I've lived in Illinois since October of 1977. I'm as Conservative as anyone else on here. I'm going to tell you point-blank that the Republicans in this state are no better than the Democrats. ALL of them are corrupt --- to their very core.
The Republican Governor of Illinois prior to Blagojevic, George Ryan received less than 7 years for his corruption, which led to the tragic deaths of six children from a single family on Interstate 94, which was caused by a criminal, illegal alien who "bought" his Commercial Drivers License paying a bribe to then Secretary of State George Ryan's office during his run for Governor.
So you tell me which is "just" and "right" .. a former Governor who received less than 7 years in prison for selling CDL's which resulted in the tragic deaths of six children, or a former Governor who received a 14 year sentence for doing the exact same thing every other corruptocrat in this worthless shithole state does.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I rest my case.
Drain the swamp indeed.
SPOT ON and there are many more such examples of corrupt pols in Ill., for decade after decade after decade!