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Blago Impeached

by Steven D
Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 01:16:43 PM EST

What took them so long?

The Illinois House of Representatives has voted to impeach the state's scandal-hit governor, Rod Blagojevich.
Mr Blagojevich was arrested last month and charged with attempting to solicit bribes, as well as "selling" Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat.
Illinois's State Senate will now try Mr Blagojevich. If found guilty, the governor will be forced out of office. [...]
The Illinois House voted 114-1 to impeach Mr Blagojevich, although only 60 votes were needed for the motion to pass.
"It's our duty to clean up the mess and stop the freak show that's become Illinois government," said Jack D Franks, a Democratic representative.

114 to 1. I wonder who the lone holdout was? And yes, freak show is an appropriate term. The US media certainly contributed to the circus atmosphere, egged on by the Republicans, but Blagojevich did most of the damage all by himself. The sooner he's ousted from office the better for everyone concerned.

Update [2009-1-9 13:25:30 by Steven D]: Found him! The only politician in Illinois (besides Roland Burris, of course) who stands by his Governor:

Rep. Milt Patterson, a Chicago Democrat, cast the lone vote today against impeaching the governor. Patterson said after the roll call that he didn't believe it was his job to vote to impeach the governor. He declined to comment on whether he approved of the job Blagojevich is doing.

Gee, Milt. What has Governor Blagojevich ever done for you? That's a real question by the way. Hope you can answer it in the negative.

Blago Impeached | 2 comments (2 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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If the Illinois legislature took Blago's signature on bills after the scandal broken, then they regarded him as governor given the same evidence they had available for today's impeachment.

Either you are governor or not, and since he WAS governor according to the legislature, I am not sure how thoroughly the vocal opponents of Senator B thought things through.

Then again, there is something for saying what you'd hope to be true in a morally ambiguous situation, even if you know it won't pan out that way, just for the record.

Does Reid wear magic underwear, too?

'vini, vidi, excreti' - Joe the Plumber

by anarchronarchist (mincers (-at-) hotmail (-dot-) com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 02:07:27 PM EST

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Until he's thrown out of office he's the Guv. Legally there's not much anyone in Illinois could do to challenge that.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. Franklin D. Roosevelt

by Steven D on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 02:34:27 PM EST
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