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Dude, it's December.  April Fool's Day isn't for another four...

Wait, you're serious?

Probably not, Sena... uh, you lowlife.

But that's not really the Chicago way.

his hair is certainly corrupt

“I want to make money,” he said, according to prosecutors. He then added, they allege, that he wanted to make $250,000 to $300,000 a year.

Mr. Blagojevich even contemplated stepping into the Senate himself, prosecutors said.

“I’m going to keep this Senate option for me a real possibility, you know, and therefore I can drive a hard bargain,” Mr. Blagojevich said in a recorded conversation with an adviser, according to the affidavit.

Holy crap.

It shouldn't be funny, but the arrogance is staggering.  He was so sure of himself, so contemptuous of the idea that he was doing anything wrong, it's a wonder he didn't put the position up on eBay with a high reserve price and a buy-it-now option. 

“If I don’t get what I want and I’m not satisfied with it, then I’ll just take the Senate seat myself,” the governor said in recorded conversation, prosecutors said.

Even more arrogant:

Informed Monday of the wiretap, Blagojevich told reporters that his discussions were "always lawful" and said taping him was akin to Watergate and President Nixon.

"I should say if anybody wants to tape my conversations, go right ahead, feel free to do it," he said.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12 … l-custody/

Damn. 

::Sigh::

The Who wrote:

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

Can only hope Ryan will get a hommie to keep him company.

Last edited by LLEVIATHANN (2008-12-09 12:39 pm)

Seems it took the RNC less than an hour to try and blame Obama for all of this.

A few of us remember most or all of these...

Three former Illinois governors have gone to prison in the past 35 years:

— Otto Kerner, a Democrat who was governor from 1961 to 1968, served less than a year of a three-year sentence after his 1973 conviction on bribery, tax evasion and other counts. He was convicted of arranging favorable horse racing dates as governor in return for getting horse racing association stock at reduced prices. Kerner died in 1976.
— Dan Walker, a Democrat who was governor from 1973 to 1977, served 1 1/2 years of a seven-year sentence after pleading guilty in 1987 to bank fraud, misapplication of funds and perjury. The charges were not related to his service as governor.
— George Ryan, a Republican who was governor from 1999 to 2003, was convicted of corruption in 2006 for steering state contracts and leases to political insiders while he was Illinois secretary of state and then governor. He is serving a 6 1/2-year prison term.

In addition, William Stratton, governor from 1953-1961, was later indicted but then acquitted on charges of income tax evasion.

Blagojevich criminal complaint (PDF)

He's known for years he was under investigation. He should have been worried about talking in his sleep, let alone saying this stuff on lines he could guess were tapped or with folks who might be wired, but Rod's hubris passes belief.

Link w/videos

Oh, and

Nothing in the court papers suggested Obama had any part in the discussion. In fact, Blagojevich allegedly said in the same conversation that Obama most likely would not appoint him as secretary of health and human services or to an ambassadorship because of the negative publicity that has surrounded the governor for three years.

One day later, according to the affidavit, Blagojevich allegedly told an associate he knew Obama wanted a specific Senate candidate but “they’re not going to give me anything except appreciation. [Expletive] them."

ibid.

No love lost between RB and Obama.

What is it that they think they won't get caught? They think they're supermen 'cause they have perfect hair?

Merry Fitzmass Farmerkev

So how inept was the Republican campaign against this guy in 2006?

bratboy wrote:

bedstuy wrote:

Speaking of Fitzmas, there's only 42 more days for Scooter's pardon!

Yeah, Blago probably won't get that commutation.

I honestly can't decide which is worse - selling a Senate seat or outing a covert agent for political revenge.
Either one is pretty treasonous.