Guest Czecherbear Report post Posted December 9, 2008 http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2008/12...to-custody.html The thing about trying to sell Obama's Senate seat, on top of all the shit he was in BEFORE OBAMA WON, is just astounding. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted December 9, 2008 Back-to-back governors in prison Good work, Illinois Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Czecherbear Report post Posted December 9, 2008 I expect we'll soon find out from whom Blagojevich was soliciting bids for the vacant Senate seat. I bet Jesse Junior was one of them. I wonder if Obama will bail him out. Puzzles me that he wanted to be Mr. Chicago all this time. This is what you embrace? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Ol' Smitty 0 Report post Posted December 9, 2008 Go Feds! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snuffbox 0 Report post Posted December 9, 2008 "A Senate seat is a fucking valuable thing, you just don’t give it away for nothing." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Czecherbear Report post Posted December 9, 2008 I guess one of the phonetaps features Rod's wife yelling "hold up the fuckin' Cubs shit, fuck them." See, this is why I said selling Wrigley to the state was a bad thing! Also, I guess when the Tribune filed for bankruptcy, Blagojevich joked that the Trib should fire its editorial board in the restructuring process. BAD TIMING. "I'm just not giving it up for fuckin' nothing. I'm not gonna do it. And, and I can always use it. I can parachute me there." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CubbyBr 0 Report post Posted December 9, 2008 Yeah I'm thinking it's time to move out of Illinois. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2GOLD 0 Report post Posted December 9, 2008 I hear Wisconsin is nice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CubbyBr 0 Report post Posted December 9, 2008 I heard the same about Texas...only with a wamer climate! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Tyler; Captain America 0 Report post Posted December 9, 2008 what an epic dipshit. thank god we're getting rid of all of these douchebags. i wouldn't want that selecting a democratic senator anyways. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Celtic Guardian 0 Report post Posted December 9, 2008 what an epic dipshit. thank god we're getting rid of all of these douchebags. i wouldn't want that selecting a democratic senator anyways. The problem is that despite everything, Blagojevich still has the power to pick Obama's successor. Whether anyone would actually want to accept such a tainted appointment is another matter, of course. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hogan Made Wrestling 0 Report post Posted December 9, 2008 what an epic dipshit. thank god we're getting rid of all of these douchebags. i wouldn't want that selecting a democratic senator anyways. The problem is that despite everything, Blagojevich still has the power to pick Obama's successor. Whether anyone would actually want to accept such a tainted appointment is another matter, of course. The senate would simply refuse to seat whoever he appoints (if he actually decides to be a petulant dumbass and make an appointment out of spite). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Tyler; Captain America 0 Report post Posted December 9, 2008 from what i'm hearing, sen. durbin is calling for a special election sooner rather than later, instead of letting governor douchebag seat his choice. let's hope that happens, because if not, we're losing a senate seat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Czecherbear Report post Posted December 9, 2008 The fact that Blagojevich was re-elected in the first place after hitting the ground corrupting in 2003, paying a guy $50,000 to hold his hairbrush, should reassure that "we" aren't losing anything in that state. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianGuitarist 0 Report post Posted December 9, 2008 Did anyone say Fuckin' Illinois yet? Edit: No. Sort of, but no. Fuckin' Illinois. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snuffbox 0 Report post Posted December 9, 2008 Blago hasn't killed anybody or given the corpse a good rogering. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted December 9, 2008 Took long enough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gary Floyd 0 Report post Posted December 9, 2008 I don't know why, but this amuses me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperJerk 0 Report post Posted December 9, 2008 So...how crazy are the right-wing blogs going right now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Czecherbear Report post Posted December 9, 2008 I don't know. How crazy should they go? It's not like this is a Democratic golden boy being taken down here. Fuckin' everybody hates Blagojevich, especially Democrats in the state assembly. I think the magnitude of this thing transcends partisanship. Guy's a sociopath, plain and simple. They've been trying to take this guy down for years and years and have had enough stuff to do it, but the stuff in the affidavit is only from, like, the last month or two, and as Fitzgerald alluded, they would've kept building a case had the Tribune