Internal Review Shows Emanuel Did Have Multiple Conversations With Blagojevich

 As Barack Obama conveniently hides in Hawaii his staff releasedtheir internal investigation into the Blagojevich scandal. What does the investigation show us? It shows us that Barack Obama lied to the American people when he claimed that nobody on his staff had any conversations with Blagojevich. HE L-I-E-D! Plain and simple.

 It turns out that contrary to how George Stephanopoulos tried to spin the controversy there was contact made between Obama’s chief of staff and the disgraced governor and it involves more that just one conversation.

 Although he still claims that none of the conversations were about a pay to play deal the report does state that Obama gave Emanuel a list of acceptable replacements for Blagojevich to consider.

In later telephone conversations, Mr. Emanuel – also with the president-elect’s approval – presented other names of qualified candidates to Mr. Harris including Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Ms. Cheryle Jackson

 While it is entirely likely that Emanuel never discussed a deal with Blago and hence there was no wrong-doing the bottom line is that Obama’s first reaction to the story was to lie about his staff’s involvement. That is just to hard to overlook. Obama’s first “crisis” or controversy and his initial reaction was to lie about it. If he had just come clean in the beginning it would have looked a hell of allot better.

 By lying about Emanuel’s involvement it makes him look like he was hiding something. Perhaps he is.