Illinois Govenor Rod Blageojevich Arrested In Obama Successor Probe

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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    He's a politician

    WORD....*Can't Trust It*

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  • What do you think Daley has done?.. I hope not. I've always liked Daley..

    Sold out Midway Airport, The Skyway, All the parking Meters... basically everything he can get his stubby little fingers on...
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,258
    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?

    This governor was tied to the mob, it was fairly public, and Illinois still voted for him. I'm sure the mob has done its share of killing.
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    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.

    I was saying with him being a Democrat corruption persists and FN will play it up and rightfully so. Corrupt is corrupt and if you think that's stupid to say then go on with your bad self.

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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    g under p wrote:
    I was saying with him being a Democrat corruption persists and FN will play it up and rightfully so. Corrupt is corrupt and if you think that's stupid to say then go on with your bad self.

    Peace
    OK. I thought you were saying he did what he did only because he was a democrat.

    Yes, I agree he should be played up.
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    OK. I thought you were saying he did what he did only because he was a democrat.

    Yes, I agree he should be played up.

    They are few IF any politicians out that I trust, ALL of them have there hands under the table looking for a hand out or for whatever upward mobility they can grab and that includes our President-Elect. He's better than most but still.....

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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    jbalicki10 wrote:
    Hey, what party is this guy?


    HA! if anyone ever needed more proof about a liberal media bias it is this story. i had to dig around at least 3 or 4 different articles this morning to find out he was indeed a democrat. lol......also, he does have close ties to obama, axelrod, and tony rezko---but it will take a while for the msm to reveal that to us
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  • PJ_Saluki
    PJ_Saluki Posts: 1,006
    HA! if anyone ever needed more proof about a liberal media bias it is this story. i had to dig around at least 3 or 4 different articles this morning to find out he was indeed a democrat. lol......also, he does have close ties to obama, axelrod, and tony rezko---but it will take a while for the msm to reveal that to us
    Yeah, he's so close to Obama. That must be why he was pissed and said "Fuck him," when Obama wasn't offering up any goodies for Blago's selection of the new Illinois Senator. Either that, or maybe it was when Blago called Obama a "motherfucker." Either way, they sound pretty tight to me.
    "Almost all those politicians took money from Enron, and there they are holding hearings. That's like O.J. Simpson getting in the Rae Carruth jury pool." -- Charles Barkley
  • HA! if anyone ever needed more proof about a liberal media bias it is this story. i had to dig around at least 3 or 4 different articles this morning to find out he was indeed a democrat. lol......also, he does have close ties to obama, axelrod, and tony rezko---but it will take a while for the msm to reveal that to us

    That was the point I was trying to make. If Blago got arrested before the election we would all be saying McCain please save us instead of Obama.
  • PJ_Saluki wrote:
    Yeah, he's so close to Obama. That must be why he was pissed and said "Fuck him," when Obama wasn't offering up any goodies for Blago's selection of the new Illinois Senator. Either that, or maybe it was when Blago called Obama a "motherfucker." Either way, they sound pretty tight to me.

    Daley said the same exact thing to Obama before he was president. Now they are buddy buddy.... Just wait and see... Blago will squeel like a P I G now... I wonder what stories he will make up to save himself from jail...
  • Republicrat, Democran, One Party System.

    WTF does liberal have to with democrat?

    Silly narrow-minded "thinkers"
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  • Barack and Rod must be sooo close since it's looking like Rahm was the one that tipped off the investigators.

    They were not close at all.
  • PJ_Saluki
    PJ_Saluki Posts: 1,006
    I wonder how or if things would be different if Glenn Poshard was elected in 1998.
    "Almost all those politicians took money from Enron, and there they are holding hearings. That's like O.J. Simpson getting in the Rae Carruth jury pool." -- Charles Barkley
  • Here's something to think about.
    This guy seems guilty, just like Eliot Spitzer.
    But just like Eliot Spitzer,
    it seems like there is ANOTHER reason he was really brought down.
    In other words, CORRUPTION IS OKAY. IT IS EXPECTED AND CONDONED at the top of the power structure.

