“We’ve said from the beginning that we’ll look for ways to change and improve the system, and we remain committed to doing that,” Ottenhoff said in an e-mail message Monday. She would not respond to specific followup questions. (Chicago Tribune)
TRANSLATION:
It’s the old bait and switch. You do really corrupt/illegal things, gain advantages from that, and then “clean” everything up and look like a reformer. Millions of dollars more than Topinka says it’ll work.
The governor adamantly has denied the Cari accusation, calling it “triple hearsay.” Neither he, Kelly nor Rezko has been accused of criminal wrongdoing. (Chicago Sun Times)
TRANSLATION:
“Triple hearsay” sounds a lot better than “three cooperating witnesses” or “three corroborating testimonies”.
“To the best of my knowledge, Winston & Strawn does not have a contract with the state of Illinois,” said Rebecca Rausch, a spokeswoman for the governor’s office. “Any other questions stemming from the financial information disclosed by the campaign needs to be directed to” the campaign. (Chicago Tribune)
TRANSLATION:
We’re guilty, guilty as sin.
”The fact that our inspector general is finding wrongdoing is a good thing,” he said.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/elect/cst-nws-gov05.html
TRANSLATION:
The only way to defend the corruption in my administration is to be completely brazen and not look defensive in the least. It’s working so far…I’m killing Judy by 10 points.
