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 Blagojevich Guilty 17 Times OverPosted on Jun 27, 2011
There might well have been a time when former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich imagined that he was above the law, but his conviction on 17 corruption counts made a strong statement to the contrary Monday. This outcome came as a surprise to Blago himself, evidently. —KA
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By tropicgirl, June 29, 2011 at 3:11 pm Link to this comment
I agree.
I don’t know if you can still see the videos online, but you might be interested in Jeraldo Rivera’s take on the first trial (although I do not know if he has recently said anything).
He vehemently denies anything wrong was done. I’m not a fan of Jeraldo, but he is a lawyer and made a great case when I heard it.
Report thisBy Joe, June 28, 2011 at 9:06 pm Link to this comment
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I’m still totally unclear on what he did wrong
His job was appointing the temporary senator
He said that this appointment will be valueable in getting his policy passed and that he woul dpick someone who agreed with at least some of his core polcies
Unless I missed it somewhere he didn’t recieve any money or anything like that
Please someone correct me if I’m wrong but it seems to me that he was doing exactly what he was supposed to do.
Report thisBy Leefeller, June 28, 2011 at 8:20 pm Link to this comment
John Stewart had a great comedy bit on Blagojevich, evidently it sounds like the state of Illinois should just move their state capital into the state penitentiary.
Report thisBy rbrooks, June 28, 2011 at 9:27 am Link to this comment
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Oh, I feel so much safer now. What do we say about “our” president, who is so eager to let the world know HE is above the law?
Being above the law is okay if you’re working for Wall Street and the war industry - if you’re just out there trying to score a dirty buck for yourself, jail for you.
Nothing ever changes.
Report thisBy tropicgirl, June 28, 2011 at 9:12 am Link to this comment
Blago is no more guilty of this than any politician. Just pick one.
So for those who forgot how things go, let me take a moment to ‘splain it to you. It is so simple even a preschooler can get it:
1) Our government has been taken over by the mob. They control the justice system as well, especially a case like this, where the outcome matters.
2) Anyone in government, or anyone who has contact with our mob-state, is encouraged to partake in the graft or corruption of choice.
3) When they have a reason not to like you anymore, they will selectively apply the “laws” to you, and your children, your grandmother and your pets.
4) Sometimes they will just blackmail you, especially if you are gay, which is one reason they deny gay equality. Self serving, thats all.
By the way, this works on an international level as well. Ghadaffi is not guilty of killing civilians, the U.S. is, for ten weeks now. And there has been a warrant out for Henry Kissinger for years for being a war criminal. Selectively applied.
Keep turning your back on our Constitution and this is what you get. So perhaps now is the time people need to grow up and stop being belching mouthpieces for this totally corrupt system.
And I agree Blago should have sung like a canary. I wish he would.
Report thisBy grumpynyker, June 28, 2011 at 6:28 am Link to this comment
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Blagojevich should’ve squealed like a stepchild and exposed Barack Soetero/Rahm Emmanuel corrupt dealings with the Chicago Knesset. Darn.
Report thisBy THX 1133, June 28, 2011 at 1:59 am Link to this comment
Run-away mouth, run-away ego, run-away ethics; this guy
Report thiswon’t do well in prison, but that’s where he’s going…
By reynolds, June 27, 2011 at 7:30 pm Link to this comment
his appearance on ‘the apprentice’ constitutes
Report thisaggravated circumstances.