Feds take [Illinois] Gov. Blagojevich into custody

by **conversationpc** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:21 am

Politicians on both sides of the aisle continually prove how dumb they think the public is. This guy was crass enough to believe he could flat-out try to sell a Senate seat. Unbelievable.

by **Voyager** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:28 am

Do you think it's a coincidence that one day after Dick Durbin met with Blago to give him his opinion on who should replace Obama in the Illinois Senate, Durbin goes public with a request to get Bush to pardon former Illinois givernor George Ryan? Or do you think there was a little back-scratching going on? Blago probably told Durbin, "I'll work with you on Obama's replacement if you get Ryan a pardon. That way when it comes my turn to need a pardon after I get prosecuted for my corruption, the Republicans will remember how we had mercy on their man Ryan."

by **conversationpc** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:32 am

What is completely unforgivable is that Bush has not and will not even consider pardoning former border agents Ramos and Compean. Something really stinks in that whole situation.

by **Voyager** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:32 am

conversationpc wrote:Politicians on both sides of the aisle continually prove how dumb they think the public is. This guy was crass enough to believe he could flat-out try to sell a Senate seat. Unbelievable.

He's been pulling that shit ever since he's been in office. I have no idea why anyone would vote for this guy - especially the second time around. He's a Democrat and I lean in that direction, but this guy looked like a con artist to me from the start. He must be good at it, because he conned a lot of people into voting for him. He is obviously a psychopath.

by **Gin and Tonic Sky** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:13 am

I think they oughta pull the Land of Lincoln off them Illinois licence plates. Instead they can replace the licence plate motto with
We once had Honest Abe, now we got Crooked Rod" :!:

by **bluejeangirl76** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:15 am

Gin and Tonic Sky wrote:I think they oughta pull the Land of Lincoln off them Illinois licence plates. Instead they can replace the licence plate motto with
We once had Honest Abe, now we got Crooked Rod"

TWO crooked governors in a row! The last guy is currently in the slammer!

They should just put jail bars on our license plates.

by **Tito** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:22 am

conversationpc wrote:Politicians on both sides of the aisle continually prove how dumb they think the public is. This guy was crass enough to believe he could flat-out try to sell a Senate seat. Unbelievable.

If he wasn't being already investigated he probably would've got away with it.

by **Smoothie** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:08 am

StocktontoMalone wrote:I say illinoir....cause that's how its spelled....and I'm defiant.

This must be how you say Arkansas then - Orekinsoar :lol:

by **Voyager** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:27 am

bluejeangirl76 wrote:
Gin and Tonic Sky wrote:I think they oughta pull the Land of Lincoln off them Illinois licence plates. Instead they can replace the licence plate motto with
We once had Honest Abe, now we got Crooked Rod"

TWO crooked governors in a row! The last guy is currently in the slammer!

They should just put jail bars on our license plates.

Edgar did okay. Two out of three ain't bad. I wonder who we will get next?

:roll:

by **Voyager** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:30 am

Tito wrote:
conversationpc wrote:Politicians on both sides of the aisle continually prove how dumb they think the public is. This guy was crass enough to believe he could flat-out try to sell a Senate seat. Unbelievable.

If he wasn't being already investigated he probably would've got away with it.

The voters are dumb. He has been doing this for six years now. The guy before him did the same thing. The politicians obviously think the voters are dumb as hell.

I wonder who we will vote in next.... O.J. Simpson? Whoops... we're a little late... he got busted.

:roll:

by **bluejeangirl76** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:53 am

Voyager wrote:
bluejeangirl76 wrote:
Gin and Tonic Sky wrote:I think they oughta pull the Land of Lincoln off them Illinois licence plates. Instead they can replace the licence plate motto with
We once had Honest Abe, now we got Crooked Rod"

TWO crooked governors in a row! The last guy is currently in the slammer!

They should just put jail bars on our license plates.

Edgar did okay. Two out of three ain't bad. I wonder who we will get next?

At this rate, OJ will be our next... oh wait. He's busy. Nevermind.

(Fuck. That joke would have worked a few weeks ago)

by **strangegrey** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:36 am

If anyone questions the fact that we are, as a country, either completely 100% a banana republic...or about 2 shakes of a freshly pissed phalus from becoming one....well, you're high.

To think that you can overtly sell a senate seat and refuse to resign after getting caught red handed....

WHO THE FUCK VOTES FOR THESE PEOPLE!?!?!?!

by **Rhiannon** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:55 am

EBay: Illinois Senate Seat

:lol:

by **Don** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:00 am

Rhiannon wrote:EBay: Illinois Senate Seat

This one comes with a cushion:
Illinois senate seat

by **separate_wayz** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:53 am

Rhiannon wrote:EBay: Illinois Senate Seat

THAT is pretty damn funny.

