I guess I will jump on the bandwagon and post on the impeachment of our favorite gov Blago. With a vote of 59-0 the governor of Illinois was thrown from office and the new governor Pat Quinn has been sworn in. Now my question is why was he impeached? What did he do to warrant the impeachment? What was his crime? So far all I have gotten is he is unpopular and some even think he is an a/hole. But if that is valid grounds for impeachment then the guys in Congress might want to tighten up a bit or they could be next on the people’s hit list.
Was Blago a jerk? For sure. But so are a wealth of politicians, but so far that is not a crime. He has been accused of many things, but that is all they are at this time…accusations. Will this clean up state government….yeah about as well as Duke Cunningham getting caught did…in other words…not much.
Have we heard the last of Blago? Not a chance. He is good fodder for the media. He will be back.
“What did he do to warrant the impeachment? What was his crime?”
When you get down to the brass tack, he did not really do anything wrong. However, there is the notion that conspiring to commit a crime is a crime. So, while the feds stopped the shenanigans before it happened, what I’ve heard of the recording are pretty damning.
If there are going to be criminal charges, they will be of the conspiratorial nature.
I agree…..he put his foot in his mouth more than once…and he should have shut up while he was ahead…if he ever was….but I think that he should have been voted out of office or removed if and when he was convicted of a crime….Hell Stevens tried to hang on even after convicted….BTW…I am sorry but I accidently deleted your other comment..if you would like to resend it…sorry but that I must have had a brain fart or something….
Yeah, that guy’s a real dick. Glad to see him go.
I know..I know…but dammit…he was soooo easy to write about….the post kinda wrote themselves…look at the news my mayor just got indicted for fraud with FEMA funds and no one is talking impeachment of him…..where’s the justice?
Jenny go to Gulf South Free Press and read about Mayor Warr…..now there is a D-I-C-K!
It’s a shame they took Blago’s cookie jar away before he could get his hand all the way into it. LOL.I got the impression the man had no shame. All the business as usual impression he portrayed didn’t help his case much, or his media tour of in parts of the country who had no voice in choosing his destiny. He has to be nominated for the asshat of the year award.
Morning Tumble…..agreed…but damn!…he made go fodder for news geeks like me…LOL