[Rhodes22-list] Politics: Brad -- What Does He Mean?

Brad Haslett flybrad at gmail.com
Mon Dec 15 10:16:50 EST 2008


Bill,

Interesting twist here from the WSJ -

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/12/14/the-real-story-behind-the-rushed-blagojevich-bust-how-the-feds-are-frustrated-by-losing-maybe-half-of-their-case/

Was the Tribune protecting someone or just trying to sell more
newspapers as a bankrupt company?

One theory I have to answer your question is this; this kind of thing
was so commonplace that no one gave a second thought to a wiretap.
Stupid?  Yes, but arrogance breeds stupidity.  Blago is still in the
defiance mode and may remain so for weeks.  The AG's attempt to
silence him as quickly as possible looks pretty amateurish.  Blago is
holding an entire handful of Big O trump cards (his wife got a
commission on the O house deal for goodness sakes) and he'll deal them
out carefully.  I'm not even sure that Fitz wants O but he'll have no
choice in the matter - the bad deeds have already been done and Blago
isn't going to take a fall without a tough fight. Protecting the F'ing
President Elect (as he would call him) isn't real high on his list of
priorities.

Have you considered that you and I could be completely wrong.  It may
not be likely, but it is possible that 53% of the American voters
rescued the virgin from the whorehouse just in time?

Brad

On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 8:39 AM, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
> Brad,
>
> What do you suppose Blago means when his spokesman says ""The governor
> has indicated in the past there is more to this story that he's wanting
> to tell at an appropriate time."
>
> How do you cut a deal with this guy when you know the FBI is listening
> in and watching everything he hears or sees?
>
> The only deals Fitzgerald will cut are for Daley and Obama.
>
> Bill Effros
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