chicagotribune.com - 12/10/2008
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"Two governors in a row? That just makes us look so terrible as a state that it's embarrassing to say one lives here. We have to carry that title because our politicians let us down." -- Judy Baar Topinka, the former Republican state treasurer who lost to Blagojevich in 2006. ------ "We've got ...
msnbc.msn.com - 12/9/2008
blogs.dailymail.com - 12/9/2008
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blogs.dailymail.com —
Chicago newspaper: Uh, guys, we think the feds
just took our governor into custody....
(more)
Arrest development
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AP's Emotive Language For Gov. Rod Blagojevich
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... disappointment and a sort of faux shock, no one in Illinois or Chicago politics is really shocked that Blago is finally under arrest. It has been building for several years at this point and for most folks in Illinois at all aware of the situation, it was a matter of when Blago was going to get picked up by the feds, not if. There really isn't much genuine shock and it is hyperbole to say there is. Truth be told, instead of real shock, it is more like weariness. (Even this AP piece featuring a series of quotes from Illinois politicians doesn't reveal any of them being ...
AP’s Emotive Language For Gov. Rod Blagojevich
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... and a sort of faux shock, no one in Illinois or Chicago politics is really shocked that Blago is finally under arrest. It has been building for several years at this point and for most folks in Illinois at all aware of the situation, it was a matter of when Blago was going to get picked up by the feds, not if. There really isn’t much genuine shock and it is hyperbole to say there is. Truth be told, instead of real shock, it is more like weariness. (Even this AP piece featuring a series of quotes from Illinois politicians doesn’t reveal any of them being ...
AP’s Emotive Language For Gov. Rod Blagojevich
Stop The ACLU —
... disappointment and a sort of faux shock, no one in Illinois or Chicago politics is really shocked that Blago is finally under arrest. It has been building for several years at this point and for most folks in Illinois at all aware of the situation, it was a matter of when Blago was going to get picked up by the feds, not if. There really isn’t much genuine shock and it is hyperbole to say there is. Truth be told, instead of real shock, it is more like weariness. (Even this AP piece featuring a series of quotes from Illinois politicians doesn’t reveal any of them being ...
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