Governor of Illinois "Rob" Blegojevich arrested!

[crispfin]

Wow - it looks like Jesse Jackson, Jr may be implicated in this mess. Thanks, Santa!

I'd heard that too. Jesse Jackson's no saint by any means, but I'd hate for my worst enemy to find out his son was trying to buy political office. And if it's true, it's a shame that Jr had that little respect for this country.

Get real. Do you think the "Reverend" Jackson Sr.'s hands are clean in all this? Who do you think Jesse Jr. was going to get to raise the million dollars he was going to pay of the governor with? Jesse Sr. is a master shake down artist. He KNOWS how to come up with "walkin' around money".

BTW I knew Jessie Jr. was in trouble when the media asked Jesse Sr. about it and he said, "No Comment". When Jesse Jackson has no comment, he's got problems.

I'm sorry, but why don't you get real? You are positing a conspiracy that you don't even know exists concerning someone who is presumably innocent. If you don't like Jackson, fine. Enjoy the Schadenfreude and congratulate yourself on your rightness. But if you want to be Christ-like, then you might want to reconsider it.

[Full Quiver]

WOW, Isn't it ironic that these folks from Illinois are so corrupt and yet Obama is so clean? Barack better hope he is anyhow cause the governor just might blow the whistle on him now that Obama is calling for his resignation.


Phil Valentine has a spoof song about Jesse Sr. called Shake Down. I'll try and locate it for y'all.

[Mike Vande]

I moved from Illinois partly because I was sick and tired of Illinoisans not giving a rip about the corruption of their leaders. When they re-elected Blagojevich and the know-nothing son of a corrupt Chicago politician, I realized that I was paying a corruption tax that Illinoisans supported. My days in that state were numbered.

So you solution was to...run away?

That's partly why I want a reduction of federalism. When the federal government is providing everything there is no option to move freely to something solvent and better managed. When states have more responsibility and provide more services, residency becomes more of a competitive marketplace.

So your solution is to...raise state taxes?

And, yes, you better believe it: If Obama or anyone close to him is found involved in corruption, I will want heads to roll. Corruption knows no partisan boundaries. And if anyone has not been willing to call Cheney and friends on their corruption, then his or her gloating against Democratic corruption rings hollow.

So you're still waffling about that "et tu, Brute" moment, and trying to project guilt on others for your credulousness in voting for "anything but another Republican"?

Let's see, running away from a problem instead of organizing and facing it down, raising taxes with the intent to solve a problem by throwing money at it, and waffling about your own mistake while projecting guilt on folks to try and deflect your own guilt...yep, you've proved it beyond any doubt, Tim, you're a liberal, right down to the bone.

[rjjunior]

Let's see, running away from a problem instead of organizing and facing it down

In Tim's defense, the last thing Chicago needs is another community organization.

[Tim Elston]

In Tim's defense, the last thing Chicago needs is another community organization.

Actually, community organizations have been a valuable lifeline in inner-city Chicago. They got maligned in the election by Sarah "Say Anything To Get Elected" Palin, but Obama should be rightly proud of the sacrificial work he did for the poor instead of going to a high powered law firm after Harvard Law School.