bankruptcy, in concert with Blago saying "yeah, wiretap me like I'm Nixon, haha, try me" at the Goose Island sit-in, not happened yesterday. The stuff about the funding for the children's hospital is the most disgusting, the media censorship (we'll buy Wrigley Field to ease your debt if you fire my critics) the most frightening, and the Obama seat auction was actually the most predictable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperJerk 0 Report post Posted December 9, 2008 Oh, I dunno, they'll probably go with something along these lines... Said Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, the new GOP House whip: "The serious nature of the crimes listed by federal prosecutors raises questions about the interaction with Gov. Blagojevich, President-elect Obama and other high ranking officials who will be working for the future president." Added Robert M. "Mike" Duncan, chairman of the Republican National Committee: "Americans expect strong leadership, but President-elect Barack Obama's comments on the matter are insufficient at best." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081209/ap_on_..._governor_obama Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Czecherbear Report post Posted December 9, 2008 Those are reasonable at-first-glance concerns for Cantor to have about Obama's connection to the machine. However, Blagojevich called Obama a motherfucker several times. Talk about getting all the breaks, huh. I'm not sure why you're trying to bring Republicans into this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snuffbox 0 Report post Posted December 9, 2008 It certainly doesn't look good for Obama. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted December 10, 2008 Blagogate? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Czecherbear Report post Posted December 10, 2008 Obama should get out of this fairly scot-free, I feel. It doesn't sound like there's too much overlap between his crowd and Rod's, maybe Rahm Emanuel and Jan Schakowsky, if that. Not to go off on too much of a Next Folder Down tangent, but it's amusing and disturbing how Blagojevich all but wrapped himself in Cubs flags and presented himself as Mr. #1 Cubbie Fan (Wrigleyville is in his old district, now Rahm's, soon someone else's. Ronnie Woo-Woo's?) on Mike & Mike and WGN-AM and whoever else would give him the time of day, but he was actively working to compromise the well-being of the Chicago Cubs organization and parent company by shaking them down for funding contingent on firing his enemies. What a jackass. I wonder what sort of conversations they'll be wiretapping these days. Will he ask George Ryan for tips on governor-prisoner transitions? Maybe he can call James Traficant to discuss how to coordinate a jumpsuit with really ridiculous hair. In another call between ROD BLAGOJEVICH and Deputy Governor A that occurred a short time later on November 3, 2008, ROD BLAGOJEVICH and Deputy Governor A discussed an editorial from the Chicago Tribune regarding the endorsement of Michael Madigan and calling for a committee to consider impeaching ROD BLAGOJEVICH. During the call, ROD BLAGOJEVICH’s wife can be heard in the background telling ROD BLAGOJEVICH to tell Deputy Governor A “to hold up that fucking Cubs shit. . . fuck them.” ROD BLAGOJEVICH asked Deputy Governor A what he thinks of his wife’s idea. Deputy Governor A stated that there is a part of what ROD BLAGOJEVICH’s wife said that he “agree with.” Deputy Governor A told ROD BLAGOJEVICH that Tribune Owner will say that he does not have anything to do with the editorials, “but I would tell him, look, if you want to get your Cubs thing done get rid of this Tribune.” Later, ROD BLAGOJEVICH’s wife got on the phone and, during the continuing discussion of the critical Tribune editorials, stated that Tribune Owner can “just fire” the writers because Tribune Owner owns the Tribune. ROD BLAGOJEVICH’s wife stated that if Tribune Owner’s papers were hurting his business, Tribune Owner would do something about the editorial board. ROD BLAGOJEVICH then got back on the phone. ROD BLAGOJEVICH told Deputy Governor A to put together the articles in the Tribune that are on the topic of removing ROD BLAGOJEVICH from office and they will then have someone, like JOHN HARRIS, go to Tribune Owner and say, “We’ve got some decisions to make now.” ROD BLAGOJEVICH said that “someone should say, ‘get rid of those people.’” Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Niggardly King 0 Report post Posted December 10, 2008 Doesn't this guy come off the bench to hit threes for the Bucks or Bulls? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Czecherbear Report post Posted December 10, 2008 No, that's Dan Gadzuric. Common mistake, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted December 10, 2008 I thought he used to play for the Kings but now the Hornets. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Czecherbear Report post Posted December 10, 2008 He won Wimbledon in 2001. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Niggardly King 0 Report post Posted December 10, 2008 No, that's Dan Gadzuric. Common mistake, though. Are you sure? I mean I'm pretty sure I've heard Stephen A. Smith yell this guy's name out all the time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
