Bob McCarty Writes

At first glance, one might think David Catron’s a bit crazy for beginning his piece at American Thinker today by describing Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill.) as a man who, “for all of his well-documented faults, has performed at least one valuable public service.”  In reality, he’s spot-on. Under the headline, Pay-to-Play Politics, the SEIU and [...]

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NewsBusters was among the first to identify the tactic being employed by top Democratic Party leaders following their party’s election victory in November:  Lowering expectations of a Barack Obama presidency. In a piece published Dec. 14, NewsBusters’ Warner Todd Huston pointed out that an Associated Press article was, in essence, preparing the country for a [...]

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Who’s missing from the caricature above?  It appears the right answer might be Roland Burris, the former Illinois attorney general picked yesterday by Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill.) to replace Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate. I base this assessment upon the content of a National Legal and Policy Center report published over 5 years ago [...]

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Typical of a slimy politician, it took only three weeks for Chicago’s Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) to do a “180″ and reverse himself on the matter of Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s (D-Ill.) appointing Barack Obama’s replacement in the U.S. Senate. On Dec. 9, the day FBI agents arrested Governor Blagojevich on corruption charges, the Chicago Sun-Times [...]

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“I’m hear to tell you right off the bat that I am not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing and that I intend to stay on the job and that I will fight this thing every step of the way,” said Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill.) proclaimed his innocence in the opening volley of a statement delivered [...]

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My friend Michael at My Personal Litmus offers two great sketches that highlight the scandal involving Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill.) and the impact it might have on Barack Obama. One sketch (above right) highlights three things: The possible blowback against Obama resulting from news that the voice of Rahm Emanual, his chief of staff, can [...]

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In a post at American Thinker today, Rosslyn Smith wonders whether Eric Holder, the man Barack Obama has selected to serve as the next attorney general, has memory problems.  She writes: Holder’s Selective Memory Syndrome? It seems that Attorney General Designee Eric Holder that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich tried to hire him to sort out [...]

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