    BUT IT IS ALSO USED TO BRING YOU DOWN IF YOU STEP OUT OF LINE, OR ARE NEEDED AS A DISTRACTION\PATSY.

    Blagojevich Arrested On Corruption Charges After Going Up Against Bank of America

    Kurt Nimmo
    Infowars
    December 8, 2008

    Isn’t it odd that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is suddenly arrested on corruption charges the day after he announced he is asking all Illinois government agencies to suspend business with Bank of America?

    Not really. Blagojevich’s arrest sends a strong signal that going up against the banksters will not be tolerated. “Blagojevich contended that Bank Of America received a multi-billion dollar bailout from the government and should accordingly restore credit to the Republic Windows & Doors company in Chicago,” writes Katharine Zaleski for the Huffington Post.

    Last week the workers of Republic Windows & Doors occupied a factory in Chicago after the company closed down and stiffed the workers. “Workers said they were entitled to be given 60 days notice of the closure of the plant and demanded pay for that period as well as any unused vacation time,” the BBC reported.

    Blagojevich demanded the Bank of America take “some of that federal tax money that they’ve received and invest it by providing the necessary credit to this company so these workers can keep their jobs.”

    Blagojevich made the comment at the same time president select Obama expressed support for the workers. “It’s also important for us to make sure that the plans and programs that we design aren’t just targeted at maintaining the solvency of banks, but they’re designed also to get money out the door and to help people on Main Street,” said Obama.

    Rod Blagojevich, of course, is not Barack Obama, who is in the process of stuffing his administration with bankster insiders, CFR members, and Federal Reserve and Goldman Sachs mobsters such as Robert Rubin, Larry Summers, and Paul Volcker.

    It didn’t take long for the U.S. attorney’s office to crank out a 78-page criminal complaint against Blagojevich. It is said Blagojevich attempted to sell off the vacancy of Obama’s Senate seat and considered naming himself to the Senate. It is not difficult to believe Blagojevich is a crook and would do such a thing. He has shady ties to Antoin “Tony” Rezko, the political fundraiser, restaurateur, and real estate developer convicted on several counts of fraud and bribery.

    On the other hand, the sudden appearance of a federal compliant against him after he attempted to stick it to the criminal organization known as the Bank of America is rather suspicious, to say the least.

    The impending prosecution of Blagojevich sends a powerful message to other governors, mayors, city council members around the country: don’t mess with the international banking cartel, the global financial mafia.
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  • OR

    They did it so the Governor couldn't continue trying to auction off the Senate seat.

    You have a conspiracy for everything don't you Drifting?
  • OR

    They did it so the Governor couldn't continue trying to auction off the Senate seat.

    You have a conspiracy for everything don't you Drifting?

    I just find it a little odd that compartively minor corruption always takes people down just after something far more scandalous happens.

    In this case, Blageojevich seems to be guilty of wanting to put his senate seat up for sale, but he also clearly presented a threat to the power structure by trying to cripple Bank of America's income.

    If you don't understand how important the survival of BoA is to the establishment, try thinking of it this way. The government credit that guarantees the existence of this country is predicated upon the lending and imcome generating ability of the private banks which own the Federal Reserve shares. In other words, if Bank of America fails, the Federal Reserve losses IT'S underwriter.
    :(

    I don't KNOW that this is the reason he was taken down,
    but it sure is odd that it comes a day after he tried to stop illinois state agencies from doing business with BoA.

    Current.com Censors Blagojevich Coincidence Story
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  • PJ_Saluki
    PJ_Saluki Posts: 1,006
    The Blago investigation began in 2003. Fitzgerald isn't crooked. It had nothing to do with BoA.
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  • unsung
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    PJ_Saluki wrote:
    I wonder how or if things would be different if Glenn Poshard was elected in 1998.


    He had my vote.
  • unsung
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    PJ_Saluki wrote:
    Fitzgerald isn't crooked.


    Agreed. He is one of the few political bright spots in this state.
  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    Don't worry! War crimes & mass murders are still legal.


    We know. It has been going on in Chicago for years.