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2021-08-04 Home Front: Politix
'I'm back from the dead': Former Illinois governor jailed for corruption after trying to sell Obama's Senate seat sues for right to run for office again
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has announced he is suing his home state for kicking him out of office after his 2008 arrest

  • 'I’m back from the dead,’ Blagojevich told reporters outside a Chicago courthouse

  • Blagojevich, after serving eight years of a 14-year prison sentence, was commuted in February by former President Trump
Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-04 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11151 views ]  Top

#1 He best spill on The One or I don't want to hear it.
Posted by Raj 2021-08-04 01:21||   2021-08-04 01:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Get over it and just admit government has devolved into one big criminal organization. Why shouldn't he run?
Posted by Procopius2k 2021-08-04 05:29||   2021-08-04 05:29|| Front Page Top

#3 ^Because he's incompetent - he got caught.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-08-04 05:33||   2021-08-04 05:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Rod was a typical Chicago bum, but I've missed Patty these past 8 years.
Posted by Besoeker 2021-08-04 06:57||   2021-08-04 06:57|| Front Page Top

#5 at least he admits he has no other life skills other than stealing money from taxpayers
Posted by Retard Strength 2021-08-04 07:05||   2021-08-04 07:05|| Front Page Top

#6 /\ Excellent point RS. His open admission appears to be a bridge too far for the Beltway crowd.
Posted by Besoeker 2021-08-04 07:09||   2021-08-04 07:09|| Front Page Top

#7 ^5. Exactly
Posted by Croque Fliting8030 2021-08-04 07:37||   2021-08-04 07:37|| Front Page Top

#8 Think of all the political scores he has to settle. Him back in office could be a laugh riot.
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-08-04 07:59||   2021-08-04 07:59|| Front Page Top

#9 #3 I believe the Hunter Biden proxy has removed that as an objection.
Posted by Procopius2k 2021-08-04 07:59||   2021-08-04 07:59|| Front Page Top

#10 
Wasn't Rod's Senate Seat to Sell.
Obama had his own $$$$ plans.
Posted by NN2N1 2021-08-04 09:42||   2021-08-04 09:42|| Front Page Top

#11 #1 He best spill on The One or I don't want to hear it.

Raj, I don't think he wants to get Epsteined.
Posted by JohnQC 2021-08-04 09:47||   2021-08-04 09:47|| Front Page Top

#12 In the mean time, Valerie Jarrett asks for donations for Obama's birthday party.
Posted by Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-08-04 12:18||   2021-08-04 12:18|| Front Page Top

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