No body here in Illinois likes this jerk. Glad to see him get what he deserves. We always knew he was a crook. Some people here believe that Durbin is pressing Bush to pardon Ryan so it won't look bad when they pardon Blow-job-a-vich. Just a theory.

Not lets see what happens when Tony Rezco really starts singing. Maybe we'll get the daily double.

I was going to send this to you this morning....but I never made it through the 4th paragraph.

I'm with Steve S. - nobody likes this asstard. I sure as hell didn't vote for him, nor did anyone I know.

And before anyone points this out...don't be fooled by the regular McCormick editorials calling for Blago to resign. That's the Tribune's "balance" act.

Nice find, almost as good as our Cash for Peerages story of last year.

Culture of Corruption.

I want to see Charlie the Rangle go down.

The "Hope" I have is that the FBI and Justice Dept start to do their fucking jobs and get after all those corrupt pols of every stripe and affiliation.

That's the "Change" I want to see.

Also, good fucking riddings to the NYTs, LA Times, AP, and the rest of those American hating bastards. Newspapers are done, unless you still like buggy whips and vinyl records.

I honestly didn't know his party affiliation. In fact, the story posted on Foxnews.com didn't even report his party affiliation so you pukes out there always bitching about FOX can go pound some sand. I had to find out his party affiliation the old fashion way by using his own web site. Media bias? Nahh!!!

Anyone who thinks Obama ain't dirty on this one is grossly naive.

I live in Illinois and none of this is new. Both parties are equally corrupt.

Obama is a Daley machine politician and I'm amazed that he was elected. I just watched Obama being interviewed on FNC and without a teleprompter, it was all ooh's and eer's. Folks wanted hope and change and they just bought into a little of Illinois corruption.

But, I ain't gonna bitch anymore. As I'm fond of saying, Illinois has the best politicians and judges that money can buy (and they can be bought).

Greg - Your vote doesn't matter. Only the living and dead voters in Chicago matter.

"No body here in Illinois likes this jerk"

Scratching head now........

40th Governor of Illinois
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 13, 2003

Steve - Greg, not directed at you....Denny has the answer.....

Name that Party-once again. Keep up the good work fellas!

NYTs named his party in the second paragraph of their article.

The O man already said he hadn't spoken with this clown even though last week one of his political cronies was interviewed on Fox and said that O was in contact with the Gov. about his vacant seat.

Now, O's people said the guy misspoke.

A scandal already and the motherfucker hasn't even been sworn in.

I use the MF word as a term of endearment. Besides that's what the Gov called him.

Also, that Gov (refuse to bother looking up that strange name) is one ugly motherfucka.

The article I read this morning did not mention his party, but did mention former republican governor Ryan. Makes ya wonder why they could include the former governor and his party, but not the current scum.

Blagojevich was elected governor in 2003 as a reformer promising to clean up former Gov. George Ryan's mess.

Ryan, a Republican, is serving a six-year prison sentence after being convicted on racketeering and fraud charges. A decade-long investigation began with the sale of driver's licenses for bribes and led to the conviction of dozens of people who worked for Ryan when he was secretary of state and governor.

This from my cache. The current article now has dumbasses party.

Illinois Politics Obama Style....

Hope, Change, Same old Crooks.......Same old Bullshit! I expect we will see a parade of this crooked Crap for the next four years. Like I said in a previous post........I sincerely hope Obama gets to serve his full four years as I want all American idiots to get a full plate of
liberal Bullshit & Lies out in the open where even the welfare base cannot ignore the truth.I really wonder with him selecting all the Clintonistas whether he will be Arkancided.

I also wonder .....Is that stupid welfare bimbo still enthused with joy & waiting for the Obama Hope & Change Bandwagon to swing down her street with a bag full of money to pay her utilities, car & insurance bills?

