Obama/Blago/The Chicago Way

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  1. Steamer

    Steamer New Member

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    #1 Steamer, Jun 24, 2010
    http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/2427402,CST-NWS-BLAGO24.article

    Is this the start of something? Somebody once said... that it would have been nearly impossible for Obama to make it through Chicago politics wihout being corrupt.

    My favorite part is the conversation between Rod & Patti Blago.

    Rod Blagojevich to his wife on Barack Obama's marriage

    R.B.: He's more henpecked than me. So he listens to Michelle Obama more than I listen to you.

    Rod Blagojevich on a job with the Salvation Army

    R.B.: Oh, that would be huge. But do you have to wear a uniform? Forget that.

    Rod Blagojevich on a job at the United Way

    R.B: The United Way. What is the United Way?
     
  2. Metrogo

    Metrogo Member

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    #2 Metrogo, Jun 24, 2010
    How is your ethnicity very similar to Obama's, as you now famously said?
     
  3. Steamer

    Steamer New Member

    Jan 30, 2006
    #3 Steamer, Jun 24, 2010
    Why do you always change the subject, with racism?
     
  4. Metrogo

    Metrogo Member

    Apr 6, 1999
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    #4 Metrogo, Jun 24, 2010
    It's not about racism. It's about whether you lied when you said that you have a very similar ethnic background to Obama. Because if you lied about that to deflect the charge of racism, why would we credit anything you say whatsoever?

    So I want to know. You brought it up.
     
  5. VFish

    VFish Member+

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    #5 VFish, Jun 24, 2010
    I've a similar ethnic background to Obama... we were both born in Indonesia. ;P

    And Blaggo's point about Barry being the more hen-pecked politician seems spot on.
     
  6. Barbara

    Barbara BigSoccer Supporter

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    #6 Barbara, Jun 24, 2010
    Yet somehow completely beside the point. Speaking of the point, I don't really understand Steamer's point in starting this thread. Are we somehow to make the leap from "Obama is **********whipped" to "Obama is **********whipped and from Chicago so he must be corrupt"?
     
  7. StiltonFC

    StiltonFC He said to only look up -- Guster

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    #7 StiltonFC, Jun 24, 2010
    now, it's Barry? :eek:
     
  8. StiltonFC

    StiltonFC He said to only look up -- Guster

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    #8 StiltonFC, Jun 24, 2010
    didja read the Sun Times article, not the convo between Patti and Rod, which, btw, convinces me that Blago's not henpecked.
     
  9. VFish

    VFish Member+

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    #9 VFish, Jun 24, 2010
    No, it was Barry back in the salad days of Hawaii.
     
  10. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Cascarino's Pizzeria Member+

    Apr 29, 2001
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    #10 Cascarino's Pizzeria, Jun 24, 2010
    He's just like Obama, 'cept both of his parents were white. So I'm just like Obama too
     
  11. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Cascarino's Pizzeria Member+

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    #11 Cascarino's Pizzeria, Jun 24, 2010
    Show me a husband who isn't henpecked in some way & I'll show you a liar
     
  12. Barbara

    Barbara BigSoccer Supporter

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    #12 Barbara, Jun 24, 2010
    No. I want to know what Steamer has to say for himself.
     
  13. VFish

    VFish Member+

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    #13 VFish, Jun 24, 2010
    I don't know if he is hen-pecked or pussie-whipped, but Obama is definately a product of the Chicago political machine.
     
  14. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Cascarino's Pizzeria Member+

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    #14 Cascarino's Pizzeria, Jun 24, 2010
    And Dubya was a product of the Bush political machine. Like there's a difference
     
  15. CHICO13

    CHICO13 Moderator
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    #15 CHICO13, Jun 24, 2010
    Isn't that true of anyone that practices politics in Chicago? I'm from Washington. When people Muther**** Washington they're talking about the politicians that come here and **** things up. Some of them from your home state.
     
  16. VFish

    VFish Member+

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    #16 VFish, Jun 24, 2010
    "Take out the trash" is a lot different than "put the screws to Israel".
     
  17. VFish

    VFish Member+

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    #17 VFish, Jun 24, 2010
    Yeah there is, Obama promised "Hope and Change" not the "Chicago way".
     
  18. CHICO13

    CHICO13 Moderator
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    #18 CHICO13, Jun 24, 2010
    So you're insinuating that Michele is dictating foreign policy?
     
  19. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Cascarino's Pizzeria Member+

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    #19 Cascarino's Pizzeria, Jun 24, 2010
    We've put the screws to Israel? When?
     
  20. VFish

    VFish Member+

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    #20 VFish, Jun 24, 2010
    Sorry, I misspoke, he hasn't put the screws to Israel, he has thrown them under the bus.
     
  21. VFish

    VFish Member+

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    #21 VFish, Jun 24, 2010
    God I hope not. I just think her brow is furrowed too often.
     
  22. Smurfquake

    Smurfquake Moderator
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    #22 Smurfquake, Jun 24, 2010
    It's because she has to concentrate all the time so that she doesn't slip up and accidentally yell out "ALLAHU AKBAR, DEATH TO THE GREAT SATAN".
     
  23. VFish

    VFish Member+

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    #23 VFish, Jun 24, 2010
    I thought Barack was the Manchurian muslim and Michelle the black liberation theologist? This gets so f'ng confusing.
     
  24. StiltonFC

    StiltonFC He said to only look up -- Guster

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    #24 StiltonFC, Jun 24, 2010
    how can you not be white if you're from NJ? :confused:
     
  25. Ismitje

    Ismitje Super Moderator

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    #25 Ismitje, Jun 24, 2010
    I'm all for open debate, but this is one s-t-r-e-t-c-h of a thread. Closed.

    (and yes, I read the article. There's nothing there, there)
     

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