Creating Jobs The Chicago Way

Disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is back in the news, as the Chicago Sun Times reports.  You remember Mr. Blagojevich, impeached for “pay for play” bribery schemes, including the attempted auction of an appointment to former Senator Obama’s Senate seat.

Well, a list of all the politicians who previously solicited Governor Blagojevich to give their friends cushy state jobs or other favors has come out in the open.  And it includes a certain B. Hussein Obama  (Mmmm, mmmm, mmmm).

Yes, it turns out that Mr. Hope-and-Change-You-Can-Believe-In, during his term as Illinois state senator went to bat for a number of people to get state jobs or promotions in Blagojevich’s administration, according to records obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times.

Obama made his pitch for 16 people, according to the records. Five got hired. ??This Chicago based commentator has noted for over a year now that President Obama rose out of the very same cesspool of Illinois politics that gave us Pay for Play Rod.  The national media have chosen to ignore this association.  As far as they are concerned, Obama is squeaky clean.  Right.  Except when it comes to the game of political clout.  It also turns out that White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, then a congressman, had seven people he wanted placed in state government.

I sure am glad that when the Blagojevich scandal broke this spring, and concerns about Emanuel surfaced, the Obama Administration conducted an exhaustive (snicker) 3 day investigation, clearing him. Because as you can see, Emanuel and Obama would never ever get involved in favors for people with political clout.  No way.

Sadly, in today’s world of the establishment media’s slobbering worship, if they choose not to cover it, it never happened.