And now, could someone explain to me exactly why Fitzgerald would give even a teeny, eeny sh#t if this drivel was released last week?

Just as an example, say he’s interviewing John Harris. He wouldn’t want Harris to know that Emmanuel said he spoke to Harris four times.

He basically didn’t want any of this information to taint the interviews he was conducting last week.

Tom_Shipley on December 23, 2008 at 5:42 PM

“Information?” You talking about the fantasies spread by this “internal report?”

Absolutely there’s information in there. What Obama and his team claims they did in regard to interaction with Blagojevich and his staff is very pertinent information.

Fitzgerald is interviewing all these people. He probably interviewed people on Obama’s staff and he certainly is interviewing people on Blagojevich’s staff like Harris.

So, if Emanuel claims he spoke to Harris four times. But Harris told Fitzgerald they spoke 21 times, obviously there’s a problem there.

You may see lies, but as of now, there’s really no reason to believe they are lies. Given the fact that Team Obama knows Fitzgerald is conducting these interviews, one would believe that they would be honest in their answers because it would most likely come out if they weren’t.

But anyway, you are under no obligation to believe this report. But keep in mind that Fitzgerald went out of his way to say Obama was not accused of any wrong doing and warned against speculation on possible guilt of other people mentioned in the wire taps (specifically people Blago and company were talking about bringing offers to).

From everything I’ve seen, it looks like Team Obama is clean. In fact, there has not been one piece of solid evidence (or even un-solid for that matter) to show that Team Obama did anything illegal or unethical.

Tom_Shipley on December 23, 2008 at 5:58 PM

ramrocks on December 23, 2008 at 5:56 PM

According to this report, it seems that Obama always wanted Jarret in the White House, but Jarret seemingly had some interest in being appointed to the Senate seat. The report says that after Obama spoke to her and expressed his desire for her to be in the White House, she withdrew her name.

Now, you say the timing is suspicious because of the dates where Blago went off on the tapes about getting “nothing” from Team Obama were right before Jarret withdrew her name.

What’s missing from this report is the conversation between Harris and Emanuel that George Steph (sorry, not going to look up the spelling of his name) reported on Sunday… the “we’d only get appreciation for this, right?” “Right.” exchange.

That potentially could have tipped off Team Obama that Blago was up to no good, so he withdrew Jarret. But that seems a stretch. It’s also very plausible that the timing was a coincidence and she withdrew solely because Obama wanted her in the White House.

This report is just one piece of the puzzle. Fitz has more information, but as of now, there’s no indication that Team Obama did anything wrong.

Tom_Shipley on December 23, 2008 at 6:06 PM