LOL, how many governors are in jail now?
4 of the state’s last 7 governors were convicted and imprisoned. But the younger Jack$on has tainted the state’s image? lol!
Just one. His name is Rod Blagojevic. Lyin' George Ryan got out in December of last year.
I live in this sh*thole of a state, the politics here are simply EMBARRASSING. Both parties are corrupt to the core. You see the Illinois Democrats and the "Chicago way" in everything Barack "Barry Soetoro" Obama does, and the Republican's in this state may as well be Democrats.
The Republican Party in this state should be taken out and horsewhipped publicly. They show no desire to be anything other than "me too" minority party in this state.
Just f'ing pathetic, the entire damn' state.
Now? Only Blago.
But Ryan (RINO) was in jail until last month. He deserves to die in prison because his actions led to people’s deaths. (As Secretary of State his campaign people sold driver’s licenses to unqualified drivers who killed people in accidents)
Dan Walker (Democrat 1973-77) served a stint as well. And he was an anti-machine democrat which a reputation for being clean. LOL. Bank fraud, after he left office, unrelated to his Governorship.
Rat Otto Kerner (1961-68) took bribes in office, was caught after he left and served a term in prison.
That’s 3 of the last 6 and 4 of the last 8 elected Governors (Kerner resigned in his final year to become a federal judge and his LT served the remainder of his term but lost the ‘68 election).
And the current Governor Quinn belongs in prison, another “clean” guy that I doubt actually is.
So 4 Governors were jailed, 3 because of their actions in office. You had Congressman Mel Reynolds (Jackson’s predecessor) jailed for screwing schoolgirls and kiddie porn. You had Dan Rostenkowski with the post office scandal and ghost payrolling amongst numerous other acts of corruption.
And you have the scores of politicians than got away with their crimes (both Daleys) and the ones that are committing them right now.
So JJJR and his penny ante scandal ain’t NOTHIN’!