Here you go Joe.
What you are crying about.
In the New Yorker. The context of the article is talking about Obama...
Here is the full New Yorker article
There ...it's out there.... Obama and Rahm helps get Blago elected in 2002...with a bunch of other advisors...because they are from the same state... running on a platform of reform. ok. Probably wasn't as involved as Rahm indicated ... or so says Wilhelm.
The Key quote after the fold...
That year, he gained his first high-level experience in a statewide campaign when he advised the victorious gubernatorial candidate Rod Blagojevich, another politician with a funny name and a message of reform. Rahm Emanuel, a congressman from Chicago and a friend of Obama’s, told me that he, Obama, David Wilhelm, who was Blagojevich’s campaign co-chair, and another Blagojevich aide were the top strategists of Blagojevich’s victory. He and Obama "participated in a small group that met weekly when Rod was running for governor," Emanuel said. "We basically laid out the general election, Barack and I and these two." A spokesman for Blagojevich confirmed Emanuel’s account, although David Wilhelm, who now works for Obama, said that Emanuel had overstated Obama’s role. "There was an advisory council that was inclusive of Rahm and Barack but not limited to them," Wilhelm said, and he disputed the notion that Obama was "an architect or one of the principal strategists."
2002 Joe. which means 2002. This was a long time ago. Even prior to Obama being a senator. So he and Rahm were on an advisory board to help get Blago get elected.
No contradictions here. Doesn't have anything to do with the selection of Obama's replacement...because their interaction occurred 6 years ago.
So shut your hole Joe.