Posted on 12/10/2008 10:12:19 AM PST by NormsRevenge
Edited on 12/10/2008 10:14:02 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
So, do the rest of you now have some idea of the depth of corruption in Chicago and Illinois, and why some of us were so concerned about electing a president who emerges from this cesspool?
There's no evidence to link President-elect Barack Obama to the latest scandal, but the arrest of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich for allegedly trying to sell Obama's now-vacant U.S. Senate seat and engaging in other attempted shakedowns appears to have stunned the nation, judging by the reaction of network anchors and other media. Brazen, appalling, unbelievable, they say. But for those of us who have spent a lifetime covering the news here, it's how it works.
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There is this story I heard that, on Election Day 1960, then-Mayor Richard Daley "got" John F. Kennedy the necessary votes to carry Illinois and defeat Richard Nixon.
After following the Duke Lacrosse Frame daily for almost three years, I came to the conclusion the North Carolina “judicial system” was more corrupt than Louisiana’s. And I said as much in a letter to their Attorney General.
Now with Illinois, that puts us third from the bottom.
We might as well say Ronald Reagan must be rolling in his grave too. He was born and raised in Illinois.
Not directly. Not yet. But obama is directly linked to the CRIMINAL Blago.
Other states notorious for corruption include New Jersey and West Virginia.
After reading this column, Louisiana may not be the most corrupt state in the Union.
Yup. Louisianaians are looking for the RIGHT kind of “change” - and it is about time.
Someone put me up to speed—is Gov Ryan, in gail, a Dem or a Pub?
No story, fact in my opinion.
As I recall there is no evidence linking him to anything, not even a schoolmate has surfaced.
Of the 4 indicted Illinois Governors in history he was the only Pub.
Oh really? Well then, what do you call this? --
Theyre not willing to give me anything except appreciation, the governor says, as outlined in the criminal complaint.
Now HOW do you think he found THAT out????????
Helllloooooooo?????
oops. wrong thread. sorry.
Is anybody stupid enough to believe ZERO HUSSEIN when he claims no knowledge of the corruption going on in Chicago?
ZERO HUSSEIN would have to be dumber than a Rock and Blinder than a Worm and totally Deafer than a Doornail to NOT KNOW AND NOT BE A PLAYER in the CORRUPTION AND DECAY OF THE CHICAGO CESSPOOL!
Illinois has had every state beat as far as corruption forever, BHL&AEL&EE(before Huey Long and after Earl Long and Edwin Edwards). Illinois politics like the Democratic Party is an ongoing criminal enterprise.
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