Ben Smith

Rep. Arcuri [D-NY] to face third party challenge

0
Daily Kos

KY-Sen: Rand Paul surging

 0
WSJ

Deal Near on Gitmo, Detainee Trials

0
NYT

Greenspan Concedes Fed Failed to Gauge Bubble

 0
Reuters

Obama, Clinton fundraiser admits $292 million fraud

0
All Headlines »

  • Audacity of Truth

    Sister Toldjah's Obama Files

    Rahmbo:
    "Rahm Emanuel is son of the devil's spawn. He is an individual who would sell his mother to get a vote. He would strap his children to the front end of a steam locomotive."
    -Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) on Obama's COS, 3/7/10

  • Obama Links

  • Twitter

  • Day by Day

    December 2008
    S M T W T F S
    « Nov   Jan »
     123456
    78910111213
    14151617181920
    21222324252627
    28293031  

  • Categories

  • Archives

  • RSS Velvet Lair

 

Who is “Senate Candidate Number 5″?

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on December 9, 2008 at 4:01 pm

From the affidavit against Blagojevich:

According to the affidavit, one candidate for the senate seat, identified as Senate Candidate 5, promised to “raise money” for Blagojevich. The governor described, in a recorded call, an earlier approach by an associate of Senate Candidate 5.

“We were approached ‘pay to play.’ That, you know he’d raise me 500 grand. An emissary came. Then the other guy would raise a million, if I made him (Senate Candidate 5) a Senator,” Blagojevich was quoted as saying.

Is it Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. or Obama’s kingmaker and outgoing Illinois Senate president Emil Jones, Jr., who expressed interest in the seat this past Sunday? If so, it sounds like Blago might have been heeding the advice/threats from Rep. Bobby Rush.

Enquiring minds want to know …

In: Blago, Politics, Scandals | Email This Post | Print This

RSS feed for comments on this post.

Trackbacks

  • F3 Coalition - [Faith. Family. Freedom.] » Blog Archive » Senate Seat for Sale
  • adamsweb’s blog » Senate Seat for Sale ::

    • 5 Responses to “Who is “Senate Candidate Number 5″?”

    Comments

    1. Mwalimu Daudi says:
      December 9, 2008 at 4:28 pm

      I may as well confess. I am Senate Candidate Number 5.

      Here is the soon-to-be-released transcript of a recording of my voice:

      MD: Where am I?
      Number 2: In the Peoples Democratic Republic of Hopenchange.
      MD: What do you want?
      Number 2: We want information.
      MD: Whose side are you on?
      Number 2: That would be telling. We want information… information… information.
      MD: You won’t get it.
      Number 2: By hook or by crook, we will.
      MD: Who are you?
      Number 2: The new Number 2.
      MD: Who is Number 1?
      Number 2: You are Senate Candidate Number 5.
      MD: I am not a number, I am a free man.
      Number 2: (laughter)

    2. Sister Toldjah says:
      December 9, 2008 at 6:12 pm

      I shoulda known it was you, MD! ;)

    3. Steve Skubinna says:
      December 10, 2008 at 4:33 am

      Damn it, I probably shouldn’t say anything, but the other day Sneery, while he was supposed to be repainting my garage door, asked me how he could get a half million dollars.

      I said something about asking his Dad for an advance on his allowance, and haven’t seen the kid since. And my garage door is still only half painted.