Reid and Durbin tee up on Blagojevich’s claims regarding Reid’s conversations with Blagojevich:
Reid accused Blagojevich of “making all this up” and denied saying “who not to appoint.” Durbin, on ABC’s “This Week,” likewise pointed the finger at the two-term Democratic governor.
“It’s an outrage that the Blagojevich people, in the last days of their administration, facing impeachment in Springfield, are now flailing in every direction, trying to show defiance in the appointment of Roland Burris and attacking everybody in sight,” Durbin said. Such tactics, Durbin said, were “just plain wrong and the people of Illinois see through it.”
Blagojevich has said he is innocent of the criminal charges against him and that his actions do not warrant impeachment by the legislature.
At the risk of being called “Johnny one-note” the real outrage is that we have the let the Governor engage in the flailing of haymakers in all directions. Had the impeachment process been fast-tracked rather than slow-walked he would not have been granted the continued opportunities to embarrass the people of Illinois.