According to HuffPo, Chicago media is reporting that Rahm was the one who blew the whistle on Blago

[democrattotheend]

"The governor, accused of seeking cash for the political appointment of Obama's Senate replacement, is not a close associate of the President-elect. Indeed, in the affidavit, Blagojevich called Obama a "motherfucker" for wanting him to appoint an official that the governor either did not like or wouldn't receive money from. Local news reports, meanwhile, suggest that it was Obama chief-of-staff Rahm Emanuel who blew the whistle on the governor."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/09/rod-blagojevich-indictmen_n_149608.html

[monmouth]

1. I'm going from liking Rahm a lot to lovin' him a little more....n/t

[SuperTrouper]

2. Everybody knows that you just don't f**k with Rahm!

[wyldwolf]

6. we need t-shirts: Don't FUCK With Rahm!

[SuperTrouper]

7. LOL!! You're right!!!

[AndrewP]

9. Perfect. :)

[Kahuna]

10. And one with a headshot of Obama and the caption.."Keep it Cool.." nt

[pink-o]

31. But take out the words "don't" and "with"

...and you'd have exactly what I'd like to do to Rahm!!!

:evilgrin:

[wyldwolf]

34. like them bad boys, do ya?

[Renew Deal]

3. This is what I suspected.

They had to report it once it got on Obama's radar. It's too dirty.

[camera obscura]

4. That's the Chicago way!

[MadBadger]

12. What the hell is that supposed to mean?

You gotta problem with what Rahm did?

[camera obscura]

15. Nope, I think retribution is a good thing.

[The Backlash Cometh]

27. It needs to be eradicated, no matter where it exists.

[bluestateguy]

5. Looks like the O-Team cut this MoFo loose before it could become a major problem for them

Having a seasoned Washington veteran of the 1990's Clinton Wars like Emanuel comes in handy for that type of stuff.

[Jennicut]

8. They don't call him Rahmbo for nothing.

[WeDidIt]

11. To anybody thinking about crossing me

I WILL FUCKING END YOU! YOU WILL NEVER EVEN SEE IT COMING! ONE DAY YOU WILL BE HERE AND THE NEXT DAY YOU WILL FUCKING DISAPPEAR!

[FrenchieCat]

16. LOL!

Now see, SNL got it right again! :rofl:


This should be its own thread!

[WeDidIt]

19. Per your suggestion

I posted a thread on its own.

:rofl:

[maddezmom]

17. good one

:D

[H2O Man]

13. Nominated.

Thank you.

[maddowfan]

14. If This Is True, This WIll Be A Mass Victory For Obama!

[Greyskye]

25. If which part is true?

If you are talking about Blago calling Obama a "motherfucker", then it's quite true.

Here is the pdf of the criminal complaint, which contains quotes from wiretap transcripts: http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/sections/news/081209_FINAL_complaint_cover_and_aff.pdf

Do a search in it for "Senate Candidate 1" (Obama's choice). Blago was quite explicit and vocal in his opinions. Thankfully. :evilgrin: Obama can't be touched for this, except by the smear machine.

[Freddie Stubbs]

18. Of course! Rahm is a DLCer and wanted to protect Bank of America!

;)

[democrattotheend]

21. Oh come on

Are you saying it wasn't the right thing to do to report this kind of shit?

[sunnystarr]

22. Maybe they wanted their choice for Senator in

after all Blago even wanted to put himself in if he didn't get a big payout. This sure isn't change and it's not the Obama way - Thank God!

[Jennicut]

24. No evidence of this anywhere.

[mopinko]

20. soon as i heard that he tried to get a cabinet post, i knew that it was

obama that pulled the trigger on this. more change for ya, folks. they do this shit in the bush whitehouse every day of the week and twice on sunday.

[Greyskye]

23. replied to wrong post (n/t)

[The Backlash Cometh]

26. I'm so happy to hear this. You all have no idea.

[AZ Criminal JD]

28. What "local news reports" are being quoted?

Neither the Tribune or the Sun-Times are reporting this. Sounds like the HuffPo is making up a rumor for some purpose.

[ErinBerin84]

29. I guess chief political correspondent for WFLD-TV Jack Conaty

is the one saying this...it will be interesting to see if anything else about it turns up, or if it was just one tip.

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/12/09/rahm_blago/index.html?source=rss&aim=/politics/war_room

Did Rahmbo bring down Blago?
Think Progress notes that at least one Chicago reporter thinks that future White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel might have had something to do with the arrest of his fellow Democrat, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. And no, not because he's been caught up in the investigation, but because he may have gone to the feds and told them about the governor's alleged attempts to sell President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat.

The reporter, Jack Conaty, said Tuesday:

"We did receive a tip this morning that perhaps all of this came together so quickly because the Governor may have reached out to Rahm Emanuel, the president-elect's chief of staff, in attempting to leverage filling the Senate seat. And it may have been Rahm Emanuel who tipped the scale and made this move as quickly as it did."

[AZ Criminal JD]

30. That quote is quite a string of "tip", "perhaps"," may have" and "may have" again.

[ErinBerin84]

32. yep, don't know if it's any other Chicago reporters.

They haven't touched upon it on any of the national networks....though, they also haven't mentioned any of the "fuck him" re:Obama not giving him anything except "appreciation", etc...it's annoying. We shall see.

[Clio the Leo]

33. Any positive thread about Rahmmy gets a rec from me!!! NT