Illinois Govenor Rod Blageojevich Arrested In Obama Successor Probe

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Illinois Govenor Rod Blageojevich Arrested In Obama Successor Probe
CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested Tuesday on charges of conspiring to get financial benefits through his authority to appoint a U.S. senator to fill the vacancy left by Barack Obama's election as president.

According to a federal criminal complaint, Blagojevich also was charged with illegally threatening to withhold state assistance to Tribune Co., the owner of the Chicago Tribune, in the sale of Wrigley Field. In return for state assistance, Blagojevich allegedly wanted members of the paper's editorial board who had been critical of him fired.


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  • Uncle Leo
    Uncle Leo Posts: 1,059
    IL governors like getting in trouble.
    I cannot come up with a new sig till I get this egg off my face.
  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    No one ever died as a result of Blago's corruption like they did with Ryan. However, what a fucking moron! Seriously? Trying to auction off a US Senate appointment to the highest bidder?
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  • g under p
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    Democrats at it again and Fox News Will play it to the mountain top and rightfully so if true.

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    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • jbalicki10
    jbalicki10 Posts: 517
    Hey, what party is this guy?
  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    He is a Democrat.
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  • jbalicki10
    jbalicki10 Posts: 517
    ledvedderman wrote:
    He is a Democrat.
    Strange, that this is not mentioned in any articles. Take a look at that... Hmmmm no liberal bias I guess...

    Anyways, I hope he rots with that republican george ryan.
  • g under p
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    jbalicki10 wrote:
    Strange, that this is not mentioned in any articles. Take a look at that... Hmmmm no liberal bias I guess...

    Anyways, I hope he rots with that republican george ryan.

    It's mentioned here in the article above...
    A 76-page FBI affidavit said the 51-year-old Democratic governor was intercepted on court-authorized wiretaps over the last month conspiring to sell or trade the vacant Senate seat for personal benefits for himself and his wife, Patti.



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    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    What do you expect from the Huffington Post? His party affiliation has nothing to do with this.
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  • g under p
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    ledvedderman wrote:
    What do you expect from the Huffington Post? His party affiliation has nothing to do with this.

    Fox News should hear that.

    Peace
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    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,455
    g under p wrote:
    Fox News should hear that.

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    well i would hazard a guess and say that scumbagism seems to know no party affiliation.
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,306
    damn. I had a bid of $158 for the senate seat. Looks like I better make plans to head to Canada.
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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    g under p wrote:
    Democrats at it again and Fox News Will play it to the mountain top and rightfully so if true.

    Peace
    What the hell does corrupt actions have to do with political views?

    Our last governor, George Ryan was a Republican and he is in jail right now scrubbing floors with a toothbrush.

    I don't consider myself a democrat or a republican, but that statement is stupid.
  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    He also appears to think little of the president-elect, whom he calls a "motherf***er" at one point.

    "F**k him," Blagjoveich says of Obama during a lengthy call with top aides and his wife recorded on November 10th, "For nothing? F**k him."
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  • LiteTheMatch
    LiteTheMatch Posts: 1,208
    jbalicki10 wrote:
    Hey, what party is this guy?


    He's a politician
    A child's rhyme stuck in my head...
    It said "Life is nothing but a dream."
    I've spent so many years in question
    To find I'd known this all along.
  • jbalicki10
    jbalicki10 Posts: 517
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    What the hell does corrupt actions have to do with political views?

    Our last governor, George Ryan was a Republican and he is in jail right now scrubbing floors with a toothbrush.

    I don't consider myself a democrat or a republican, but that statement is stupid.

    Repub. Ryan in my book murdered a family and got away with it.
    Dem. Blaggoyabitch extorted money from everyone.

    I hope Stroger and Dailey is next.

    I heard Obama may move his HQ out of Chicago very soon...
  • LiteTheMatch
    LiteTheMatch Posts: 1,208
    Don't worry! War crimes & mass murders are still legal.
    A child's rhyme stuck in my head...
    It said "Life is nothing but a dream."
    I've spent so many years in question
    To find I'd known this all along.
  • Uncle Leo
    Uncle Leo Posts: 1,059
    jbalicki10 wrote:
    Strange, that this is not mentioned in any articles. Take a look at that... Hmmmm no liberal bias I guess...

    Anyways, I hope he rots with that republican george ryan.

    I know there is no nexus between this post and this link, but I wanted to get it in:
    http://mediamatters.org/items/200610130010
    I cannot come up with a new sig till I get this egg off my face.
  • iamica
    iamica Chicago Posts: 2,628
    :eek:
    Wow, this was a long time coming. Most Illinois people of both parties hate this guy. My dad, who's a die-hard Democrat, hates this guy.
    It'll be interesting to see where we go from here. We still need a senator to take Obama's place!
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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    jbalicki10 wrote:
    Repub. Ryan in my book murdered a family and got away with it.
    Dem. Blaggoyabitch extorted money from everyone.

    I hope Stroger and Dailey is next.

    I heard Obama may move his HQ out of Chicago very soon...
    What do you think Daley has done?.. I hope not. I've always liked Daley..
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    iamica wrote:
    :eek:
    Wow, this was a long time coming. Most Illinois people of both parties hate this guy. My dad, who's a die-hard Democrat, hates this guy.
    It'll be interesting to see where we go from here. We still need a senator to take Obama's place!
    My mom who is also a Democrat, and even votes Democrat blindly, does not like Blegeojevich.

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