Posted on 12/09/2008 6:14:19 AM PST by KeyLargo
Edited on 12/09/2008 6:17:49 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
A source said today that Gov. Rod Blagojevich was taken into federal custody at his North Side home this morning. The U.S. attorney's office would not confirm the information, and a spokesman for the governor did not immediately return a phone call for comment.
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See my post #357.
Widely reported that Opossum preferred JJJ.
Heh,Heh,Heh,HeH,HEH!!!!!!!
So #5 is Emil Jones or Rep. Danny Davis.
He was as unaware at the time as Don was. He seemed a little shell shocked and was rambling. I thought it pretty funny in a way. Here's the lt. governor learning he just may get promoted soon, and he's coming across as unworthy.
Yeah...my take exactly, too.
I was thinking that too...Jesse Jr. How sweet would that be?!
Well there goes my theory. LOL
My second guess is Emil Jones for #5.
Can’t wait to find out who Unnamed Senate Candidate #5 is.
lol
I’m thinking #1 is Jones and #5 is Jackson Jr.
Tht is where I’d focus my investigative efforts. Given the size of the funds expected, Emil is my choice.
Danny Davis is too exposed (US Rep) whereas Emil can operate under the umbrella of The Machine, unnoticed.
Another thing I find interesting is that Opossum has, lterally, millions of dollars left in his campaign fund.
Like flies to schmidt, eh?
I think the Lt Gov’s worried about being next in the perp walk....
I think you might have something there ...
Interesting ...
“Senator says he’s still willing to help Blagojevich despite - hiring concerns...”
I am profoundly glad that our “toy” Governor has been indicted but everyone needs to take a deep breath and calm down about this cesspool of corruption reaching up to taint the President-elect.
President-elect Obama was working a different taproot of corruption in Illinois politics than Governor Blagojevich. Obama had a corrupt relationship with a bevy of politically connected real estate developers including Tony Rezko. The Illinois cityscape is blighted with hundreds of abandoned projects erected by these developers. Obama acted as the chief fundraiser in Springfield for these “developers’ many of whom had never had put a single structure in the entire lives until hooking up with Obama. Unfortunately, under Illinois law, none of this blatantly corrupt back scratching is illegal.
At this moment of Governor Blagojevich’ s indictment I am undergoing a profound sense of nostalgia for the administration of Jim Edgar. His demeanor was that of a pasty white door-to-door Amway salesman but he balanced the budget and ran a squeaky clean administration. To paraphrase Jack Nicholson that, in terms of Illinois politics, is “as good as it gets”.
Big'Ol Lib! far as I know , he's not corrupt though.
Pink, but pure!
Quinn may take over through impeachment, but Lisa Madigan’s already made it known she’s interested in the chair. And she’ll trump Quinn on any intention he has of running in an election.
And that’s a sad commentary on politics in this state...
So sweet I would go into a diabetic coma...and I’m not even diabetic!
But someone above said that Junior is probably candidate #1. :-(
I used to work with a girl who was married to someone in the Jesse Jackson family. OMG what a bunch of weirdos. They wouldn’t let her drive. Someone in their family had to drop her off and pick her up every day. If they couldn’t find someone to do it, she couldn’t come to work. They had weird rules about what she could wear (only skirts) and whens she had to be home. Anything you could think of they had a rule for it.
Look for the Hyde Park connection.
Recall that Blago said (taped) that if he appointed Candidate #1, all he’d get from Opossum is “appreciation”.
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