Posted on 11/28/2008 1:31:23 PM PST by libstripper
Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who rode into state office pledging to clean up the corruption of his predecessor, said today that President George W. Bush should commute the federal prison sentence of former Gov. George Ryan to time served as an act of compassion.
Blagojevich, making a Thanksgiving Day appearance at the Chicago Christian Industrial League, contended Ryan had paid "a significant price" for what he termed "mistakes."
Citing the frail health of Ryan's wife, Lura Lynn, and the 74-year-old former governor's health concerns, Blagojevich said a commutation by Bush would be a "fine decision."
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Blagojevich makes Ryan look like a Saint. That’s why he wants this done to set a precedent for when his butt is in jail when Obama is in office.
Hey Rod,unless Zero fires the US Attorney in Chicago, you will probably join him in prison. I hope that you do end up there..or talk your way out by implicating Zero.
I hope that Bush does not pardon any politicians or business personnel. They can rot for all I care.
What is it with IL Governors anyway? Every one of them has been indicted for corruption since the 70s. I mean, DAYUM! The state should be split in two, because once you get past Champaign the state is conservative like parts of the Deep South.
Do the crime.......do the time.
Actually quite a bit of Cook County is conservative outside of Chicago. bill Clinton didn’t win Hillary’s hometown either in 92 or 96.
If Ayres can be pardoned so can Ryan. I know quite a few of the people involved and Ryan was involved in the cover up more than the crime.
Now they want to have Bush pardon Ryan so they can beat the GOP over the head with it. It never ends in IL.
If Ayres can be pardoned so can Ryan. I know quite a few of the people involved and Ryan was involved in the cover up more than the crime.”
I don’t think Ayers was pardoned.
i don’t think he ever saw prosecution. Case got thrown out for prosecutorial misconduct, ws it not?
I say the bastard stays in jail until AFTER Ramos and Compean have their sentences commuted, are relaesed and their names are cleared.
Oops I thought Clinton pardoned him. Sorry.\
Blago’s a moron, even by Illinois Dem standards - but at least he can see into the future, and that future will look a lot more palatable if there’s a precedent for pardoning former Illinois governors who’ve been sent to the slammer.
You've got it, and an excellent reason for Bush not to commute Ryan's sentence, especially with the Messiah soon to be President and desperately looking for any plausible way to save Blago.
“What is it with IL Governors anyway?”
The problem is we put all the slime who have enough sense to cover their tracks in the *Senate* (Obama, Durbin, Moseley-Broun, Simon, etc); that leaves only the real retards for the governorship.
And by “we”, I mean the rest of the state, not me!
Shouldn’t Blagojevich join him instead?
BUMP what you said. Ryan is right where he belongs.
Blago joins Turban on the free Mumia Ryan train.
I’m so glad to be in Tennessee, instead of Illinois, the Chicago area of which I come from originally. We even have shall issue CCW here and I have a story that will make you weep with envy. About a week ago I was stopped fro a minor speeding offense by one of our Knoxville cops. I told him I had a loaded .357 in the glove compartment, loaded with hollow points. He laughed, said he’d all ready seen my permit in my wallet, said he also had a permit and wouldn’t go around without packing. Just try that in Chicago, or anywhere else in Illinois.
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