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VIDEO: Blagojevich refuses to budge
MSNBC ^ | 12/13/08

Posted on 12/13/2008 1:58:48 PM PST by XR7

Blagojevich refuses to budge

NBC Nightly News
VIDEO: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/28200681#28200681&gt1=43001

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: acorn; blagojevich; bleepgate; bribery; chitown; corruption; cronyism; crookcounty; feedingfrenzy; fraud; gangsters; graft; illinois; indictment; machinepolitics; nepotism; obama; obamatransitionfile; obamatruthfile; organizedcrime; payoffs; racketeering; rahm; rats; rico; ryan; sleaze; springfield; tollway; unions
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To: Phoenix11

Madigan is a snake in the grass and probably got a few skeletons herself.


21 posted on 12/13/2008 2:29:06 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: bigbob
As an IL resident it would be nice to get him out and start trying to put the state back together again.

ROFLMAO!

Reminds me of "All the kings horses and all the King's men..."
When was it ever together?
Maybe when Abraham Lincoln lived in Springfield?
Illinois is famous for being a cesspool of inbred political corruption, cronyism, and fraud.
Can anyone say "Mayor Daley"?
The voters of the state just sit back and keep voting in crooks year after year.
A tradition.
The fact that they let Blago plaster his name across the Tollway, at a cost of $millions to taxpayers - a blatant misuse of public funds for his personal campaign - is just one example.
There's plenty more.

22 posted on 12/13/2008 2:29:14 PM PST by XR7
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To: lexington minuteman 1775; XR7
FReeper Post - Links To Very Interesting Obama Relationships Over The Years
23 posted on 12/13/2008 2:33:39 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: XR7

I got in a political argument last night with a woman who hated McCain because Dick Cheney shot a hunting buddy and then made that friend apologize to him(that was the gist of it). I told her she should try to educate herself on some of the issues instead of getting her political information from the Daily Show. She then claimed to be a news junkie. However, when I mentioned what was going on in Illinois, she had no idea what I was talking about. Is this case not all over the news? Could she really possibly have “missed” it? I suspect she’s just a mind-boggling idiot (I think I told her that a few times too— I was not on my best behaviour. Oops.).


24 posted on 12/13/2008 2:39:48 PM PST by I_like_good_things_too (Check the "Yes" box next to survival)
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To: XR7

Yea another LMAO. Obviously a zerO supporter that hope he resigns and keeps his mouth shut about zerO’s connections which anyone with half a vrain knows exist.


25 posted on 12/13/2008 2:41:02 PM PST by KellyM37
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To: I_like_good_things_too
Is this case not all over the news? Could she really possibly have “missed” it?

"Oh, it's just some silly case about some politician in Illinois, I think. Doesn't have anything to do with me. I'm gonna switch the channel. Let's talk about something else."

26 posted on 12/13/2008 2:43:00 PM PST by XR7
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To: All
This thread's been moved to "General Chat."
Not really News, I suppose.
Meh.
27 posted on 12/13/2008 2:49:02 PM PST by XR7
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To: XR7

Negotiations must be ongoing to pay him a lot more than what he would have made off the senate seat sale...after Obama’s and Emmanuel’s cuts that is.


28 posted on 12/13/2008 2:50:15 PM PST by citizencon
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To: Free America52

I read that article hours ago and I agree. Let this all come out to the “sheeple” and let the debate begin. An excellent article. A must read for anyone interested in this debacle. It changed my mind.


29 posted on 12/13/2008 2:52:40 PM PST by hkp123
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To: hkp123
What is clear is that Gov. Blagojevich's prosecution involves much of Illinois' political elite.

Let's hope Blago sings like a canary.

30 posted on 12/13/2008 2:55:22 PM PST by XR7
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To: LongTimeMILurker
Nixon managed to hang in there for more than 9 months after the pressure for impeachment began to mount (after the firing of Archibald Cox). He could have lasted some more days or weeks but at the time he resigned his chances of escaping conviction in a Senate trial were almost nil.

Agnew leveraged his position as VP to avoid prison time...I don't think Blagojevich has as much leverage, merely being a state governor and not next-in-line to the Presidency.

31 posted on 12/13/2008 3:11:13 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

hey now...Don’t you remember Sarah Connor’s arms? :)


32 posted on 12/13/2008 3:23:57 PM PST by MountainWoman
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To: MountainWoman

He sure ain’t ever done any heavy lifting.


33 posted on 12/13/2008 4:35:55 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: XR7
He's innocent till proven guilty.
He should do what he's doing.
34 posted on 12/13/2008 4:43:42 PM PST by jarofants (Obama wants to bailout Kenya and other nations.)
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