by jerseyhoya » Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:23:59
The charges also include alleged attempts by the governor to influence the Tribune editorial board.
The governor threatened that if the Tribune didn’t support the governor, he wouldn’t approve the sale of Wrigley Field.
by jerseyhoya » Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:31:36
TheDude24 wrote:So who gets to make that Senate appointment now?
by dajafi » Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:34:06
jerseyhoya wrote:Gov. Blagojevich taken into federal custody
The list of crap he was involved in is amazing.
Brazen.
Even setting aside the primordial level of corruption of trying to sell the senate seat of the President-elect of the United States, I never fail to be amazed at the brazenness and stupidity of some political crooks. I mean, I think everyone involved in politics or interested in political corruption in the country had to know that Blagojevich's phones were tapped and probably his offices were bugged, and that Pat Fitzgerald had him under the craziest level of scrutiny. And he tries to sell the senate seat with that hanging over his head? That's simply amazing. I guess you could say he's just a traditionalist, trying to keep up heritage of Chicago machine politics. But with some of these characters, it must just be pathological.
by TenuredVulture » Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:53:29
jerseyhoya wrote:Gov. Blagojevich taken into federal custody
The list of crap he was involved in is amazing.
Brazen.
A baseball connection too:The charges also include alleged attempts by the governor to influence the Tribune editorial board.
The governor threatened that if the Tribune didn’t support the governor, he wouldn’t approve the sale of Wrigley Field.
by jerseyhoya » Tue Dec 09, 2008 13:30:55
by Stay_Disappointed » Tue Dec 09, 2008 13:43:35
Blagojevich took the chief executive's office in 2003 as a reformer promising to clean up Ryan's mess.
Ryan, a Republican, is serving a 6-year prison sentence after being convicted on racketeering and fraud charges. A decade-long investigation began with the sale of driver's licenses for bribes and led to the conviction of dozens of people who worked for Ryan when he was secretary of state and governor.
by Stay_Disappointed » Tue Dec 09, 2008 13:44:11
by jerseyhoya » Tue Dec 09, 2008 15:12:36
Warszawa wrote:Has Obama commented? Should he?
by TheDude24 » Tue Dec 09, 2008 16:38:28
by Werthless » Tue Dec 09, 2008 16:42:37
Warszawa wrote:Blagojevich took the chief executive's office in 2003 as a reformer promising to clean up Ryan's mess.
Ryan, a Republican, is serving a 6-year prison sentence after being convicted on racketeering and fraud charges. A decade-long investigation began with the sale of driver's licenses for bribes and led to the conviction of dozens of people who worked for Ryan when he was secretary of state and governor.
don't they all
by kruker » Tue Dec 09, 2008 18:58:11
by gr » Wed Dec 10, 2008 14:41:29
by dajafi » Wed Dec 10, 2008 14:43:25
gr wrote:likewise, ruth marcus writes in the WashPost that handing Caroline Kennedy a seat would be a "fairy tale" ending. ross douthat thinks she's guilty of celebrity worship.
in a story which i'm positive is completely unrelated, the newspaper industry is continuing to die.
by gr » Wed Dec 10, 2008 14:54:32
dajafi wrote:gr wrote:likewise, ruth marcus writes in the WashPost that handing Caroline Kennedy a seat would be a "fairy tale" ending. ross douthat thinks she's guilty of celebrity worship.
in a story which i'm positive is completely unrelated, the newspaper industry is continuing to die.
I think all celebrities should be immediately elevated into political office. Since the whole media world endlessly bleats that they're better than those of us who live our lives in non-Botoxed anonymity, why not just be consistent and give them political power?
edit: Douthat really is a bad mother $#@!, and I mean that in the best possible way.
by Werthless » Wed Dec 10, 2008 17:45:55
TenuredVulture wrote:Jindal says he won't run for POTUS in 2012
