There was one no vote after the roll call vote.
I’d lke to see Quinn show up at the office tomorrow and ask the Illinois legislature for a bill (or an amendment, if that’s what’s necessary) setting out a process for recall.
Why do they have to do that?
He fell from grace and hit the ground
They tried in vain to bring him round
No one saw him make the fall
They couldn’t understand at all
“For Liquorice John” - Procol Harum
Illinois has no provisions for recall elections. If we could have held a recall election, we could have yanked the delusional twit out of office on a ‘no confidence’-style vote a long time ago.
As it is, we’d need to amend the constitution to allow for recall elections. Quinn campaigned hard last year for a Constitutional Convention specifically for this purpose - and thus to remove his ‘boss’ - but it failed on the ballot due to very vague plans and talk of a huge bill for the process.
I don’t want a recall provision. That’s how you end up with a Schwarzenegger in office. Besides, the legislature has proved itself capable of removing someone who needs removed.
So… I was driving home today listening to the vote being cast. When it was over, I felt relief, sure.
I then drove two blocks north of my house and stood on an open plot of land. A small one, to be sure, but open and unused.
“He’s gone,” I said. “I know it doesn’t change anything. And I’m sorry we left you in the hands of such a bad man. We didn’t know. We should’ve known, but I’m not sure how. I know this won’t bring you back, but… He’s gone, and he won’t do this ever again.”
Two blocks north of my home is the vacant lot where a beautiful movie theater once stood. It was an icon from the golden age of movie theaters. The walls were beautiful plaster artwork, and the ceiling was a cascade of stars.
About three years ago, the place needed a renovation, badly, and it was put on a list of historic places that needed an infusion of cash. Blag promised one million dollars for the place.
A month later he pulled the money.
I stood in the empty lot today and wondered… Was there a payoff he didn’t get?
The idea turned my stomach.
I miss that theater. And I know, it’s not a hospital or an education program or anything like that. But it was a beautiful piece of artwork. A piece that Blag decided really didn’t need to exist, likely because it wasn’t going to line his pockets.
I’m glad he’s gone.
I’m glad he can’t do that anymore.
And you’ve been here how long? :dubious:
Anyway, it’s nice to see Illinois throw Blagojevich back on the turnip truck.
I am not eating those turnips.
Story of my life.
It took them too fucking long. Blago should never have had the opportunity to appoint Roland Burris, who appears to have an enormous ego even for a politician. (He seriously said that if not for him, Obama would not have been elected, and that God wanted him to be a Senator.) Of course, if Blago weren’t a bucket of slime, he wouldn’t have made the appointment anyway, but . . .
Maybe it took too long, but a recall election would have taken much, much longer and cost the state a lot of money.
Aaaaand, he’s back! Repeating his tour of New York talk shows, including Letterman.
But all we really need is an amendment. Don’t need to revamp the whole thing. We’ve only had this one for forty years.
Has Paris Hilton been keeping her pants on or something? I’d think Blags is pretty stale news. Well, maybe they hope he’ll express contrition but surely they get by now that he’ll just go into his familiar victim act. He may have cooked up some even more outrageous comparisons by now though. Having gone through Shane, Gandhi and Nelson Mandela he’s pretty much down to Joan of Arc by now. Too female though; do Serbian Orthodox recognize St. Sebastian? (Wasn’t he the one martyred by being shot full of arrows?) Or hey, there’s always Jesus.
If you listen closely you can hear pitiful, batlike squeaks emanating from the law offices of his defense team. The moron isn’t content with shooting himself in the foot. He’s shot both feet, kneecaps, his left elbow, reloaded and is now reshooting his feet, just to make sure.
His criminal trial will be a wonder to behold. I do so hope they draw an anti-Ito, takes-no-shit judge who will minimize the minimize the circus act. It would so frustrate media-whore Blags in his starring role.
Dammit, I wanted to post that.
“I am not a crook”. Richard Nixon
I think we can safely assume that’s not the case.