Nominee feigns ignorance of Progressive, leftwing legal traditionVideo:
6/30/10
SEIU testimony leaves Obama exposed
Under oath, BigLabor bagman contradicts PresidentTop Chicago SEIU big Thomas Balanoff said he was at dinner the night before the November Presidential election when he got a call that was blocked. So he didn't take it. Later he listened to his messages: "I walked outside, listened to it and it was from President Obama," Balanoff said.(from suntimes.com)"Tom, this is Barack, give me a call," the soon-to-be President-Elect said on the message. After Balanoff sent word through an Obama aide to call him back, Obama returned his call later that night.
"Tom, I want to talk to you with regard to the Senate seat," Obama told him. Balanoff said Obama said he had two criteria: someone who was good for the citizens of Illinois and could be elected in 2010.Obama said he wasn't publicly coming out in support of anyone but he believed Valerie Jarrett would fit the bill. "I would much prefer she (remain in the White House) but she does want to be Senator and she does meet those two criteria," Balanoff said Obama told him. "I said: 'thank you, I'm going to reach out to Gov. Blagojevich."
Balanoff then described a Nov. 6, 2008 meeting he had with Rod Blagojevich to recommend Valerie Jarrett for Barack Obama's Senate seat.
Night of the Long Knives
On this day: June 30The Tunguska event occurs in Siberia (1908)
The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany (1934)
The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its first congress (1935)
The SCOTUS rules that states could outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults (1986)
b: Oswald Pohl (1892), Walter Ulbricht (1893); d: Gregor Strasser (1934), Georgi Dobrovolski (1971)
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