Source: Feds take [Illinois] Gov. Blagojevich into custody

Chicago Tribune ^ | 12/09/08

[KeyLargo]

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.

[Snappy1MarineMom]

That toll booth is my #1 reason for Jobovich to go down.
Practically get into an accident trying to get over in order to be shaken down by the state! Worse design ever!
What happened to getting rid of those damn things anyway?
Oh Happy Day! Woohoo!

[retrokitten]

Living in Du Page county frustrating enough, I can’t imagine how downstaters do it.

[St. Louis Conservative]

Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.

[bcsco]

Blagojevich sounds pretty unhinged at this point.

He sounds as though he's trying to block everything out. I suspect that's been part of his character all along.

[Leisler]

I live in Massachusetts. These are our choices, drunks, crooks and fags, clueless limpwrists Republicans, and the stupid and lazy.

[lnzog]

I do it by pulling my hair out whenever I hear Blago’s name.

[TommyDale]

Do I really need the ?

Unfortunately, probably so.

[prairie dog]

the possibility that the process of choosing a Senate successor to President-elect Barack Obama could be tainted by pay-to-play politics.....

Like this would be a surprise to Illinois residents, be they 'rat or Rep.

[Marathoner]

I live in Massachusetts. These are our choices, drunks, crooks and fags, clueless limpwrists Republicans, and the stupid and lazy.

I guess it's good to know that we here in the People's Republic of Illinois aren't alone with those kind of choices.

[bcsco]

Are there any Illinois politicians who aren’t either completely corrupt or completely incompetent?

Sure, I know three offhand who represent me. Not all politicians from Illinois are corrupt. It's the ones who are influenced by the Chicago/Cook County corruption who are the bad eggs. Unfortunately, they hold sway over Illinois.

[Dead Corpse]

Still makes me wonder how this gun hating commie got elected in the first place.

[BillyBoy]

William G. Stratton In Office: 1953- 1961 INDICITED, ACQUITTED
Otto Kerner, Jr. In Office: 1961-1968 INDICITED, CONVICTED, IMPRISONED
Samuel H. Shapiro In Office: 1968-1969
Richard B. Ogilvie In Office: 1969-1973
Daniel Walker In Office: 1973-1977 INDICITED, CONVICTED, IMPRISONED
James R. Thompson In Office: 1977-1991
Jim Edgar In Office: 1991-1999
George H. Ryan In Office: 1999- 2003 INDICITED, CONVICTED, IMPRISONED
Rod R. Blagojevich In Office: 2003-Present SOON TO BE INDICTED?

[Marathoner]

Still makes me wonder how this gun hating commie got elected in the first place.

I guarantee you post #69 answers your question.

[Slings and Arrows]

No.

[jellybean]

Here's an article to Digg. Please ping the list.

[mewzilla]

Busted!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Drudge Link to Tribune Exclusive: "I don't believe there's any cloud that hangs over me. I think there's nothing but sunshine hanging over me," the governor said. Blagojevich made the remarks at a Monday morning visit to laid-off workers staging a sit-in at the Republic Windows & Doors plant on Goose Island.

[Taking Congress back in 2010]

This is a Patrick Fitzgerald case. I guess he isn’t the liberal saviour after all.

[bcsco]

Yeah, those tapes have to be pretty incriminating. Blago is living in a dream world right now. His remarks show it. He’s trying to block everything out as if this is a bad dream (well, for his it is...).

I’m not as much shocked as surprised it has happened this quickly. Only because the government is usually ponderous in such things.

[Toddsterpatriot]

OMG! Hilarious!