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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (56734)	12/10/2008 1:51:47 PM
From: JakeStraw	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224729

What does the one thing have to do with the other? Not unless you are implying that Obama knew that Senate seats could be sold to the highest bidder...?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (56734)	12/10/2008 1:56:36 PM
From: DizzyG	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224729

I am not buying your argument, Kenneth... This describes the relationship between Emil Jones and the empty "O": Long before Barack Obama launched his campaign for the White House, when he was considering a run for the US Senate in 2003, he paid an intriguing visit to a former Chicago sewers inspector who had risen to become one of the most influential African-American politicians in Illinois. “You have the power to elect a US senator,” Obama told Emil Jones, Democratic leader of the Illinois state senate. Jones looked at the ambitious young man smiling before him and asked, teasingly: “Do you know anybody I could make a US senator?” According to Jones, Obama replied: “Me.” It was his first, audacious step in a spectacular rise from the murky political backwaters of Springfield, the Illinois capital. Related Links The exchange also sealed an intimate personal and political relationship that is likely to attract intense scrutiny amid the furore over Obama’s links to some of Chicago’s most controversial political and religious power brokers. Obama has often described Jones as a key political mentor whose patronage was crucial to his early success in a state long dominated by near-feudal party political machines. Jones, 71, describes himself as Obama’s “godfather” and once said: “He feels like a son to me.” timesonline.co.uk Clearly these two have a very cozy relationship. It doesn't take much of an imagination to wonder if the "ethics" reform phone call from Obama wasn't just a stunt to distance himself from what was perceived as a toxic relationship with Emil. The empty "O" did the same kind of maneuvering with respect to Reverend Wright. :) This is just more of you polishing the proverbial turd, Kenneth. LOL! Diz-