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chicagotribune.com - 11/30/2008

Dick Durbin misses the point about Ryan -

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Just before Thanksgiving, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) moistened his finger and, as he has done so many times in his career, held the digit aloft to check the prevailing winds. This time, when he figured the winds were just right, Durbin lofted his trial balloon that carried with it the hopes and ...

newsblogs.chicagotribune.com - 12/4/2008

Durbin stands by free Ryan request despite opposition | Clout Street - local political coverage

— newsblogs.chicagotribune.com — Posted by Monique Garcia at 2:15 p.m. Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin today stood behind his decision... to ask President George W. Bush to commute the federal corruption prison sentence of former Republican Illinois Gov. George Ryan to time served. ... (more) Durbin stands by free Ryan request despite opposition | ...

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dailyherald.com - 12/3/2008

Durbin to Bush: Let ex-Gov. George Ryan go home

— dailyherald.com — Former Gov. George Ryan has served 13 months of a 61/2-year sentence for of steering lucrative taxpayer... business to insiders who gave him and his family cash, gifts and free vacations - systemic corruption in two state offices over several years. At ... (more) Durbin to Bush: Let ex-Gov. George Ryan go home

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huffingtonpost.com - 12/5/2008

U.S. Attorney Fitzgerald Should Stay: Durbin

— huffingtonpost.com — Sen. Dick Durbin said Friday he will recommend another term for corruption-busting federal prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald... if he wants to stay on as Chicago's U.S. attorney. Durbin told a news conference that he first wants to sit down with the ... (more) U.S. Attorney Fitzgerald Should Stay: Durbin

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Instapundit: JOHN KASS on Dick Durbin and George Ryan: “It was as if the Combine reached out and grabbed the peo…

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RedState: Conservative News and Community: Mr. President, ignore Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL). Do NOT commute George Ryan's sentence.

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JOHN KASS on Dick Durbin and George Ryan: “It was as if the Combine reached out and grabbed the peo…
Instapundit — ... JOHN KASS on Dick Durbin and George Ryan: “It was as if the Combine reached out and grabbed the people of Illinois and slapped us hard with a backhand across the mouth, letting us know who runs things, the sting of the knuckles on our nose to remind us that Illinois is not Camelot. . . . In what universe does redemption come without cost, where cynicism so casually dresses itself up as mercy and compassion? Here. In this place. In Illinois.” Read the whole thing. ...

How Chicago Really Works
The New Editor — The Chicago Tribune's John Kass has a good piece on Sen. Dick Durbin's (D-IL) floating of the grotesque idea of pardoning former Illinois governor George Ryan (R), who has served just one year of a six-year sentence after being found guilty of corruption on 16 different counts. Kass writes: From Chicago's City Hall to Springfield, our politicians continually offer their testament, not by words, but by their deeds. They install their children or the idiot offspring of allies into public office. They endorse or enable corrupt colleagues. ...

Mr. President, ignore Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL). Do NOT commute George Ryan's sentence.
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... before you read on: it's necessary to understand Senator Dick Durbin's (D-IL)... well, "failure" is a nice, non-judgmental word, I suppose. John Kass likes "foolish": ...