Posted on 12/09/2008 9:51:49 AM PST by from occupied ga
CHICAGO – Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested today on charges that accuse him of trying to benefit from his ability to appoint President-elect Barack Obama's replacement in the U.S. Senate.
The U.S. Attorney in Chicago says ...the corruption charges represent "a truly new low."
An FBI says the 51-year-old Democrat was intercepted conspiring to sell or trade the vacant Senate seat for personal benefits for himself and his wife.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
CNN’s got him on the front page. They even mentioned that he was a Democrat in the first paragraph.
Question: Once the mob bails this dirtbag out, does he get to keep playing Governor while he awaits trial?
The best part is that he was just on TV threatening Bank of America with ‘sanctions’ if they didn’t pay up to those laid off workers. Sounds like business as usual. I wonder if those people are still sitting in the plant, or they realize that the Governor’s promise to support them just fell apart. LOL maybe there is justice in the world.
The reason for the quick arrest today was to prevent Hussein from making the buy.
No no no, Gov. Blagojevich.
It's supposed to be for the benefit of The One, not you and your wife.
When will these crooks learn how this pyramid scheme works with the Chicago Mob?
If he doesn't go to jail, his punishment will to take a bomb making class from Ayers. (We know how that would turn out...)
Are you serious?
It's all over for him, he forgot to include The One (Allah-father to the Chicago Mob) in the payoff.
He is, of course, innocent until proven guilty.
There is a strong case against him.
I assume so. He has the same (legal) presumption of innocence as any other person. Until he's convicted, he has the legal right to carry on as though he were not guilty. I wonder if he can issue himself a pardon :-)
Now this is scary.......She is as anti american as it gets. Damn this nation is in danger.
Tin foil hate time.....
Barack Obama and Richard Daley will throw Blago under the bus and portray themselves as paragons of virtue in a sea of political corruption. The MSM will gleefully play along, casting Obama as the most noble of all politicians - fighting against the corrupt political machine of Chicago.
Great pics!
Anybody know if Blago’s is real hair or is this Traficantesque?
Geez, Obama could be the first person to be impeached before he is even sworn in.
I really hope that Blago is a vindictive MF’r who plans to take everyone (OBAMA & GANG) down with him.
In Chicago? C'mon! More of a continuation of standard practice rather than a new low.
Ah... ok... thanks for clarification...
“Well, I woke him up,” Robert Grant said. “The first thing he asked was this a joke. He wanted to make sure this was an honest call.”
Grant said he told the governor two agents were standing outside his door, and asked him to open the door “so we can do this as quietly.”
Always remember, no matter how badly your day may have started out, someone else's day started out worse.
Unless, of course, you are a Democrat Governor who got caught trying to sell Obama's Senate seat.
Macy Park is beautiful this time of year...
Is there a cell block specially dedicated to Illinois governors?
Blago will talk... maybe this is why they snapped him up.
Land deal
previous deals.
Blago goes bla bla bla.... “smile”
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