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RUSH: This is Tom in Chicago. Great to have you, sir. Hello.<\/p>\n

CALLER: God bless you, Rush, and thank you for your service to us all. I have two questions. <\/p>\n

RUSH: Yes?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Speaking of pay-to-play. The first is related to, the only reason that Patrick Fitzgerald arrested Blagojevich when he did was to protect Jesse Jackson Jr., Valerie Jarrett-Emanuel, and Rahm Emanuel from getting harmed in the process and by extension, Obama. So the question is, you know, you can either have rule of law or mob rule, and the only reason that they would have impeachment rather than waiting for the trial is so that they don\u2019t have to have due process and that they don\u2019t have to have discovery, where all those issues will come up.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Do you really think — do you really think — that US attorney Patrick Fitzgerald ceased the investigation so as to protect Jesse Jackson Jr., Rahm Emanuel, and eventually Obama?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes, sir.<\/p>\n

RUSH: There\u2019s no evidence of this.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, it\u2019s not evidence as such, but it\u2019s common sense that if you want to indict somebody, you wait until you have the evidence.<\/p>\n

RUSH: But you are saying that the US attorney\u2019s office in Chicago has thus been politicized.<\/p>\n

CALLER: He\u2019s been in the tank from the beginning for Obama, and obviously Daley and all of the locals have been in the tank from the beginning, but the fact is that it was common knowledge early on that Fitzpatrick (sic) was going to, quote, be reappointed. Now, he\u2019s going to be kicked upstairs later on so he doesn\u2019t do more damage to the Democrats, but certainly has been in the tank from Obama from the beginning.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Fitzgerald, by the way. Fitzgerald, it\u2019s Patrick Fitzgerald, also known as Fitzmas — or the Fitzmas that wasn\u2019t. <\/p>\n

CALLER: (chuckles)<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, it\u2019s interesting that you have this theory. I have a different one. Who knows? I know they\u2019re interesting questions, but I know US attorneys. I just find it difficult to believe. That\u2019s something that I wouldn\u2019t believe \u2019til it\u2019s proven. The suspicion is easy, but I wouldn\u2019t believe that until it\u2019s proven. Now, there is an AP story here today. ‘Facing almost certain defeat in a Senate impeachment trial, Gov. [Blago] might ask the courts to step in and block a proceeding that he considers ‘a sham,\u2019 a lawyer for the Democratic governor said Thursday. Attorney Samuel E. Adam told The [Associated Press-Obama] on Thursday that a lawsuit challenging what he called ‘completely unfair\u2019 Senate trial rules is being prepared and could be filed to the state Supreme Court within days, pending a final decision on whether to move forward. Blagojevich\u2019s trial is set to begin Monday.\u2019 <\/p>\n

I\u2019ll make a prediction to you. And I will not be disappointed if it happens. I won\u2019t be surprised if Blago weasels out of this. I know it\u2019s a long shot, but he might weasel out of this and still hang on. And I frankly wouldn\u2019t be disappointed. It would serve as a great daily reminder of just what you get with Democrat Party power politics. (interruption) I know, I know, Snerdley, there\u2019s countless Blagojeviches still in office that we could use. The guy\u2019s gotta pay the price. I\u2019m just saying, keep a close eye on this. (interruption) I do! I do think, with the proper maneuvering and good lawyering, I think he can get out of this, certainly without going to jail. <\/p>\n

He may not get out of it and survive as governor. Also, ‘Illinois\u2019 embattled but defiant governor,\u2019 as AP-Obama also reports ‘turned to the history books to describe the emotional strain on him and his family, comparing his arrest last month to Japan\u2019s attack on Pearl Harbor. ‘Dec. 9 to my family, to us, to me, is what Pearl Harbor Day was to the United States,\u2019 [Blago] told The Associated Press in an interview Thursday. ‘It was a complete surprise, completely unexpected. And just like the United States prevailed in that, we\u2019ll prevail in this.” So, he is going to beat the equivalent of the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, the US attorney\u2019s office here in Chicago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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