We have nothing to be concerned about here folks. I have received "The Word" from "The One" at the "Office of The President Elect" that he is going to use his special Hopey-Changey magic to make all of this go away.
He has assured me that all promises made during the campain will be honored. You will get your gumment rebate checks, free medical and the Starbucks cards as promised. Just hold on to your hope for change.

Trickle up corruption?

Kerrcarto, Yep, you just nailed it but good. Trickle up corruption indeed. And we will have plenty of it for Four more years. I hope the whole country does indeed get plenty of this garbage, Chicago style, and then gives him the boot after his time is up. Trickle up stupidity as well, from the country. Its going to be loooong four years folks.

no idea what Obmama knew. My guess is he did not know much because he can only lose from this and not gain. That said I am very concerned that this abuse of power is indeed becoming more rampant, strange, and shocking.

My hope is that Illinois has enough statesman in it to look up Gov. Buyavowel for a very long time. I'd like to have this guy look at OJ's parole date as "half way".

He says he is not going to resign. My guess is that the Obamafia will pay him a visit and he will have his first Arkanside if the resignation is not quick.

The AP should take over writing these stories. They get the party in the SECOND PARAGRAPH.

EDIT:
Hold on there, that is about Republican Larry Craig.

Obama being corrupt? What about the ethics law Obama had fought the dishonorable Gov on?

http://tinyurl.com/5ecwks

Oh, I'm sure that was just a ploy (conspiracies abound, right?). And it is in the NYT- it might as well be a chapter in the communist manifesto. Get real.

Anyways, aside from the former Gov, the GOP in Illinois isn't corrupt, it is just full of idiots.

Obama has one person and one person only to thank- Jack Ryan. While no one can overstate Blago's new depths of corruption, Jack Ryan asked his wife to perform sexual acts with him in public, and in Sex clubs in New York, New Orleans, and Paris. Jeri Ryan described one as "a bizarre club with cages, whips and other apparatus hanging from the ceiling."

So, you have it ALL in IL- bi partisan corruption, sex, bribery, vote stealing, the divine right of governors/mayors, etc.- I mean really! It is perfect! I wonder if BushCo used IL as a model...

Now watch how B. HUSSEIN's flunkies in the lamestream media fall all over themselves trying to insulate their boy from this mess.

It is interesting to speculate where Fitzgerald is going with this...one can only hope!

Have you guys ever heard of "guilt by association" or "association fallacy?"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_fallacy

Just because Obama is from IL does not MEAN he is automatically corrupt. He may indeed be, but it is no ONLY because he knew Rod or participated in state-level politics. Use your brains instead of jumping to ideologically-blinded conclusions.

I just love Chicago Aldermen..

This is from the Chicago Tribune 3-18-2008

Not long after his son-in-law Rod Blagojevich became governor, Ald. Richard Mell (33rd) sought to squeeze a sizable kickback out of an insider deal at a state pension fund, according to testimony Monday in federal court.
Did anyone realize that:
Since 1972, 29 current and former Chicago alderman have been sentenced to jail.

How corrupt is Chicago? If the number of Chicago alderman sentenced to prison since 1972 was extrapolated to the US House, it would be as if roughly 250 congressman had gone to jail in the same period. That would be about 7 per year.

How corrupt is Illinois? Since 1960, Illinois has had seven elected governors. Three of them have gone to jail; current Gov. Blagojevich is presently under federal investigation.

"Yeah, but what about Sen. Larry Craig in the men's room?! Isn't that a lot worse than Blagojevich? And, oh yeah, Dan Quayle can't spell potato. Ha Ha!" Well, liberals seemed a lot more concerned about those issues than one about a Democratic involved in severe corruption.

Liberal flunkies rush to Obama`s defense....

Unlike the situation when all you asshats tried to paint Bush with the guilt of Association tarbrush & failed, Obama is a product of the very same political machine which spawned Rod the Governor.

