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Old 06-27-2011, 07:13 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Him and Blago did not get along at all.
That's certainly one angle skippy can take.
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Old 06-28-2011, 10:34 AM
 
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Dumb and crazy like a fox.
Too bad his conviction won't do one bit to change the culture of corruption in Illinois.
Too bad indeed. I was surprised, though, that he got convicted and also wondered who he pissed off.
I heard that he is the fourth Illinois governor in "recent history" to be convicted of something.
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Old 06-28-2011, 10:44 AM
 
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Too bad indeed. I was surprised, though, that he got convicted and also wondered who he pissed off.
I heard that he is the fourth Illinois governor in "recent history" to be convicted of something.
He was convicted because of his convictions.
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Old 06-28-2011, 10:48 AM
 
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I wouldn't mind that scenario. He'd have just a few months of a lame duck presidency before he was gone.
Nah....he'd probably wake up one morning with a post-party hangover and declare war on Jamaica or something. Then we'd have to listen to Princess Pelosi try to justify it as a blood for rum war of some sort.
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Old 06-28-2011, 10:50 AM
 
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Too bad indeed. I was surprised, though, that he got convicted and also wondered who he pissed off.
I heard that he is the fourth Illinois governor in "recent history" to be convicted of something.
Barack Obama is the spawn of the Corrupt Institution of Illinois. Should we believe he is somehow any different? Not in my eyes.
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