Generally the only victims in a corruption case are the taxpayers.  I doubt he was interviewed on that basis.

Victims.

So is Obama a suspect or a victim?  What I’ve seen so far suggests the latter, but I leave open the possibility of the former.

What get’s my hide is the Obama released a report exonerating himself (shock, shock) and this seems good enough for the media: Nothing to see here folks, move along.  Let’s not get distracted…

Sorry guys, this just isn’t true.  There’s considerable circumstantial evidence he was involved in an illegal pay-for-play influence-peddling scheme with Tony Rezko, exactly the sort of thing Blago is being charged with.  The appraiser who refused to sign off on Obama’s crooked appraisal (and was fired for it) was asked about this deal by the FBI and says "bribe" and "kickback" were the words being used by the agents.

In the case of the Senate seat, there appear to have been definite conversations between Obama’s people and Blago’s, almost certainly with Obama’s knowledge, regarding what they would or would not do to get their person in that seat.

All this assumes, of course, that Obama did anything wrong in the first place.  The mere fact that he’s talking to prosecutors, without more, is scant evidence of that.

Heh.  You clearly don’t live in Chicago, where it’s generally a safe assumption that if a politician’s lips are moving, he’s probably either committing a crime or negotiating immunity. Still, as I said it’s likely the absence of evidence will keep him out of legal trouble, though this should not be construed as evidence of absence.

It’s exactly as if your house got burned down, and, prosecutors wanted to interview all your neighbors about it. That proves NOTHING about your neighbors except that they wanted to ask some questions.

Yep, there’s no question that President Obama came up in one of the sleaziest and most corrupt political machines in America. So what? There is no evidence to link him to any actual illegal activities. None whatsoever.

I predict that this will be a minor annoyance to President Obama.

All this assumes, of course, that Obama did anything wrong in the first place.  The mere fact that he’s talking to prosecutors, without more, is scant evidence of that.

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