These Illinois guys.....

Ricardo
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edited December 2008 in The Clubhouse
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081209/ap_on_re_us/blagojevich_corruption_probe
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited December 2008
    This is priceless.
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited December 2008
    Same old Chicago politics
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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    edited December 2008
    wow.. what a ****
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited December 2008
    "we the people" are not amused! We should give "Crook" county IL to either Wisconsin or Indiana.
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  • nebborjk
    nebborjk Posts: 425
    edited December 2008
    dkg999 wrote: »
    We should give "Crook" county IL to either Wisconsin or Indiana.

    No thanks, You can keep it.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited December 2008
    dkg999 wrote: »
    We should give "Crook" county IL to either Wisconsin or Indiana.

    A better place maybe the "Lake" instead. ;)

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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,163
    edited December 2008
    Doesn't surprise me one bit. We have a lush and embarrassing history of corrupt politics at the State level. Unfortunately this is another **** stain on the State of Illinois.

    I hope they nail him and put he and former Governor George Ryan in the same cell. I hope to God Bush does NOT commute George Ryan's sentence.........he in no way deserves it.
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  • Hilbert
    Hilbert Posts: 316
    edited December 2008
    "I hope to God Bush does NOT commute George Ryan's sentence.........he in no way deserves it."

    Yes indeed. Hope also Pres. Obama doesn't fire Fitzgerald, perhaps under cover of firing a lot of other prosecutors at the same time.
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited December 2008
    That would be interesting! Obama firing a bunch of federal prosecutors! Isn't that what the Bush admin got in hot water for doing? I guess it all depends on how you define "change"!
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited December 2008
    Well, that breaks the tie for 5th most corrupt state. Sorry CA, you're now 6th.
    On behalf of MA, welcome to the 'TOP 5'!!:rolleyes:
    Congratulations!:D
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  • Norm Apter
    Norm Apter Posts: 1,036
    edited December 2008
    No way Obama will fire Fitzgerald. Fitgerald is THE best U.S. prosecutor out there. I believe that both Enron (Kenneth Lay and his savvy partner) and Lewis "Scooter" Libby were jobs that handled as well. Plus, if you follow the reports, there is no love lost between this crumby governor and Obama. The governor used a bunch of expletives when describing Obama when the latter failed to play by the governor's rules, if you know what I mean.
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  • Hilbert
    Hilbert Posts: 316
    edited December 2008
    "No way Obama will fire Fitzgerald."

    Hope you're right. But...Obama endorsed Blago in '02 and '06, worked on his campaign in '02, was endorsed by Blago in return on one or two occasions. Axelrod, O's campaign manager, said on TV that O and Blago had had extensive discussions about who should fill the seat. So the "no love lost" is a recent phenomenon but Blago's corruption, and his relationship with Obama, are not.

    Obama might also be tempted to fire Fitz to protect other Chicago cronies. It seems nobody in that town is clean, in gov't anyway.
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  • daboyz
    daboyz Posts: 5,207
    edited December 2008
    Gotta love us. I hear they swooped in to get him before he could announce a replacement for Obama. It'd be really interesting to see who was willing to pay to get that seat if there was someone.
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  • LessisNevermore
    LessisNevermore Posts: 1,519
    edited December 2008
    daboyz wrote: »
    Gotta love us. I hear they swooped in to get him before he could announce a replacement for Obama. It'd be really interesting to see who was willing to pay to get that seat if there was someone.


    +1
    I say they should have waited until he did name the replacement, and follow the money trail.
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  • sterling bug
    sterling bug Posts: 228
    edited December 2008
    Whoever we elect for our next governor should be someone who is already in jail.
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,335
    edited December 2008
    It wouldn't surprise me if Rich, Brock and Doug are in on this somehow!:eek::D;)
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,163
    edited December 2008
    schwarcw wrote: »
    It wouldn't surprise me if Rich, Brock and Doug are in on this somehow!:eek::D;)

    Sorry Carl; I couldn't pay what the Governor was asking for the Senate seat. :D
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited December 2008
    http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/1209081rod1.html

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  • Hilbert
    Hilbert Posts: 316
    edited December 2008
    I bet Blago's asking price has gone down a bit.
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited December 2008
    Hilbert wrote: »
    Obama might also be tempted to fire Fitz to protect other Chicago cronies.

    Obama, wether you like him or not, is a very intelligent man. this wont happen
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited December 2008
    Thanks for taking the heat off Jersey!
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited December 2008
    George Grand wrote: »
    Thanks for taking the heat off Jersey!



    had a feeling you were going there at some point ... LOL
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,163
    edited December 2008
    George Grand wrote: »
    Thanks for taking the heat off Jersey!

    Glad to George. This has been a long time coming as they have had him under investigation for 3 years for various schemes and corruption. I have a feeling this is just the beginning. It maybe a while before Jersey is back in the fire.

    I believe the last poll taken in Illinois gave the Governor a 13% approval rating. Dismal.......and he still was planning on running for another term. Idiot and not well liked at all. He has run our State into the ground to the point where we are 13 billion dollars behind on payments to various vendors, nursing homes, prisons and special needs programs, etc.

    First Illinois was known because of Capone, then because of Michael Jordan and now because of an extremely corrupt Governor.

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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited December 2008
    LessisNevermore wrote: »
    +1
    I say they should have waited until he did name the replacement, and follow the money trail.

    Maybe they pulled the plug BEFORE they could embarass their new boss:rolleyes:
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited December 2008
    obieone wrote: »
    Maybe they pulled the plug BEFORE they could embarass their new boss:rolleyes:

    Yep, the stink is going to linger on that pile for a long time :(
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  • Polk user
    Polk user Posts: 311
    edited December 2008
    obieone wrote: »
    Maybe they pulled the plug BEFORE they could embarass their new boss:rolleyes:


    That is EXACTLY what the feds did. They could have waited until the seat was "paid for" and then nailed the whole corrupt machine in Chicago. But that would include way too many people at the top.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited December 2008
    I can't wait to see the mainstream media turn a blind eye to this story. THEY won't allow anything to interrupt "Camelot 2.0"
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