“you know what we have to do to win elections.”  “take those tapes as they are and you will acknowledge those are things we in politics do to run campaigns…”

now he’s saying that the prosecutor doesn’t want witnesses called…

and there’s nothing anywhere at all that shows any criminal conduct.

“how can you throw a governor out of office on a criminal complaint and you haven’t been able to show any criminal activity?”

“clamoring and begging and pleading with you to bring witnesses in to prove his innocence”

“let me show you that i’m innocent and didn’t do anything wrong.”

“how can you throw me out of office…impact on people in illinois and governors in other states”

the fbi agent – “what did he do?  he just read the allegations…he simply read a criminal complaint…that’s not proving criminal allegations?’  “how you you throw someone out of office, whether it’s me, or if it happens to you…”

“as for the other allegations….the first one…i’ve been dying to (explain this) for years…”

blabbing on about wanting to give health care for low-income families.

“what did i do but provide healthcare for low-income families.”