Archive for December, 2008
Posted in December 19th, 2008
From Sneed: Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who resigned in disgrace, had this response to a query from a Financial Times writer about how he was enjoying life as a columnist for an online magazine • • Quoth Spitzer: “It sucks,” he said. “I used to be governor of New York.”
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Posted in December 19th, 2008
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NesdZ_J8yzk[/youtube]
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Posted in December 19th, 2008
Sam Adams just told us their strategy: “I am absolutely certain that I will be absolutely vindicated,” he said, before turning the press conference over to his criminal defense lawyers. One of them, Sam Adams Jr., told the press that Christmas week was far too soon for Blagojevich to conclude that he was crippled and […]
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Posted in December 19th, 2008
And Remember Death is Not an Option Alan Keyes or Rod Blagojevich I need a picture of Rod in a cowboy hat.
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Posted in December 19th, 2008
He was pretty close to being on time.
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Posted in December 19th, 2008
Speed up impeachment. Seriously, this guy must be removed, and removed faster than the Lege is moving.
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Posted in December 19th, 2008
Like the people of Illinois
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Posted in December 19th, 2008
He comes out swinging–not surprising, but still audacious.
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Posted in December 18th, 2008
They are questioning Holland over audits he peformed of various agencies. Holland does an incredible job and is a just the facts kind of guy so he’s avoiding making statements about criminal culpability, but the best line I’ve seen (and I think it was from Illinois Review’s coverage)–at best it was lousy government. And here […]
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Posted in December 18th, 2008
Fran Eaton is doing a very good job following the hearings. Cool liveblogging software too.
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Posted in December 18th, 2008
Not corrupt, just incompetent and wants to be corrupt: “It is just people jabbering. There is no evidence that anyone ever did anything,” Edward Genson said of conversations federal agents caught on tape that they say detail the governor trying to sell off a U.S. Senate seat for personal gain and otherwise profit from his […]
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Posted in December 18th, 2008
Not sure how, but if you are wondering why I have been slow with one of the biggest news stories ever in Illinois…you now know.
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Posted in December 18th, 2008
Posted in December 16th, 2008
Via Rich Kadner: My guess is that at this point, Blagojevich would go to the state Supreme Court and attempt to block the impeachment proceedings, claiming that he’s being investigated by federal prosecutors for criminal conduct and cannot defend himself against impeachment for fear of compromising his right against self-incrimination. The Supreme Court justices, all […]
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Posted in December 15th, 2008
Headlines we’ve seldom seen over the last few years…
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