Blagojevich could bring down Obama - A lesson in history

UPDATED: 15December This Blagojevich (Democrat,IL) thing is a mess. For those of you who have been under a rock the last few days:

• Obama was a Senator from Illinois
  
• He resigned because he will soon be the President (Yikes!)
  
• As Governor, Blagojevich (D,IL) has the sole right to appoint the Messiah's successor to the Senate
  
• Blagojevich was trying to get 'something' for appointing a person to the seat (Money, a job for his wife, a job for himself, etc)
  
• Blagojevich is now being charged with Federal crimes in relation to this
  
• Blagojevich said, on an FBI wiretap, he was pissed because the Obama people won't offer him anything - indicating that he had talked to SOMEBODY.
  
• The Messiah's chief aid said (before this story broke) that Obama had, in fact, discussed the successor issued specifically.
  
• The Messiah, this week, denied ever having discussed this with Blagojevich. Update 15Dec - We now know this was a lie. See details below.
  

Blagojevich (Democrat, IL) is one of the worst examples of what the Democrats like to call the 'culture of corruption'. But the question on everone's mind: How can this hurt the Messiah? I will give you my view, grounded in fairly recent history.

A little background.

Scooter Libby, ex-aid to Dick Cheney, got convicted of what some people call a 'process crime'. What is that exactly? A process crime is where you lie to the FBI in the course of an investigation. You don't get charged with the underlying crime - but you get busted for the cover-up.

How did this happen to Libby?

• Valarie Plame was a woman who worked for the CIA.
  
• Her named was 'leaked' to the press by a man named Richard Armitage
  
• This was NOT a crime because Ms. Plame did not have a job classification in the CIA that would have made leaking her name a crime.
  
• So far, no crime.
  

Now, the prosecutor, Patrick Fitzgerald (same prosecutor as in the current Blagojevich (D,IL) case, started investigating the Plame affair. Within a few weeks of starting, Fitzgerald had found out two things for certain:

1. No crime had been committed
   
2. Richard Armitage was the leaker.

But did he stop? NO! Over the next two years, he managed to get Scooter Libby to lie to him about when he had a certain conversation. Now lying - THAT was the crime Libby got busted for. NOT for the underlying act (the leak, which was not a crime), but for the crime of about lying about a non-crime. Why did he lie? Probably to avoid embarrassment, or to avoid looking bad. The reason really does not matter. A jury thought he lied - he goes to jail.

How could this type of thing screw the Messiah?

Simple.

• Imagine Fitzgerald asks Obama some questions about his dealings with Blagojevich(D,IL). Like, "did you ever discuss possible candidates to replace you in the Senate with Blagojevich?"
  
  
• As a side note - In my opinion, it would be PERFECTLY reasonable and expected (and innocent) for the Messiah to have had that type of conversation. In fact, I do not believe BHO when he said he had NOT discussed possible replacements. His chief adviser has already stated publicly that this type of conversation did, in fact, take place. UPDATED:15Dec. As I said many days ago--The Messiah DID in fact discuss this with Blago. He is now saying he had no 'inappropriate discussions'. Translation - Yah, I talked to him. I lied about it before when I said I hadn't, but I am telling the truth now.
  
  
• But, in keeping with what he said in public recently, the Messiah sticks to he story and says "No, I never discussed it".
  
  
• Fitzgerald then finds someone who contradicts the Messiah. Maybe he has a tape of a meeting or a call. Maybe he has notes. Maybe there are 2 'someones'.
  
  
• And what IF Blago had recorded such a conversation himself? Might he not turn the tape over implicating the Messiah in return for a better deal for himself.
  
  
• Now - Obama has a BIG problem. It was not wrong to have the discussion in the first place. It was perfectly proper. But, to avoid looking bad - he decided to lie about it. THAT, my friends, is a process crime.
  

So, what is the lesson? If I could talk to him, here is what I would say:

Dear Leader, if you did have a conversation with Blago, just admit it. Just explain the conversation for what it was. Sure, you might look bad, or be embarrassed. But, if you tell the truth - people will NOT hold your contact with Blago against you. He has already said you did not offer him anything but 'gratitude'. No harm, no foul.

But, if you lie - Fitzgerald could hang you. He will pressure people to turn on you. He will squeeze them until he gets what he wants. And neither you, nor this country, needs that right now.

As much as I oppose the Messiah on any number of fronts, watching him spiral down in an obstruction of justice probe is not what we need. Update 15Dec: It looks like Dear Leader is coming clean. Looks like he will not be lying to the FBI. But, he DID lie to us.And besides, if he goes down - I will need to listen to Joe 'windbag' Biden for four years -- good grief.