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By PUMA Pundit on April 13, 2009
As some may recall, during the primaries, Jesse Jackson Jr. was used by the Obama campaign to whip black delegates into voting for Barack Obama or risk being labelled ‘traitors’ to the black race if they didn’t. Well, such a prominent role obviously put him in the center of Chicago’s political machine, one which rewards [...]
Posted in Featured | Tagged barack obama, illinois, jesse jackson jr., raghuveer nayak, rahm emanuel, rejinder bedi, Rod Blagojevich
By PUMA Pundit on December 13, 2008
This is the machine which Barack Obama emerged from. Hmmmm… Anyway, Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn who is bound to step in if Rod Blagojevich does not serve his full term had the following insight on pay for play in 2006: In 2006, when questions arose about Blagojevich’s daughter getting a $1,500 check from a family [...]
Posted in Politics | Tagged barack obama, jesse jackson jr., pat quinn, rahm emmanuel, Rod Blagojevich
By PUMA Pundit on December 13, 2008
Hmmmm… So let me get this right, Rod Blagojevich’s constituents believe he is guilty and want him out of office, some of Jesse Jackson Jr’s constituents believe him to be guilty, and want him out of office too, but Obama’s constituents still believe he is above board? Let’s see how long this separation from reality [...]
Posted in Politics | Tagged barack obama, jesse jackson jr., rahm emmanuel, Rod Blagojevich
By PUMA Pundit on December 12, 2008
It seems Harish Bhatt, a participant in Jesse Jackson’s purchase of a U.S Senate seat, is extremely experienced in the art of buying favors and offices. Chicago Tribune: FBI agents on Thursday searched two Joliet drugstores owned by a major fundraiser for Gov. Rod Blagojevich who was the focus of a state investigation into whether [...]
Posted in Politics | Tagged barack obama, harish bhatt, illinois, jesse jackson jr., Rod Blagojevich, us senate
By PUMA Pundit on December 12, 2008
For those who still want to give Jesse Jackson Jr. the benefit of doubt, here’s this story from CBS Chicago: Former city worker Frank Coconate was Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.’s Northwest Side point man when Jackson flirted with the idea of running against Mayor Daley. Now, Coconate says, he’s not shocked by federal wiretaps in [...]
Posted in Politics | Tagged barack obama, frank coconate, jesse jackson jr., Rod Blagojevich |
