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Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris were arrested Tuesday morning in Chicago on two counts each of federal corruption charges stemming from allegations Blagojevich was trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's vacated Senate seat to the highest bidder.
He's dead meat, and rightly so. Though I'm a DEM, my feelings are to charge him, try him and if convicted, put him in jail.
He can join the former GOP Gov of ILL who already sits in jail on corruption issues. It would probably be a national "first" to have two Govs from the SAME state both sitting in jail at the same time. At least both parties in ILL are equally crooked, ehh?
He's dead meat, and rightly so. Though I'm a DEM, my feelings are to charge him, try him and if convicted, put him in jail.
He can join the former GOP Gov of ILL who already sits in jail on corruption issues. It would probably be a national "first" to have two Govs from the SAME state both sitting in jail at the same time. At least both parties in ILL are equally crooked, ehh?
Chicaga is a town of paybacks - Ryna, Thompson, Walker before him all had some issues - Ryan got convicted. Daily has stayed clean somehow - he takes after his dad.
Has any politican NOT been corrupt to come out of Illinois?
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