But what's also funny: Rod Blagojevich was arrested the day before his birthday. LOL! Happy birfday, gov'nuh! :lol:

(Personally, I don't think anyone named Rod or Todd should ever hold executive office. Hence, I may start a nationwide petition forthwith.) :shock:

by **Journey Mom** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 3:37 pm

What's really scary is the jerk still has full power as governor. He could appoint himself Obama's Senatorial replacement tomorrow if he wanted to, and there's nothing anyone could do to stop him. There's talk about impeaching him to get rid of him if he doesn't resign. Even though the feds have him clearly on tape saying he wants money for the Senate seat appointment, he still swears he's innocent. What an ass.

by **Voyager** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:05 pm

Here is the 76-page complaint against Blagojevich in its entirety:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/acr ... 789434.pdf

:shock:

by **Voyager** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:28 pm

Happy Birthday Blago! (He turned 52 today.)

by **The_Noble_Cause** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:45 pm

Good on Governor Blagojevich for telling Bank of America where to shove it, after shafting the workers of Republic Windows & Doors.
Tragically and shamefully predictable about everything else.

Interesting how this insular Chitown news item got your goat Fact Finder, considering Bush's 11th hour blitz repealing regulations that have nationwide implications.
No similar outcry over your boy's repeal of safe water drinking standards, mountain top mining, or making truck drivers work dangerously long shifts?
What about his recent changing of the Family and Medical Leave Act, so that your boss now has access to your medical records (as noted by the Wall Street Journal)?

by **stevew2** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:03 am

Tito wrote:
Rhiannon wrote:But... but... he gave us open road tolling, right? He must be a good man for doing that, right?

Bwahahaha... this is classic and very unsurprising.

Fuck open road tolling, there shouldn't be any tolls. If I'm not mistaken Ryan started IPass anyway.

You beat me to the punch. I'll delete my thread.

Is he your uncle? dick bob

by **bluejeangirl76** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:43 am

Fact Finder wrote:That article nicely contradicts the O's statement yesterday that he had not spoken to the Gov regarding the Senate seat.

What did Obama know, and when did he know it? Hopefully Fitzgerald will tell us in due time.

“I had no contact with the governor or his office, and so I was not aware of what was happening,” Obama told reporters as he emerged from a meeting with former vice president Al Gore yesterday. “It is a sad day for Illinois. Beyond that, I don’t think it’s appropriate to comment.”

This is certainly going to be interesting. :shock:

To be fair... that 11/5/08 article says "He's meeting with Governor Blagojevich today..." - do we have one dated 11/6 or later that states the meeting in fact took place? I'm not defending Obama, I'm just saying do we know that they did in fact meet before we say he's lying with regard to his statement yesterday. If they did meet, or talk, and now Obama is saying he had no contact... wow...

I don't believe this guy (Rod, not Obama). He came out of his house this morning all smiling and waving to the news cameras... unreal. Um, memo to Rod: you got caught with your britches down, buddy... not the time to smile and wave to cameras and act like you haven't been a corrupt motherfucker. :lol:

by **AlteredDNA** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:51 am

bluejeangirl76 wrote:
Fact Finder wrote:That article nicely contradicts the O's statement yesterday that he had not spoken to the Gov regarding the Senate seat.

What did Obama know, and when did he know it? Hopefully Fitzgerald will tell us in due time.

“I had no contact with the governor or his office, and so I was not aware of what was happening,” Obama told reporters as he emerged from a meeting with former vice president Al Gore yesterday. “It is a sad day for Illinois. Beyond that, I don’t think it’s appropriate to comment.”

This is certainly going to be interesting.

To be fair... that 11/5/08 article says "He's meeting with Governor Blagojevich today..." - do we have one dated 11/6 or later that states the meeting in fact took place? I'm not defending Obama, I'm just saying do we know that they did in fact meet before we say he's lying with regard to his statement yesterday. If they did meet, or talk, and now Obama is saying he had no contact... wow...

I don't believe this guy (Rod, not Obama). He came out of his house this morning all smiling and waving to the news cameras... unreal. Um, memo to Rod: you got caught with your britches down, buddy... not the time to smile and wave to cameras and act like you haven't been a corrupt motherfucker.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch ... arise.html

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Asked what contact he'd had with the governor's office about his replacement in the Senate, President-elect Obama today said "I had no contact with the governor or his office and so we were not, I was not aware of what was happening."

