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The Spectacle Blog
The Smoking Gun has posted a portion of the criminal complaint, and it’s a dandy. Here’s a great excerpt (from page 56):
Later on November 3, 2008, ROD BLAGOJEVICH spoke with Advisor A. By this time, media reports indicated that Senate Candidate 1, and advistor to the President-elect, was interested in the Senate seat if it became vacant, and was likely to be supported by the President-elect. During the call, ROD BLAGOJEVICH stated, “unless I get something real good for [Senate Candidate 1}, $hit, I’ll just send myself, you know what I’m saying.” ROD BLAGOJEVICH later stated, “I’m going to keep this Senate option for me a real possibility, you know, and therefore I can drive a hard bargain. You hear what I’m saying. And if I don’t get what I want and I’m not satisfied with it, then I’ll just take the Senate seat myself.” Later, ROD BLAGOJEVICH stated that the Senate seat “is a fu—ing valuable thing, you don’t just give it away for nothing.”
George| 12.9.08 @ 11:23AM
This is truly an explosive charge. And it taints the whole senatorial nomination. I expect the Governor will remain in office and will still have authority to make the appointment. But who would take it under these circumstances, if he or she wanted to run for a full term in 2010. Even in Illinois, we do have our limits on how much corruption we will tolerate. I hope the media starts investigating just who was willing to pay for a senate seat.
Lisa O | 12.13.08 @ 3:32AM
The governor of Illinois has likely seen his last payday in office. In the next large political scandal, FBI agents arrested Rod Blagojevich on federal corruption charges, along with his chief of staff, John Harris. This isn't the first politician to ever be arrested for corruption, nor will it be the last, no doubt, but it is the second governor of Illinois to be arrested on corruption charges in a row. The last governor of the state, George Ryan, was also arrested, and later convicted of federal charges. This is really a shameful illegal action for Blagojevich. Blagojevich, in a callously opportunistic move, was trying to see just who would pay what he wanted in order to get the seat in the United States Senate, vacated by Barack Obama after his winning the Presidential election. Blagojevich wanted a personal salary, a paid corporate board seat for his wife, and a cabinet post for himself after his term as governor in exchange for appointment to the US Senate. Blagojevich has stated that whatever he has said has been lawful. (Richard Nixon, anyone?) His resignation has been called for, and impeachment is already being discussed, so he may have seen his last payday as governor. His desire to gain much money leads him to very serious cases that may come to his removal on his position for sure. Click to read more on Blagojevich courtesy of Personal Money Store's Payday Loan News.
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