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wordpress.redstate.com - 12/9/2008
Blagojevich Headed to the Hoosegow (?)*
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The Chicago Tribune is reporting that the Feds have at long last come to haul off IL Gov Rod Blagojevich. This, of course, is no surprise, given that Blagojevich was exposed as a crook during his election campaign and the Rezko sharks have been circling him for months. The interesting part of ...

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News — ... writes at American Princess, noting that at least other corrupt Chicago politicians were more competent than this one. The most interesting part of the complaint is that despite knowing he was under investigation, he still tried to force political or financial favors in exchange for his Senate appointment, RedState’s Leon H. Wolf says. Blagojevich’s maneuvers are pretty gutsy for a political official who already knew he was under federal investigation, and a number of Illinois political officials should probably start to lawyer up, firedoglake’s ...

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