Oh, So Obama Didn't Discuss His Senate Seat With Blagojevich?

Do you swear to lie, obfuscate and talk

out of both sides of your mouth?

Barack Obama was quick to deny ever meeting with Rod Blagojevich to discuss his vacated Senate seat, yesterday, even quickly tossing David Axelrod under the bus.

Well, what do you know, thanks to a sharp-eyed commenter, we have this curious item dated November 8. In some circles, this is known as evidence.

QUINCY, IL -- Now that Barack Obama will be moving to the White House, his seat in the U.S. Senate representing Illinois will have to be filled.

Obama met with Governor Rod Blagojevich earlier this week to discuss it. Illinois law states that the governor chooses that replacement. There's already been speculation about his selection...from Congressman Jesse Jackson, Junior to Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs Director Tammy Duckworth.

Hmmm.

So it appears Obama is lying. Does anyone in the media care to question him about this?

Uhhh, I doubt it.

Meanwhile, Obama has called on his good friend to resign. Way to get out ahead of the pack, Barry.

President-elect Barack Obama is calling for the Illinois governor to resign.

Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs says the president-elect agrees with other prominent politicians in Illinois and elsewhere that "under the current circumstances, it is difficult for the governor to effectively do his job and serve the people of Illinois."

He then signaled a series of hand gestures experts translated as "shut the hell up, whatever you do, and I'll pardon you on my way out."

In other developments, it's reported Jesse Jackson Jr. was the one allegedly offering Blagojevich a bribe. Shocking, isn't it?

Update: Gateway Pundit has another news account of these two meeting.

The mainstream media is hoping to change the subject.

Update: Surprise! The story link from November 8 now no longer exists.

How convenient. Just like how all those messy blogposts from the Obama website kept going down the memory hole.