Posted in April 23rd, 2008
What’s amazing is that both Kjellander and Hastert were attempting to get Fitzgerald and they couldn’t do it because of the Plame investigation. Under any other situation, the Bush administration would have rid Illinois of Fitzgerald. More bombshells were lobbed in the Antoin “Tony” Rezko trial even before the jury was seated this morning and […]
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Posted in April 22nd, 2008
G-Rod asked about Rezko, the obvious response: Mike Madigan is evil and insists we share the sand box: Asked if the corruption trial of Antoin “Tony” Rezko has inhibited or distracted him from accomplishing his agenda, Blagojevich ticked off a list of accomplishments that came before the trial. They included his expansion of health insurance […]
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Posted in April 21st, 2008
The problem for Blagojevich in appointing someone to be Senator should Obama vacate his seat is that he has a running feud with half the state and on that alone he won’t appoint most of the people mentioned in Laura Washington’s column. Emil Jones as Senator doesn’t seem likely to me, but hey, it probably […]
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Posted in April 1st, 2008
Called impeachment: Blagojevich’s reign follows the certifiably corrupt term of George Ryan. Whenever such failed leaders don’t have the personal dignity to stop pocketing a paycheck from citizens, those citizens shouldn’t have to wait for the next election to declare, “You are serving your interests, not ours. You are dismissed.” If a Governor is violating […]
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Posted in February 27th, 2008
Blagojevich: Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday offered his first public comments since being named as Public Official A in court filings that are part of his top campaign fundraiser’s upcoming federal corruption trial. “It doesn’t matter what letter of the alphabet it is. What was described there doesn’t describe me or how I do things,” […]
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Posted in January 29th, 2008
Chris Kelly oversaw much of the gambling policy for the Governor and is a gambling addict. Stuart Levine is on the llinois Health Facilities Planning Board and is a drug addict. What’s next?
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Posted in January 15th, 2008
Rich has the newest poll numbers on Blagojevich: Now, I’m going to read you the names of several people who are active in politics. I’d like you to rate your feeling toward each one as either very positive, somewhat positive, neutral, somewhat negative or very negative. If you don’t know the name, just say so. […]
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Posted in January 15th, 2008
God help us all: Rich, You are treading on thin ice: To establish a right to recover for the tort of Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress in Illinois, four elements must be proved: (1) Extreme and outrageous conduct on the part of the defendant; (2) Intent by the defendant to cause, or reckless disregard of […]
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Posted in January 15th, 2008
The Governor intends to run for reelection. Potential candidates to beat him in the primary please start your netroots outreach now. Lisa? Dan? Alexi? Dick Devine? For the love of God man I hear you don’t really want to be Governor, but someone has to step up to the plate. Vallas? Anyone….please save us–and no […]
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Posted in January 14th, 2008
Is coming under a lot of flak right now, and Eric Zorn makes the most complete argument about the issue: What makes him think he can do that? A: A passage in Article IV of the Illinois Constitution of 1970 allows a governor to make “specific recommendations for change” to any piece of legislation, then […]
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Posted in January 8th, 2008
LOL–it’s hard to imagine that he thinks this is going to help: Today, the governor didn’t repeat that veto threat when given the opportunity at a news conference aimed at heading off the CTA, Metra and Pace service cuts and fare hikes that loom Jan. 20. Asked if he would sign legislation that increased the […]
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Posted in January 3rd, 2008
You might stop helping them do that then. “The reality is they like to sell newspapers,” the governor said, gesturing toward reporters as he again called for a funding solution for CTA, Metra and Pace. “They’re not interested in concrete solutions to problems for people. They just like controversy and tangents that have no relevance […]
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Posted in January 2nd, 2008
Whines that the transit issue isn’t being settled because the press is focusing on non-issues like is he paying off contributors and pals with fat state contracts which don’t affect people–well, other than waste money that could be used on transit. The other problem being he doesn’t have a plan other than to keep calling […]
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Posted in December 13th, 2007
When you appoint someone to be your point person on gambling because he’s an avid gambler, not much good can come out of that. A 12-count indictment against Kelly, 49, of Burr Ridge, alleges he placed millions of dollars in wagers with a bookie in Chicago and casino in Las Vegas, then paid the debts […]
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Posted in December 13th, 2007
Jim Thompson was and is as clubby as can be–which is one reason why he was effective. However, he had standards: Everyone realizes that Big Jim Thompson’s letter to the Chicago Tribune defending Rod and Patti Blagojevich was just a service to his client. His argument that it wasn’t a legitimate story that the FBI […]
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