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Source: Feds take [Illinois] Gov. Blagojevich into custody
Chicago Tribune ^ | 12/09/08

Posted on 12/09/2008 6:14:19 AM PST by KeyLargo

Edited on 12/09/2008 6:17:49 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

A source said today that Gov. Rod Blagojevich was taken into federal custody at his North Side home this morning. The U.S. attorney's office would not confirm the information, and a spokesman for the governor did not immediately return a phone call for comment.


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To: Blueflag
I skimmed the Trib article for a mention of his party affiliation. LOLOLOLOL couldn’t find it ....

That would be the Chapter 11 bankruptcy Trib?

21 posted on 12/09/2008 6:20:22 AM PST by KayEyeDoubleDee
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To: Gay State Conservative

DON’T BLAME ME, I VOTED FOR PALIN AND THE OLD GUY!!


22 posted on 12/09/2008 6:20:29 AM PST by VideoPaul
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To: KeyLargo

This puts an interesting coda on his comments of last week, seeking a pardon for former governor George Ryan...


23 posted on 12/09/2008 6:21:43 AM PST by bcsco
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To: Theodore R.

Illinois is not only heavily Democratic but ACORN makes sure it stays that way.


24 posted on 12/09/2008 6:21:43 AM PST by sarasota
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To: KeyLargo

Move along. Nothing to see here, just typical Illinois political corruption. Move along.


25 posted on 12/09/2008 6:23:26 AM PST by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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To: WayneS

LOL!


26 posted on 12/09/2008 6:23:27 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: bcsco

They had a clip of him on the radio this morning saying something like, “Go ahead and tap my phones. I’ve got nothing to hide.”

hehehehehehehehehehe


27 posted on 12/09/2008 6:24:04 AM PST by retrokitten (I want to rock your gypsy soul, just like way back in the days of old- Into the Mystic)
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To: KeyLargo




Your tax dollars at work!


28 posted on 12/09/2008 6:24:33 AM PST by XR7
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To: Leisler

Nope. Thompson and Edgar never went to jail.


29 posted on 12/09/2008 6:24:39 AM PST by Cheburashka (Democratic Underground: where PCP is not just for breakfast anymore.)
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To: KeyLargo

Blagojevich sounds pretty unhinged at this point. His quotes in this article are bizarre to say the least.


30 posted on 12/09/2008 6:24:52 AM PST by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: VideoPaul
Daley and Obama have got to be soiling their underwear right now. I wonder how fast this bakelite-haired fraud will be willing to rat out his buddies to get a deal.

Maybe one of the buddies he rats out is Zer0...would that not be the best???

31 posted on 12/09/2008 6:25:01 AM PST by IrishPennant (Patriotism is strongest when accompanied by bad politics, loyal FRiends and great whiskey)
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To: KeyLargo

I think this a Patrick Fitzgerald prosecution. Wonder how long it will take Obama to fire him once he takes office.


32 posted on 12/09/2008 6:25:57 AM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: penelopesire

He knows where he’s going. I hope the handcuffs were a little too tight.


33 posted on 12/09/2008 6:26:05 AM PST by darkangel82 (I don't have a superiority complex, I'm just better than you.)
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To: WayneS; Toddsterpatriot

Seeing that Blago refused to live in Springfield (the capitol), this made his commute to the federal lock-up on Van Buren that much more convenient.


34 posted on 12/09/2008 6:26:38 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: KeyLargo

Are there any Illinois politicians who aren’t either completely corrupt or completely incompetent?


35 posted on 12/09/2008 6:27:25 AM PST by pgkdan
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To: KeyLargo

The DemocRAT Bleg is busted! Happy Tuesday!


36 posted on 12/09/2008 6:27:37 AM PST by AmericanGirlRising (The cow is in the ditch. We know how it got there. Now help me get it out!)
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To: retrokitten

It came out last week that the Feds apparently already had a taped conversation of him. If so, it had to be pretty damning for them to act this quickly.


37 posted on 12/09/2008 6:27:50 AM PST by bcsco
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To: KeyLargo

38 posted on 12/09/2008 6:28:38 AM PST by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: Cheburashka

thanks.


39 posted on 12/09/2008 6:28:49 AM PST by Leisler ("Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever. " Lenin)
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To: KeyLargo

Oh Happy Day, Oh Happy Day....tick tock...mwwwaaaa
Best news I have heard in a long time! Blojobovich is going down!


40 posted on 12/09/2008 6:29:01 AM PST by Snappy1MarineMom (Don't Blame me I voted for Keys)
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