But on November 23, 2008, his senior adviser David Axelrod appeared on Fox News Chicago and said something quite different.

While insisting that the President-elect had not expressed a favorite to replace him, and his inclination was to avoid being a "kingmaker," Axelrod said, "I know he's talked to the governor and there are a whole range of names many of which have surfaced, and I think he has a fondness for a lot of them."
...

Axelrod is now claiming he "mis-spoke"... :roll:

by **bluejeangirl76** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:18 am

AlteredDNA wrote:
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While insisting that the President-elect had not expressed a favorite to replace him, and his inclination was to avoid being a "kingmaker," Axelrod said, "I know he's talked to the governor and there are a whole range of names many of which have surfaced, and I think he has a fondness for a lot of them."
...

Axelrod is now claiming he "mis-spoke"...

This has ghosts of "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky" all over it. :lol:

Always been a Bill supporter, but... damn that was stupid.

by **Jana** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:27 am

bluejeangirl76 wrote:
AlteredDNA wrote:
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While insisting that the President-elect had not expressed a favorite to replace him, and his inclination was to avoid being a "kingmaker," Axelrod said, "I know he's talked to the governor and there are a whole range of names many of which have surfaced, and I think he has a fondness for a lot of them."
...

Axelrod is now claiming he "mis-spoke"...

This has ghosts of "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky" all over it.
Always been a Bill supporter, but... damn that was stupid.

In Bill's mind, he wasn't sexually unfaithful to Hillary. He didn't consider that particular act acutal sex; hence, I did not have sexual relations with that woman :roll:

. That's how he rationalized it. Didn't really fly :lol:

.

by **AlteredDNA** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:27 am

bluejeangirl76 wrote:
AlteredDNA wrote:
...
While insisting that the President-elect had not expressed a favorite to replace him, and his inclination was to avoid being a "kingmaker," Axelrod said, "I know he's talked to the governor and there are a whole range of names many of which have surfaced, and I think he has a fondness for a lot of them."
...

Axelrod is now claiming he "mis-spoke"...

This has ghosts of "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky" all over it.
Always been a Bill supporter, but... damn that was stupid.

It seems to me that if you've got nothing to hide and / or done nothing wrong, there's no reason to lie, err, mis-speak... :wink:

by **bluejeangirl76** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:34 am

Jana wrote:
bluejeangirl76 wrote:
AlteredDNA wrote:
...
While insisting that the President-elect had not expressed a favorite to replace him, and his inclination was to avoid being a "kingmaker," Axelrod said, "I know he's talked to the governor and there are a whole range of names many of which have surfaced, and I think he has a fondness for a lot of them."
...

Axelrod is now claiming he "mis-spoke"...

This has ghosts of "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky" all over it.
Always been a Bill supporter, but... damn that was stupid.

In Bill's mind, he wasn't sexually unfaithful to Hillary. He didn't consider that particular act acutal sex; hence, I did not have sexual relations with that woman . That's how he rationalized it. Didn't really fly .

Doesn't fly with me either. He might not have had intercourse with her, but I consider a blowjob to be "sexual relations" as in an act related to sex. As SOON as I heard the words "sexual relations" I was like "Aw, man, Bill, come on, whatta ya doin'?" Blatant wordplay.

I have the same feeling now... "Whatta youse guys doin'? You think we can't tell you're lying out your ass?"

by **Voyager** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:11 am

Fact Finder wrote:Sources Say Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Is 'Senate Candidate No. 5'

I knew it. Otherwise he would have been on Larry King last night, because like his daddy, he can't resist the spotlight.

by **bluejeangirl76** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:19 am

Fact Finder wrote:Can I say what a Beautiful Day it is or is this the wrong thread?

Nope. Its appropriate here too.

by **Gin and Tonic Sky** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:21 am

Fact Finder wrote:Can I say what a Beautiful Day it is or is this the wrong thread?

Wrong thread,

its not a beautiful day when anyone makes a mockery out us whether they are donkeys, elephants or independants and irregardless of whether we agree or disagree with em....

sadly you dont get anywhere in Illinois politics until you have an initiation and worked the ropes. I worry that the only way that Obama made it to the top so quick was because he learned to do the crooked little handshake they have over there in Chicago. I hope not.

by **bluejeangirl76** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:22 am

Gin and Tonic Sky wrote:
Fact Finder wrote:Can I say what a Beautiful Day it is or is this the wrong thread?

Wrong thread, its not a beautiful day when anyone makes a mockery out us whether they are donkeys, elephants or independants and irregardless of whether we agree or disagree with em....

I think he meant its a beautiful day because the rat bastard got caught.

MR

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