Obama Asked Illinois Senators to Adopt Ethics Bill Against "Pay to Play," Which Ill. Governor Rushed to Get Around Before January 1, 2009

Interesting article in yesterday's NY TImes (below), which knocks into a cocked hat the Republican mercenaries who are trying to wrap President-elect Obama up in the same tortilla with indicted Illinois Governor BLAGOJEVICH.

Obviously, President-elect Obama was embarassed by BLAGOJEVICH's veto of an ethics bill banning "pay to play" with contracts. The veto made Democrats look bad. Barack Obama thereupon asked Illinois Senators to adopt it over the Governor's veto. State senators did so unanimously.

Then the money-crazed Governor ROD BLAGOJEVICH, recorded by wiretaps and room bugs, lambasted Senator Obama and his staff for sharing only their "appreciation" but no money in connection with the selection of an interim U.S. Senator to be appointed to replace Senator Obama. The U.S. Attorney (a Republican appointee) said there was nothing to connect President-elect Obama to the BLAGOJEVICH scheme.

That's not good enough for the supercilious, hate-filled speculators, who bloviate on TV and radio to dittoheads. So much for tatterdemalion Republican twits trying to impugn our President-elect.