In fact Rod was a promoter or enabler of Obama & was trying to gain monetary advantage from the sale of Obama`s senate seat. Obama may not have been a party to this travesty but is from the same cesspool as is good old Rod.This is just upscale Democratic politics as practiced in Chicago Illinois.

To deny the obvious conclusion for what is normal for Chicago Illinois politicians & fail to take note of Obama`s connection to the cesspool is yet another normal Democratic reaction for the supporters of Chicago politics. Asshats, that is what everyone of you dipshits who voted for Obama are.

"Obama has one person and one person only to thank- Jack Ryan."

Not entirely. Jack Ryan's divorce records were *sealed* with joint agreement between him and his wife. The Republican party in Illinois turned on Ryan and let him hang out to dry (they seem to do that far more often than the Dems). Plus, the sealed divorce records were unsealed by a California judge for essentially no reason at all other than because he wanted to. Thanks California! Just wondering why in hell a California judge thinks he has jurisdiction over an Illinois politician.

Greg - Your vote doesn't matter. Only the living and dead voters in Chicago matter.

You're forgetting Homer Simpson, Jack Bauer, Peter Griffin, Denny Crane, etc...

Obama does'nt know MY ASS!!!!!!!!!

Look Obama...just investigate them as well as you did Joe the Plumber or Sarah the Barracuda...

then you would IMPRESS me.....

By the way have you given your last respects to your GrandMother??????

"Yeah, but what about Sen. Larry Craig in the men's room?! Isn't that a lot worse than Blagojevich? And, oh yeah, Dan Quayle can't spell potato. Ha Ha!"

Yeah, and Charlie Rangel "forgets" to pay his taxes, Joe Biden thinks FDR was President in 1929 (and appeared on TV!) and B. HUSSEIN believes there's 57 states. Just the tip of the democrats libtard iceberg.

Jim: As I recall, there was some speculation that Obama had something to do with the "unsealing" of Ryan's divorce records.

I recall it had to do with Obama's senate race.

So, let me see if I've got this straight: a newspaper in California sues for the release of sealed personal papers in Illinois and wins. Could another news agency in whatever state not also sue the state of Hawaii for the release of a sealed document? It is relevant to the job the politician applied for! More relevant than deviant sex escapades. Isn't it the public's right to know? I know, I know ... black helicopter Republican accusations commence. But really, why the hell hasn't he produced it? For Pete's sake! I've obtained certified copies of birth certificates for all of our family members. It's not difficult or expensive and people do it every day for different reasons. So why is this simple request so damned difficult for him to grant? T

Peggy - In Obama's state senate race, he managed to get all of his opponents thrown off the ballot. In his US Senate race, Ryan's divorce records were magically unsealed and Ryan dropped out of the race and was replaced by Alan Keyes. What a gift. Then in the presidential race he was gifted with McRINO, who was only able to run as close as he did due to Sarah Palin.

I still think Jughaid prolly has some skeletons in his closet that he's sweatin' bullets about right now...If not, he would be the exception to the rule of slimy-ass Chicago politics...Maybe Rezko will start singin'...The Reverend Junior sure did get up there & profess his innocence quick like a bunny rabbit, didn't he ? Man, wouldn't it be GREAT if the whole sorry house of cards came a-tumblin' down around 'em ? Obama & Michelle BOTH doin' the Perp Walk...Oh, please, God....(grin)-Unca Sandy

Mark my words, the Clintons have something on this dude. They've been way too quiet and out of sight for the magical negro to slide into the position as easily as he's doing. I predict some major breaking news before 1/20/09.

Ray, I doubt that they do or why would Hillary have signed up to be on his team?

I truly don't think Obama knew about this crap. He may have suspected it. as for me, I am going to wait until I see the whites of his eyes before I fire. The left's strategy was to throw everything against the wall to see what would stick.

With my strategy either he will behave himself completely which will be fine, or when and if he does fvck up there will be some serious ordinance coming from Patrickvania.