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2008-12-09 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Source: Feds take Gov. Blagojevich into custody

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Posted by Frank G 2008-12-09 09:22|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Don't these guys respect tradition?

Eliot Ness started another tradition.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-12-09 10:06|| 2008-12-09 10:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh, oh, oh a new game of guess the party affiliation.

Posted by Beavis 2008-12-09 10:12|| 2008-12-09 10:12|| Front Page Top

#3 The main charge right now appears to be trying to sell Obama's Senate seat...

Posted by 3dc 2008-12-09 10:25|| 2008-12-09 10:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Take that back. Selling the Senate Seat is only mentioned in Count 14. "General Corruption".

Big mistake was trying to get the Chicago Tribune Editorial board fired!

Posted by 3dc 2008-12-09 10:35|| 2008-12-09 10:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Those WON'T be 'Republic' windows he'll be peering through, whahahhaa.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-12-09 10:40|| 2008-12-09 10:40|| Front Page Top

#6 Don't these guys respect tradition?

For Illinois governors, this is the tradition.

Posted by tu3031 2008-12-09 10:45|| 2008-12-09 10:45|| Front Page Top

#7 CNN doesn't even list his party

Posted by Beavis 2008-12-09 10:49|| 2008-12-09 10:49|| Front Page Top

#8 Neither does the AP.

Posted by Scott R 2008-12-09 10:51|| 2008-12-09 10:51|| Front Page Top

#9 Good. They got Ryan. Now this crook. How about da mayor ? When do they shackle Rezko ? Can the great Bambalooza be far behind ? He's one of the mayor's favorites. What a den of crooks.

Posted by Woozle Elmeter 2700 2008-12-09 10:52|| 2008-12-09 10:52|| Front Page Top

#10 I was wondering when this would break. Blago has been selling everything he could get his hands on since being elected. Now he can join former Gov. Ryan in the jug. Maybe Durbin was setting the stage to get the Pres to pardon Roddie. Gotta love Illinois - can't tell the inmates without a scorecard.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2008-12-09 10:52|| 2008-12-09 10:52|| Front Page Top

#11 From this morning's Trib on-line. Must be somethin in the water.

3 former Illinois governors, Kerner, Walker, Ryan, served prison time since early 1970s
By The Associated Press
9:30 AM CST, December 9, 2008
Three former Illinois governors have gone to prison in the past 35 years.

Otto Kerner, a Democrat who was governor from 1961 to 1968, served less than a year of a three-year sentence after his 1973 conviction on bribery, tax evasion and other counts. He was convicted of arranging favorable horse racing dates as governor in return for getting horse racing association stock at reduced prices. Kerner died in 1976.

Dan Walker, a Democrat who was governor from 1973 to 1977, served 1½ years of a seven-year sentence after pleading guilty in 1987 to bank fraud, misapplication of funds and perjury. The charges were not related to his service as governor.

George Ryan, a Republican who was governor from 1999 to 2003, was convicted of corruption in 2006 for steering state contracts and leases to political insiders while he was Illinois secretary of state and then governor. He is serving a 6½-year prison term.

In addition, William Stratton, governor from 1953-1961, was later indicted but was acquitted on charges of income tax evasion.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-12-09 10:56|| 2008-12-09 10:56|| Front Page Top

#12 That's not the Rod Blagojevich I knew.

Posted by Barak H. Obama 2008-12-09 11:03|| 2008-12-09 11:03|| Front Page Top

#13 BUT ROD DID A FEDERAL OFFENSE.

So... Allenwood or Marion?
I vote for Marion.

Posted by 3dc 2008-12-09 11:04|| 2008-12-09 11:04|| Front Page Top

#14 Chief of Staff arrested too

Posted by 3dc 2008-12-09 11:16|| 2008-12-09 11:16|| Front Page Top

#15 Jesse don't play dat.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-12-09 12:02|| 2008-12-09 12:02|| Front Page Top

#16 Heh-heh-heh. :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-12-09 12:14|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-12-09 12:14|| Front Page Top

#17 That's not the Rod Blagojevich I knew.

Posted by B. Hussein Obama 2008-12-09 12:43|| 2008-12-09 12:43|| Front Page Top

#18 I'd feel better about this if some of the cleaning house was coming from the voters electing reform candidates, like in Lousiana.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2008-12-09 13:03|| 2008-12-09 13:03|| Front Page Top

#19 The main charge right now appears to be trying to sell Obama's Senate seat...

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-12-09 13:23|| 2008-12-09 13:23|| Front Page Top

#20 Can the great Bambalooza be far behind ?
Yes, miles behind, I'm afraid. Not even in the rearview mirror.

Patrick Fitzgerald was very explicit in stating he didn't suspect Obama had any knowledge of any of this.

Posted by Grenter, Protector of the Geats 2008-12-09 14:58|| 2008-12-09 14:58|| Front Page Top

#21 Its really just payback for comments made earlier n the month about o keeping the side streets free of snow this winter.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-12-09 15:03|| 2008-12-09 15:03|| Front Page Top

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