Thursday, Dec 11, 2008
* Buried in a Channel 5 story…
Also, the congressman’s father, Jesse Jackson Sr., has retained legal council following the Blagojevich arrest.
Let’s not read too much into this, but one can’t help but wonder about this passage from the criminal complaint…
In a recorded conversation on October 31, 2008, ROD BLAGOJEVICH described an earlier approach by an associate of [Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.] as follows: “We were approached ‘pay to play.’ That, you know, he’d raise me 500 grand. An emissary came. Then the other guy would raise a million, if I made [Congressman Jackson] a Senator.” [emphasis added] | 
