Blagojevich was a close friend and colleague to Rahm Emanuel. Rahm took over his seat in congress after Blago ran for Governor.
“Details: Federal agents contacted the real estate agent hired to sell this Gold Coast home and asked why she had decided to include Patricia Blagojevich as a second agent. Mary Bennett, who originally listed the home alone, said she included Blagojevich at the request of the home’s owner, John H. Simpson.
Simpson is an investment banker who contributed $100,000 to the Blagojevich campaign and had worked at the Chicago investment firm that also used to employ U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill), a close ally of Blagojevich and the man who succeeded the governor in his seat in Congress.
“I figured the seller wanted to throw her a little business,” Bennett told the Tribune in an interview last year.””
But.. But... If they arrest all the corrupt politicians, there won’t be anybody in Washington! Or the state capitals! Government will crash to a halt!
honestly, corrption doesn’t scarier than this...
if he is guilty (and he is), he ought to go away forever
Get the popcorn...
This is crazy!
Why arrest this man for doing what 90% of the people in politics do?
How was he supposed to know that selling power, influence, favors and taking bribes and payoffs would be considered illegal by those picky right wingers in the Bush Justice Department?
Obama will take care of this miscarriage of justice - you can bet on that!
/sarcasm off/
Monkey see, monkey do...
Obama has obviously set a precedent and has given the green light in politics that any position can be bought.
This will happen all over America unless its stopped now.
OK. I don’t understand all this. Plain English please for the too-tired to get?
“Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff were arrested in Chicago Tuesday”.....
This putrid crap is sickening....not to mention Barry comes from ground zero for corruption....Chicago!
Maybe the Federal Government should step in and temporarily take over the Illinois state government instead of messing with the auto companies. The corruption in Illinois and Chicago has surpassed the levels found in most third world countries and just keeps getting worse. Private enterprise is the victim here and can’t be relied upon to solve this problem. Only the Feds can do this. Let’s demand that the courts appoint Federal Administrators to clean up the corruption once and for all.
I didnt check but let me guess what DU is saying: “Bush / Rove / Haliburton conspiracy to undermine Obama and ensure a GOP plant gets into yadda yadda yadda yadda”.
Chicago politics comes to the White House.
Wow. I just saw him on TV and he looks young. Is he even old enough to be governor....lol. He is going to have a very rough time in jail.
Busted ittttt
Fasten your seatbelts and get out the popcorn—this is just the beginning of what we are going to see over the next four years. Obama’s time in office is going to make Clinton look like he was teaching Sunday school lessons to Monica in the Oval Office.
This is impossible!!
Queen Pelosi promised to rid us of the corruption in politics well over two years ago.
Hands down he has the best hair in politics.