Comments on: Big time troubles for Ill. Governor Rod Blagojevich

By: Tel-Chai Nation

Tel-Chai Nation — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:39:44 +0000

Illinois governor arrested in scam to try and sell…

Welcome to Chicago’s culture of Democrat corruption. Governor Rod Blagojevich has just given people a little insight to the problems they have down there. From Chicago Breaking News (Hat tip: Hot Air):…

By: Lorica

Lorica — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:41:24 +0000

Funny stuff Avengers Ohhh let’s face it Blago didn’t think anything would happen to him because Chicago or DC this is just the way things are done. For Any DC politician to feign surprise at this is an insult to everyone’s intelligence. It is BS that these guys are all on TV telling the world just how shocked they are. BS!!! How much money did these guys take from the FMs again??? The only thing they are really surpised at is just how stupid Rod was. He should have known he was being wire tapped. Which just goes to show you just how poorly this state has been run since he got into office. I am still laughing about this dimwit telling the people of IL that the prices of goods and service won’t go up if the legislature passes his 6% tax. What a freekin’ idiot. Thank God he is gone, now if only the Republican Party in IL can get some guts and start showing some leadership abilities. – Lorica

By: The Punny Avenger

The Punny Avenger — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:25:47 +0000

Selling Barack’s old seat for cash would be an obamanation.

By: The Haiku Avenger

The Haiku Avenger — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:25:13 +0000

Rod thought he’d get cash
for selling Barack’s old seat;
wonder what jail’s like?

By: The Limerick Avenger

The Limerick Avenger — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:24:32 +0000

I need money said Governor Rod
So if you want the Senate nod
Come up with the cash
And do it real fast,
And then you can work with Chris Dodd.

By: Trish

Trish — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:05:42 +0000

Blagojevich is too new at this. He hasn’t got the machine politics thing down pat.
You’re not supposed to be that obvious.
Watch the Machine climb up out of this cesspool smelling like lavender.

By: Hope and Change: Questions Come Up on Obama Blagojevich Relationship : Stop The ACLU

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:40:57 +0000

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By: Great White Rat

Great White Rat — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:49:24 +0000

Joe thinks this is a good thing:

In a conversation with Harris on November 11, the charges state, Blagojevich said he knew that the President-elect wanted Senate Candidate 1 for the open seat but “they’re not willing to give me anything except appreciation. [Expletive] them.”

So let me get this straight…Blagojevich solicited a bribe from Obama to get his preferred candidate into the Senate. Here’s my question: in that case, why didn’t Obama report it? Shouldn’t someone who will soon be the nation’s chief executive display at least that much integrity?

You can take the politician out of Chicago, but apparently you can’t take Chicago out of the politician.

By: Anthony (Los Angeles)

Anthony (Los Angeles) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:04:42 +0000

Oh, please, Joe. Obama was buddies with Mayor Daley and the Stroger family, the bosses of Cook County. You don’t rise in that political environment and stay clean. Obama may not have engaged in any corruption himself, be he tolerated an awful lot of it to get where he is.

By: Lorica

Lorica — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:33:21 +0000

Good Riddance!!! Now if they can just get the Dailys, and all the other corrupt indiviuals that have been ruining this state. I have to agree with Dear Sister. How soon before Barack comes out and says something to the extent that he was clueless, that the few times he met Blago he was always a cordial and decent human being, that he always had the hopes and dreams of the little people forefront in his mind or some other blah blah blah crud.

“Another one thrown under the bus, and another one gone and another one gone, another one thrown under the bus.” My apologies to Weird Al.

Bill Clinton always had these lists of how many associations with people who died mysteriously floating around. Well Barack is going to have lists of how many people got tossed under the bus, the problem is these will all be true, nothing made up. – Lorica

By: Democrat=Socialist

Democrat=Socialist — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:45:10 +0000

Does The Blagojevich Bust Count As A Ricochet Near Obama?…

Another champion of the peoples struggle against capitalist tyranny was busted and I haven’t stopped giggling yet.Â Da gub’nah of Illinois, Blagojevich.Â I can’t wait until the records are laid open and we see what past gems of slea…

By: Anthony (Los Angeles)

Anthony (Los Angeles) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:17:50 +0000

And don’t forget that the Feds were already investigating Blagojevich for shady dealings involving Obama’s pal Tony Rezko. This latest stuff is all after new.

I’m willing to bet something from Illinois is going to blow up in The One’s face before the end of his first term.

By: Public Secrets

Public Secrets — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:52:15 +0000

It’s traditional…

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested this morning, along with an aide, on charges trying to sell President-elect Obama’s former US Senate seat to the highest bidder: Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris were arres…

By: joe from Lowell

joe from Lowell — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:48:29 +0000

What this indictment, and the evidence surrounding it, does is completely put to bed the wholly-implausible narrative that Obama was tied in with corruption.

What does Governorer Blago have to say about Barack Obama?

In a conversation with Harris on November 11, the charges state, Blagojevich said he knew that the President-elect wanted Senate Candidate 1 for the open seat but “they’re not willing to give me anything except appreciation. [Expletive] them.”

Sounds to me like the corrupt bastard hated Obama. Three years after Brownie doing a heckuva job, a President who doesn’t go in for back-scratching when it comes to appointments is Change We Can Belive In.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:33:21 +0000

Sorry, but Obama looks clean here. His choice to succeed him was Valerie Jarrett (aka “Senate Candidate 1″). Blagojevich wanted “Senate Candidate 5,” who remains unknown as of now.