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Home Front: Politix

Blago impeached -- but name that party!

2009-01-09

23 paragraphs, and not until the 21st do we learn that he ran in a Democratic primary. But the pols who denounce him all have a D after their name.

In a dramatic display of anger and solidarity over a political scandal that has made Illinois a national laughingstock, lawmakers on Friday voted 114-1 to impeach disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

It's the first time in the state's history that the Illinois House has voted to impeach its governor. The impeachment proceedings will now move to the Illinois Senate for trial. That trial is scheduled to begin on Jan. 26.

Blagojevich was out jogging in Chicago while lawmakers in Springfield voted to impeach him. Upon returning from his run, he compared his situation to long-distance running.

Posted by:Steve White

#6 Rep. Jack Franks (D-Woodstock): "We will no longer tolerate the culture of corruption that has seized our government.

Hmmm.Jack Franksnow where have I heard that name before. Oh yeahsomething to do with being the attorney who represented Mercy Hospital during that whole Rezko deal. Yeah...sure think we got it now.

Posted by: DepotGuy 2009-01-09 21:44

#5 This story originated on CBS 2 Chicago. The station has so few viewers that it is known locally as 'Witness Protection for Newscasters'

Posted by: Elmereth Dingle7129 2009-01-09 20:28

#4 They're trying to get this out and forgotten before Obama takes office.

Posted by: lotp 2009-01-09 20:03

#3 Mayor of Baltimore was indicted today too. What rascals those Democrats have become since the press covers now for their culture of corruption.

Posted by: crosspatch 2009-01-09 18:16

#2 Nah, it's a school mentality, like in a school of fish. There are too many of them to get other than a ~~shark~~ hand full at a time. The only way to break them is like they broke the Navajo, herd them to a reservation in New Mexico, In this case they can keep them busy preferably along the Mexican border where they can dig a portion of a canal between Brownsville and San Diego without heavy equipment. We can save the other portions for the pols from MA, NJ, etc.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-01-09 16:05

#1 I wonder how many of those D-Chicago folks sre saying to themselves, "I wonder what they could nail me on?"

Posted by: tu3031 2009-01-09 15:33

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