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Blagojevich Arrested on Federal Charges
Taylor Marsh —
... There’s lots more on this, including an outline of the indictment, and the full indictment, which is stunning. ...
Illinois Governor Arrested
Ace of Spades HQ —
Illinois Governor Arrested [image] Breaking : Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff, John Harris, were arrested today by FBI agents on federal corruption charges alleging that they and others are engaging in ongoing criminal activity: conspiring to obtain personal financial benefits for Blagojevich by leveraging his sole authority to appoint a United States Senator; threatening to withhold substantial state assistance to the Tribune Company in connection with the sale of Wrigley Field to induce the firing of Chicago Tribune editorial board members sharply ...
Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich and Chief of Staff John Harris Arrested by FBI
(Obsolete Feed) —
... The people of Illinois must be celebrating this morning. Blagojevich’s alleged crimes are just mind-boggling - including the attempted sale of Obama’s vacant Senate seat: ...
Name that Party
Neptunus Lex —
... The Illinois governor was arrested by the feds today for corruption in his plan to appoint a replacement to the president-elect’s senate seat, according to CBS News. You will search in vain for any clue to his party identification, however. ...
Open Thread
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Illinois governor arrested!
Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff, John Harris, were arrested today by FBI agents on federal corruption charges alleging that they and others are engaging in ongoing criminal activity: conspiring to obtain personal financial benefits for Blagojevich by leveraging his sole authority to appoint a United States Senator; threatening to withhold substantial state assistance to the Tribune Company in connection with the sale of Wrigley Field ...
The Culture of Corruption & The Illinois Dems
Babalú Blog: an island on the net without a bearded dictator —
... and more here in the DOJ's official release. I wonder if the morons on the left will blame Bush for this too .... Posted by Cigar Mike at December 9, 2008 10:29 AM Comments Post a comment
Quote of the Day 12/9
The Stump —
FBI Blagojevich affadavit: Throughout the intercepted conversations, Blagojevich also allegedly
spent significant time weighing the option of appointing himself to the
open Senate seat and expressed a variety of reasons for doing so,
including: frustration at being "stuck" as governor; a belief that he
will be able to obtain greater resources if he is indicted as a sitting
Senator as opposed to a sitting governor; a desire to remake his image
in consideration of a possible run for President in 2016; avoiding
impeachment by the ...
Obama’s Illinois Gov. Buddy Busted … Tried To Sell Obama’s Senate Seat: “It’s A Fucking Valuable Thing, You Just Don’t Give It Away For Nothing”
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
Details Of Complaint Against Blagojevich
CHICAGO (CBS)
Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff, John Harris, were arrested today by FBI agents on federal corruption charges alleging that they and others are engaging in ongoing criminal activity: conspiring to obtain personal financial benefits for Blagojevich by leveraging his sole authority to appoint a United States Senator; threatening to withhold substantial state assistance to the Tribune Company in connection with the sale of Wrigley Field to ...
Obama’s Former Seat For Sale - Until IL Gov Arrested
Daily Pundit —
Breaking news from Daley-land:
Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff, John Harris, were arrested today by FBI agents on federal corruption charges alleging that they and others are engaging in ongoing criminal activity: conspiring to obtain personal financial benefits for Blagojevich by leveraging his sole authority to appoint a United States Senator; threatening to withhold substantial state assistance to the Tribune Company in connection with the sale of Wrigley Field to induce the firing of Chicago Tribune editorial board members ...
Feds arrest Illinois Gov. Blagojevich for trying to sell Obama’s vacant Senate seat
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... CBS2 Chicago has highlights from the FBI affidavit ; trust me when I say it’s the most entertaining train-wreck news curio you’ll read this morning. A taste: Throughout the intercepted conversations, Blagojevich also allegedly spent significant time weighing the option of appointing himself to the open Senate seat and expressed a variety of reasons for doing so, including: frustration at being “stuck” as governor; a belief that he will be able to obtain greater resources if he is indicted as a sitting Senator as opposed to a sitting governor; a desire to remake his image in ...
Governor of Illinois Busted, Tried to Sell Obama's Senate Seat
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
... been arrested? Yet? Before his arrest, the Governor had a 13% approval rating. Bush and the Republicans are so loving this! Smoking Gun: Obama Senate Seat For Sale? Blago: A Senate seat is a ‘f***ing valuable thing’ Feds: Blagojevich put ‘for sale’ sign on Obama replacement Blagojevich's Senate selection process investigated Details Of Complaint Against Blagojevich Ill. Gov. arrested in Obama ...
