December 9, 2008
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So, have you heard the big, huge news out of Illinois? I'm sure you have already seen the coverage on the news. I probably would be wasting my time even discussing it. Oh, what the hell. Vice President Elect Joe Biden attended the Bulls game in Chicago tonight.
Oh, and our governor got arrested today.
If you ask me, they got the charges wrong. Ok, maybe not wrong, but there is at least one missing, I mean can you charge somebody with stupidity? He knew the heat was on him and that his calls were potentially being recorded and yet he still said shit that could incriminate him. I know Obama said that it was a sad day for Illinois, but I slightly disagree, in some respects I think it is a great day for Illinois. We caught Blago before he completely soiled a senate seat. I know the whole innocent until proven guilty thing, but they have tapes of him saying shit, that's usually a clear cut case. I say fit him for an orange jump suit and throw him in a cell with former Illinois Governor George Ryan. Yeah, we have governor issues here in Illinois, in fact, I hear they are already bringing up charges on our next governor so we don't have to waste our time and money doing it later.
As for Blago, he should resign. Immediately. I know he will probably want to try to hold out to try to get leverage for a deal, but for the good of the people of Illinois who he is serving, he needs to step down so that he can start serving again in jail. And then we can file charges against his hair, which legally is its own entity and has committed its fair share of crimes.
Being a liberal, I voted for Blago back in 2002, although honestly, I had a bad feeling about him. He just looked smarmy. With his hair the size of a misshapen football helmet, his round face with that cocky smirk and his beady eyes, even from the beginning he looked like the type that would be corrupt. After his first term was a semi disaster complete with rumors of corruption, when it came time for him to run again in 2006 I voted for Green Party candidate Rich Whitney. Yes, even if I don't vote Democrat, I still refuse to vote Republican, in spite of how dirty the Democratic candidate might be.
The man seems to be really dirty and slimy even by the standards of Illinois politicians. If he doesn't resign soon I say we give him the boot by impeachment, a recall vote, or any other way that we can get rid of him and then be done with it.
Comments (2)
They're all crooked and corrupt. He just got caught.
They're saying he'll be impeached in January. Of course, the word "impeach" means "formally accused." I mean, Clinton was impeached, but he wasn't removed from office. There has to be an impeachment trial, and Blago might not lose that. Clinton didn't. It is really difficult to remove a chief executive of a state or of the country from office in an impeachment trial. Andrew Johnson wasn't removed after impeachment, either. Obama is running hard to distance himself from Blago, and the media are calling this the first political scandal of the Obama Administration. Oh, please!
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