roll over on Obama:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Blotter\/blago-winston-churchill-mount-dramatic-comeback\/story?id=11448425\">http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Blotter\/blago-winston-churchill-mount-dramatic-comeback\/story?id=11448425<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Blagojevich is clearly pond scum, his descriptions of the sewer retain merit.\u00a0 The problem is that his comments about Rezko and Obama have the ugly odor of truth.\u00a0 This couldn\u2019t come at a worse time for Obama.\u00a0 The last thing he needs is to have the main stream media really start investigating him with regard to his personal involvement in Chicago corruption.\u00a0\u00a0Up until now the media, including Fox News, has refused to investigate this.\u00a0 I believe that with this comment, Blagojevich has challenged the media to investigate Obama.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Several months ago I wrote an article about how the Blagojevich trial was more dangerous for Obama than most people think.\u00a0 Obama appeared to have dodged that bullet, because the Judge wouldn\u2019t allow him to be subpoenaed and Obama\u2019s name was not mentioned during the trial.\u00a0 But it appears that Blagojevich really wanted to testify and we may now know why.\u00a0 I suspect that Blagojevich thinks he is not guilty because he did not act any different than everyone else in Chicago politics.\u00a0 This is kind of like the guy who knows he was speeding, but doesn\u2019t think he did anything wrong because every one else speeds too.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of why he said it, he did say it.\u00a0 It gets worse.\u00a0 Blagojevich is scheduled to be interviewed by Chris Wallace.\u00a0 Wow!\u00a0 Chris Wallace is one of the most dangerous interviewers in the business and he is bound to follow up on this subject.\u00a0 If Blagojevich does not back off these comments, Obama is in for a whole new set of problems.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I would hazard a bet that the Obama White House has gone from crisis mode to full-fledged panic.\u00a0 Obama was already in deep trouble for stepping in it with regard to the Ground Zero Mosque.\u00a0 While the White House would love to change the topic, switching too Obama\u2019s personal relationship with Rezko, a Chicago politician convicted of corruption and bribery, it not likely what they had in mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0It is impossible to predict where this will end up.\u00a0 But, there is a significant chance that for the very first time people are going to really investigate Obama.\u00a0 If any of the rumors about him are true, the first two weeks of August will look like the good ole days.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0TDM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rod Blagojevich is the gift that keeps on giving.\u00a0 In his interview with Brian Ross from ABC News, Blagojevich says that Obama had a much closer relationship with Rezko than Blagojevich.\u00a0 He even said it was Obama who introduced him &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=376\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-headlines"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BLAGO BLOWS THE LID OFF! 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