Where Will It End?
Vodkapundit —
Courtesy of Will Collier, here are the detailed charges against Illinois Governor Blagojevich: Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff, John Harris, were arrested today by FBI agents on federal corruption charges alleging that they and others are engaging in ongoing criminal activity: conspiring to obtain personal financial benefits for Blagojevich by leveraging his sole authority to appoint a United States Senator; threatening to withhold substantial state assistance to the Tribune Company in connection with the sale of Wrigley Field to induce the firing of ...
Time For A Blogger Ethics Panel
Eschaton —
Because, you know, the greatest threat to our democracy is the possibility that anonymous bloggers have some undisclosed financial ties. ...
The Chicago Candidate
small dead animals —
The Chicago Candidate Fitzgerald strikes fast; Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff, John Harris, were arrested today by FBI agents on federal corruption charges alleging that they and others are engaging in ongoing criminal activity: conspiring to obtain personal financial benefits for Blagojevich by leveraging his sole authority to appoint a United States Senator; threatening to withhold substantial state assistance to the Tribune Company in connection with the sale of Wrigley Field to induce the firing of Chicago Tribune editorial board members sharply ...
Blagojevich: Unprecedented Venality And Stupidity
Daily Kos —
... It's mind boggling to see the utter venality and stupidity of (the hopefully soon-to-be ex) Governor of Illinois laid out so transparently: ...
Blago Busted
Shakesville —
Democratic Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been arrested and taken into federal custody by the FBI, charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and solicitation of bribery. The charges allege that Blago, and his chief-of-staff John Harris, who has also been taken into custody, were "conspiring to obtain personal financial benefits for Blagojevich by leveraging his sole authority to appoint a United States Senator; threatening to withhold substantial state assistance to the Tribune Company in connection with the sale of Wrigley Field to induce the firing of ...
Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich Arrested
RIGHTWINGSPARKLE —
It's on Federal Corruption charges. It's quite juicy because it's all about Obama's Senate seat. Basically Blagojevich wanted something valuable from the Obama people for appointing who they wished to his Senate seat (money or a appointment). If found guilty and serves time, I believe this would be the 4th Illinois Governor to do so. Remember that squeaky clean Obama came from this political system. If you were watching the news yesterday you saw Gov. Blagojevich telling Bank of America ...
Doomed to Repeat?
Wizbang —
... anyone who sought to publish information about the connections between Obama and Bill Ayres. Now, the Chicago Political Machine appears to be imploding . And there's also that pesky problem of ...
12/9: Scandalous!
Blogometer —
... by FBI agents this morning on charges of "conspiring to obtain personal financial benefits" through his authority to appoint a U.S. senator to Pres.-elect Barack Obama 's old seat. Liberal bloggers are amazed at Blagojevich's ...
More Blowjobjevich
Right Wing Nation —
From CBS in Chicago:
Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff, John Harris, were arrested today by FBI agents on federal corruption charges alleging that they and others are engaging in ongoing criminal activity: conspiring to obtain personal financial benefits for Blagojevich by leveraging his sole authority to appoint a United States Senator; threatening to withhold substantial state assistance to the Tribune Company in connection with the sale of Wrigley Field to induce the firing of Chicago Tribune editorial board members ...
Governor Blagojevich is caught. What happens next?
The Next Right —
News of the arrest of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is focusing on his own crimes, which appear to be brazen and deplorable. I don't think anybody is defending him against what appears to be smoking gun evidence.
But this isn't an isolated example. As Dave Schuler says at Outside the Beltway, "within my lifetime three Illinois governors have been convicted of corruption and served time in prison after serving their terms as governor. It’s not just a few bad apples here, not just ...
Merry Fitzmas
Blue Crab Boulevard —
... So has pretty much all of the blogosphere at this point. I’ll just add my thoughts here. First off, I busted out laughing when I first read the news - the whole group I work in thought I was having a fit. When I told them, they busted out laughing.) Well, it isn’t exactly the Fitzmas the left was hoping for a while back. Then they expected special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald to indict Karl Rove. Never happened of course. But now Fitzgerald has bagged an arguably bigger fish. Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested at his home this morning . Merry Fitzmas! A 76-page ...
Bagging Blagojevich or How the Right Learned to Love Patrick Fitzgerald
Crooks and Liars —
... predictably brought cheers from the conservative chattering classes. Blagojevich's arrest over the "pay for play" Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama and myriad other jaw-dropping corruption schemes Fitzgerald simply deemed "staggering" led the right-wing ...
