No, I didn’t. I said he was charged with federal crimes. He has not been charged with state crimes. That’s just the reality of the situation. Exactly why this reality exists is no doubt for quite a few reasons not the least of which being that any state investigations don’t have the evidence that the federal investigation has. Also, some of the charges relate to federal office or inter-state matter swhich put them under the federal umbrella. I never once said that he couldn’t be charged on a state level* but he simply isn’t.
He has been charged at the federal level so it’s their ball. Regardless of what hypothetical things the state could do in regards to a criminal trial, they’re not even on the field.
*Although, again, I think some of the charges are simply federal charges because they relate to federal matters and are outside of the state’s jurisdiction.
I think it’s lovely that people from outside of Illinois are so concerned that we should keep Blago in office until the bitter end. A bitter end that anybody who has paid the slightest attention to any big trial ever would know would be years in the future. :rolleyes:
He was arrested for malfeasance and relieved of his post by the board of directors. Maybe if he’s acquitted in the federal trial the senate will say, “Sorry, Rod,” but for now we need a freakin’ governor who is not off messing with his own business every day.
I don’t know how he got elected in this state, anyway. Blagojevich isn’t an Irish name.
Yeah, but do people from outside this particular prairie get it? Before George Ryan had his troubles, one of my BILs, yclept Ryan, was approached by the Dupage County Republicans and asked if he wanted to run for office. He had no prior nor subsequent interest in politics and can only assume they wanted him because the name RYAN was still big mojo around here. He has a cushy (okay, not NEARLY that cushy) civil service job that would both prevent him from becoming political and argue against him risking his pension, so he said no. Knowing him, perhaps more colorfully and longer than just, “NO!”
The vast majority of us realize he’s a millstone around your necks, and should have been gone long, long ago. I just hope IL gets major bailout help, to alleviate the Mt. Everest of debt Blago allowed to pile up.
