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]
If the latter, we've got bigger problems than most realize.
That would probably be Lt. Governor Pat Quinn. Just hope he’s not another Patterson (ala NY State).
Now it’s saying his chief of staff was also taken into custody.
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2008/12/source-feds-take-gov-blagojevich-into-custody.html
Lol!
Can they arrest Blago without arresting Oinkbama?? I mean, Illinois politics is basically one thing...
INTERESTING TIMING...
Update: December 9, 2008 at 8:26 AM |
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.
A Blagojevich spokesman said he was unaware of the development. "Haven't heard anything -- you are first to call," Lucio Guerrero said in an e-mail.
The stunning, early morning visit by authorities to the governor's North Side home came amid revelations that federal investigators had recorded the governor with the cooperation of a longtime confidant and had begun to focus on the possibility that the process of choosing a Senate successor to President-elect Barack Obama could be tainted by pay-to-play politics.
“Of course he is a Democrat, arent they all in the Chicago area Dems?”
Ha! Even the Republicans in Illinois are Democrats.
Nope. The majority of them are corpses.
Illinois cuts ties to BofA over plant closing
And a question for the sit-ins at Republic: Gonna throw bail for Blago?
Whoa, Nellie. Wonder who's next....
I’m comforted by the prominent display of the governor’s party affiliation in the article. NOT. NOWHERE LISTED.
In the Trib’s defense, one hardly has to mention party affiliation these days. Unless you’re a state repfrom a rural area, you’re a Dem.
That said, the wire services won’t tell you he’s a Dem, either.
Not the ones who represent me...
Huh
ya think?
Phone call yesterday and/or this morning:
“Barack, this is Rod. You gotta save me!”
“Rod who?”
I don’t know if you want to update the headline, but the US Attorney’s office is now confirming the Blago and his Chief of Staff have been taken into custody.
Article:
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2008/12/source-feds-take-gov-blagojevich-into-custody.html
> Obamas vacant seat
May I venture to say that any seat “occupied” by 0 can be construed as “vacant”?
The question is whether or not Fitzgerald will be retained by Zero. Chances are he won’t. He is getting too close to Zero. Go back and read the articles about them shaking down hospitals for permits.
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