‘A Senate Seat on Ebay’

What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty? While there has been a lot of trash talking by the US Attorney, has there been any proof that the Gov. actually did anything illegal, except use bad judgement regarding what he said on the phone.? And if they've been investigating him for 3 years, why has it taken so long to arrest him? To me, it looks like they had to do something to justify all the man hours and money they spent on the investigation. Lets also remember the Duke Lacross team and what the eventual outcome was. Before the public gets ready to stone the Gov., lets all take a step back and wait fo the indictment. I bet theUS Attroney is trying like he_ _ to get a plea agreement and avoid a trial.

What rhymes with Blagojevich? Try son-of-a-$%^&*

Well if you consider #6 a contender I suppose so. There was a survey done within the past 24 hours rating each state by the number of elected officials arrested and convicted of corruption, and Illinois was 6th on that list. The top two spots are held by Louisiana and Mississippi, respectively, both of which are Republican strongholds. So you really can't pin things on just the Democrats. And just so you know Republicans have been just as guilty when it comes to corrupt behavior in Illinois. Also like I mentioned in my previous post, both Democrats and Republicans overwhelming through in their support and most importantly votes to pass the new upcoming ethics law that Blagojevich tried to do an end run around. It's not necessarily Democrats being in charge that's a problem. The problem has been Blagojevich himself with how he's tried to bully the legislature especially those in his own party which I always found ridiculous.

Robert Grant, the supervising FBI agent on the case, said that if "Illinois is not the most corrupt state" in the nation, "it is a hell of a competitor."

Fitzpatrick said he was stunned by the brazen nature of Blagojevich's behavior, a man who had come into office promoting himself as a great reformer of Illinois politics.

Corrupt state corrupt democratic party this is the danger of having one party control everything. If Quinn gets to name a new senator it should not be a dem or GOP name an independent non politician

As someone who actually lives in Illinois, I can say with certainty that the President-elect has virtually no contact with Blagojevich in the past couple of years. As a matter of fact, very few elected Illinois Democratic officials had much contact with the governor during this same time period if they could help it. With the increasinglly tight federal investigation, Blagojevich has been a bigger pariah for Democrats in this state with each passing day. They absolutely hate to be in his presence. None of the state's budget sessions have gone smoothly under this governor because virtually everyone hates his guts, especially the Illinois House Speaker. Obama's people wouldn't even let the governor speak at the convention, and he definitely wasn't seen at the Election night celebration at Grant Park here in Chicago because they wanted no part of him. So I find it hard to believe that they'd lobby him to put someone of their choice in the Senate. Blagojevich's profane words about Obama and his camp confirms what a lot of us locals already knew, which is Blagojevich had no love for Obama because Obama shied away from the old ways of doing Chicago and Illinois politics. Plus we're talking about a governor who's been hated by Democrats and Republicans alike. He's had no real credibility with either for the past few years. His approval ratings have been lower than President Bush's for months if not the past year. The President's an angel compared to him. One more thing, the ethics law that Blagojevich is mentioned in the complaint to have been in a race against before it takes effect on Jan 1 is the same law he tried to veto but Both Democrats and Republicans in our state legislature were able to come together overwhelmingly to override that veto. This was one of my proudest moments for our state because the law will severely limit the amounts state lobbyists contribute to state elected officials.

If President Obama, whom i supported with my money, vote and work, wants me to believe that neither he nor his reps weighed in on the Senate opening with Blago, forget it! I was born at night but it wasn't last night. Deniability has workrd so good for so long that politicians just deny everything. This only serves to get the press agitated.

This says it all, President-Elect Obama was not interested in playing those games???the following quote was taken from an actual conversation Blago had which was tapped:

Nothing in the criminal complaint suggests that Obama ever discussed any deal with Blagojevich. And in some places, Blagojevich is quoted by prosecutors as being frustrated with Obama???s transition team.

???Blagojevich said he knows that the President-elect wants Senate Candidate 1 for the Senate seat,??? the complaint states, ???but ???they???re not willing to give me anything except appreciation. [Expletive] them.??? ???

Hey ... I like this Rod fellow ... he knows how the game is played. He had a gold chip in the pile and was going to play it for all it was worth. I wonder if Axelrod has regained his thought processes. After all, Barry had a meeting ... no ... Barry did not have a meeting ... I misspoke ... sheeeesh ... how transparent was that one. Rod's Ploy was not any different than Joe Kennedy getting some grift for his son. Barry is in deeper water now where the sharks are bigger and faster. Here's to Barry treading water.

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So he thought he was "stuck", well let me tell you it's those of us in the state of Illinois that have been "stuck" with this idiot! He favor's Chicago while ingnoring that there are other parts of the state. He's only been down state on three occasions! It is a vile man who would take money from a hospital that treats children just because he cannot get a "contribution." Don't even get me started on his wanting to be appointed as head of the federal Health and Human Services. He can't even pay the DHS in his own state. They are 5 MONTHS BEHIND. Imagine what he would have done to the national group. He stated that his arrest is not hurting the people of Illinois, what a joke. What a sick, vile, egotist! I hope our senators throw his assests out!!

So he thought he was "stuck", well let me tell you it's those of us in the state of Illinois that have been "stuck" with this idiot! He favor's Chicago while ingnoring that there are other parts of the state. He's only been down state on three occasions! It is a vile man who would take money from a hospital that treats children just because he cannot get a "contribution." Don't even get me started on his wanting to be appointed as head of the federal Health and Human Services. He can't even pay the DHS in his own state. They are 5 MONTHS BEHIND. Imagine what he would have done to the national group. He stated that his arrest is not hurting the people of Illinois, what a joke. What a sick, vile, egotist! I hope our senators throw his assests out!!