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DJ Eebs
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So, I've bitched about Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich before.
It turns out he's not only corrupt, but he's bad at being corrupt, and now he's arrested!
It turns out he's not only corrupt, but he's bad at being corrupt, and now he's arrested!
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is in federal custody on corruption charges, a law enforcement official said Tuesday.
Blagojevich and his chief of staff, John Harris, are charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and solicitation of bribery, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's office for the Northern District of Illinois.
Both men are expected in U.S. District Court in Chicago later Tuesday.
A news conference is expected at noon ET.
Federal prosecutors say Blagojevich, Harris and others conspired to gain financial benefits in appointing President-elect Barack Obama's Senate replacement, according to the statement.
"The breadth of corruption laid out in these charges is staggering," U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said in a statement. "They allege that Blagojevich put a 'for sale' sign on the naming of a United States Senator; involved himself personally in pay-to-play schemes with the urgency of a salesman meeting his annual sales target; and corruptly used his office in an effort to trample editorial voices of criticism."
According to the statement, Blagojevich is alleged to have discussed obtaining:The Obama transition team is aware that Blagojevich is in federal custody, but has no comment, according to a senior Democratic source.
- a substantial salary for himself at either a non-profit foundation or an organization affiliated with labor unions;
- a spot for his wife on paid corporate boards, where he speculated she might garner as much as $150,000 a year;
- promises of campaign funds -- including cash up front;
- a Cabinet post or ambassadorship for himself.
The statement also alleges that Blagojevich and others tried to illegally obtain campaign contributions.
Blagojevich, Harris and others are also alleged to have withheld state assistance to the Tribune Company in connection with the sale of Wrigley Field. The statement says this was done to induce the firing of Chicago Tribune editorial board members who were critical of Blagojevich.
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get your corrupt illinois governors straight, god
Illinois is the worst.
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That's secretly the correct way of pronouncing it.
We just like fucking with all the other states, because we have nothing better to do.
i have also thought ark-an-sas and mitch-igan
you people and your semi-native place names
neat
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At least you can take solace in the fact that none of those states really matter anyway.
things that annoy me for no good reason: people who say "Québec" as "Cue-beck" or "Kwee-beck"
Doubtful though.
Also: dude needs all that cash to keep his hair looking so badass.
Dude is dapper. And stupid looking. They must go hand in hand.
Tryin' to balance shit out, you know.
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the kiss of deaf? did you just come up with that because that is brilliant and I didn't see it in the thread on that story at all
Which you would think to be the opposite outcome, wouldn't you?
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I don't get what you are trying to do here.
you screwed up the bbcode so I couldn't see that "the kiss of deaf" was actually from the article
if you had just made that up I would have given you a thunderous round of applause
as it is, the bbc has my complete approval
Not really. I mean, the essence of the Republican party is to be up front about being power hungry but down play their sexual desires because of morality. Whereas with the Democrats it's almost the exact opposite.
I'm just surprised at how little of his ass he tried to cover. I've always thought he was an idiot but this just proves that he's nothing more than a hairdo impersonating a politician.
No, see I messed up the bbcode on accident, I didn't do it with any hidden motive.
I didn't claim, or frame it as my own joke. The whole Blachhhhojevechhhh thing was the only joke I was attempting to make.
Now do you see where assuming things gets you?
Our governors are notoriously bad at concealing their felonious ways. I applaud them for it.
I wonder what the investigators thought, like, were they reading this going, "damn does he not realize that he called barack obama a motherfucker? does he not realized that we taped him telling someone that he'll give them the job if they give him money?"
Even after all this, he's saying he can assign the position from prison.
This guy has crazy and balls.
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the small number of republicans in government in illinois sided with him just to fuck with the democrats
nothing has gotten done in this state in like six years
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1208/Blago_calls_Obama_motherfer.html?showall
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/12/feds_obama_wouldnt_play_ball_w.php
i...actually have hope Obama will keep up the anti-corruption fight. he outright gave Blago the finger when Blago asked for special compensation on filling the senate seat. and then Rahm apparently helped the investigators nail Blago.
this is...a dream right?
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I don't think anything comes out of Chicago or Illinois without being corrupt.
Clearly, all it did was make Chicago more like Gotham.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20081209/pl_politico/16383
He has no plans to resign.
I haven't but I assume they have.
Illinois has had four Governers go to jail
Seriously
Seriously?
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