starcasm.net - 12/11/2008
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Not only did he discuss the deal openly over the phone in profanity-laden tirades, but a starcasm reporter has just discovered the governor’s eBay seller’s page! WOW! $6 million to be a senator? Campaigning is for chumps!
Rod Blagojevich : Rod Blagojevich News and Photos
chicagotribune.com 12/12/2008 — Rod R. Blagojevich is the 40th governor of Illinois. He was first elected in 2002 and was re-elected in 2006. Blagojevich was born in Chicago in 1956. He graduated from Northwestern University in 1979 and earned his law degree from Pepperdine in ...
Rod R. Blagojevich News - The New York Times
topics.nytimes.com 12/12/2008 — Rod R. Blagojevich, the governor of Illinois, was arrested on Dec. 9, 2008 on federal corruption charges. Prosecutors said that Mr. Blagojevich had conspired to profit from his authority to appoint a successor to Barack Obama, who resigned his Senate ...
Blagojevich Selling Obama's Senate Seat?
corner.nationalreview.com 12/9/2008 — The criminal complaint against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich includes the following allegations concerning Blagojevich's actions (and those of Blagojevich's chief of staff John Harris) to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat:
By law, after the ...
Rod Blagojevich Arrested
outsidethebeltway.com 12/9/2008 — Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been taken into Federal custody.
Authorities in Chicago have arrested Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich on federal charges.
U.S. Attorney’s office spokesman Randall Samborn says both Blagojevich and his chief of ...
Blagojevich Selling Obama's Senate Seat? Cont'd
corner.nationalreview.com 12/9/2008 — More from the Blagojevich indictment. Apparently, Blagojevich, relying on media reports, thought the Obama campaign was interested in "Candidate 1" to replace Obama. Blagojevich allegedly had other ideas:
On November 3, 2008, ROD BLAGOJEVICH ...
Gov. Rod Blagojevich Arrested: Time to Play Name That Party
weeklystandard.com 12/10/2008 — The Chicago Sun-Times reports :
Gov. Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris were arrested at their homes this morning in a probe involving the governor’s quest to fill Sen. Barack Obama’s Senate seat.
The charges also include alleged ...
Obama’s Senate seat for sale on Ebay
sistertoldjah.com 12/10/2008 — … sort of. It’s been taken down now, but the Seattle Post-Intelligencer managed to snag a screencap of it.
In the end, the actual item wasn’t of Obama’s Senate seat, but instead of something related :
Update: The real ...
Blagojevich to Make Statement
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 12/19/2008 — The Illinois governor is expected to speak from Chicago today at 3 p.m. Eastern.