Both he and his wife were placed on reality shows to try to rehab his image. Looks the the jury didn't fall for any of that.
You could literally arrest and give life sentences to everyone involved in Chicagoland politics. Obama, Axelrod, Emmanuel and all those other gangsters should be in jail serving life sentences.
He will get a pardon from obama, you watch.
He should stay in until the taxpayers make back every cent he cost them... only counting their tax rebates.
I grew up in Chicago and it didn’t take long to learn that the politics in that city (and the whole state for that matter) are among the most corrupt in the nation. Blago’s antics were business as usual. It really irks me that out of this political cesspool comes our Chief Executive..
Can’t wait till November.
And BTW, this is not a knock on the city or the state. The politics there stink, but I have many friends in Illinois and Chicago is a great city - politics aside.
If you apply Newt’s logic, Rod should not have to suffer the consequences of his law-breaking, as it is not good for families.
That Blago may or may not be one guilty SOB has nothing to do with it. He was denied the opportunity to call U-No-Hoo as a witness, not to mention that tutu-wearin' anus-probe Rahm Emmanuel who was U-No-Hoo's chief henchman, along with Axelrod, Valerie Jarrett, et al ... all from the Mombasa MF's Chicago posse.
14 years? Talk about "Under the Bus!" What about Holder, the other Affirmative Action Anus, and the "Fast and Furious" murders? What's he get, a medal? No matter what Blago did, and I am sure it was plenty. The DOJ massacred him.
Or given immunity to nail JJJr, Rahm and Zer0.
Probably should’ve read the entire article, but why in the world did the judge not feel he deserved the 20 yr max? Is it because of all the contrition he’s shown up to now?
I wasn't one of them. I knew he was a sleazy self-involved jerk back in 1999 when he spit on his own heritage for political brownie points & publicity, before he was ever elected Governor.
Chig Trib columnist John Kass did a good article on The Blagojevich Sentencing, last night before the sentence was handed down:
Don't ever tell the sons (or daughters) of immigrants that they "come from nothing".
Emanuel and Hussein should be his cell mates.
I’m curious as to which prison Rodney will be going to. His predecessor George Ryan is in the Terre Haute Federal Correction Institution which is a medium security facility. I saw the movie “Horrible Bosses” last weekend and the two main characters were worried about going to prison and they began arguing about which one was the more rapeable. I wonder if Rod is looking in the mirror thinking he needs to shed some hair and get a more manly fierce look going on. I would imagine there’s someone where Rod is going that would love to score an ex-governor as his bitch.
He didn’t act alone, D1. I heard it straight from a Chicago Dem operative this morning on radio, he didn’t share the spoils as expected.
The Obastard will pardon him. That’s a given.
You can do a year standing on your head ol’ buddy!
Barry
Glad the arrogant SOB got the prison time he deserved.