Call It A Comeback
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.”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NesdZ_J8yzk[/youtube]
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 leave office, and that he’d consider questions like that closer to Easter.
Let me make this incredibly clear to the Lege–you are leaving this delusional idiot in charge of the state every day you drag this out. Finish it before Christmas or there will be a voter outcry like you’ve never seen. We know what we need to know to remove him. Just do it–now.
And Remember Death is Not an Option
Alan Keyes or Rod Blagojevich
I need a picture of Rod in a cowboy hat.
He was pretty close to being on time.
Speed up impeachment. Seriously, this guy must be removed, and removed faster than the Lege is moving.
Like the people of Illinois
He comes out swinging–not surprising, but still audacious.
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 is my pet peeve, and something I’ll explore in more detail as I can, but we have had ample evidence this idiot has been running state government into the ground with multiple audits Holland has performed. We didn’t have to wait for the tape.
Fran Eaton is doing a very good job following the hearings. Cool liveblogging software too.
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