Not at all, and I'd never say that it did.
I'm sure I could get you the exact address, should you want it. I don't think "around the corner from Bill & Rhonda" would work.

I just heard on the news while I was working out that three former Illinois governors have gone to prison in the past 25 years...that is one crazy stat.

How do you measure corruption?
 

Thank you.

What can you expect, they are trying to fill the Messiah's seat.

OMG - you must hang out on digg too much.

I mean . . .

The only reason I didn't vote for her was because she picked the absolute worst running mate there is. I did not want Joe Birkett anywhere near the statehouse. Had she picked anyone else she would have gotten my vote. (I did vote for her for treasurer twice)

As for Blagojevich, what's most shocking to me is not that he's so sleazy, but how stupid he was about all this. (Hello, you've been under investigation since 2002 or so and yet you still pull this crap?) The honorable thing for him to do would be to step down, but he probably won't. (The legislature is coming back for an emergency session on Monday - methinks impeachment proceedings are in the works.)

DaemonSeid - there are loads of those ads on craigslist in Chicago. I like this one:

U S Senate seat - $9999999 (Washington D C)
Reply to: see below
Date: 2008-12-09, 1:32PM CST


For sale to the highest bidder: 1 United States Senate Seat, very lightly used for the last 4 years. Recently vacated by A President Elect. As Governor, I have the supreme right to appoint the successor & am willing to award the seat to the highest bidder. No Federal Investigators, please. Contact Rod B. at:
METROPOLITAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER
71 WEST VAN BUREN STREET
CHICAGO, IL 60605
312-322-0567

I cannot stand Rod Blagojevich. I'm from Illinois and have met him on a few different occasions, and something about him has always rubbed me the wrong way. Not to mention he's a total creeper. One day he toured our facilities at work, and while we were all in there working at the computer, he came up behind my best friend and proceeded to give her a shoulder massage (we took pictures inconspiculously and hung them at her desk the next day). He then invited us all over to his mansion for a soiree that night. Just a tad creepy...

Back to politics. I know that this is going to sound like the typical whine-y Southern Illinoisan - but he forgot about us. I love Chicago - don't get me wrong. I'd love to live there one day. But honestly, anything further south than Springfield he completely ignored. So that has always bugged me about him.

Have ya'll read the affidavit/indictment document? It's quite interesting. He was pretty vulgar in a lot of the phone conversations. It's sickening.

[QUOTE=Sister Havana;1753359]The only reason I didn't vote for her was because she picked the absolute worst running mate there is. I did not want Joe Birkett anywhere near the statehouse. Had she picked anyone else she would have gotten my vote. (I did vote for her for treasurer twice)

Co-sign. Birkett's just nasty.

Ummm it feels like I'm still a proud product of Illinois....our corrupt politicians do not make the Land of Lincoln what it is...its the people and those who serve us who actually try to put the constituency first. Anyone in Illinois will tell you that Blagojevich (sp?) has been one of the least liked, uncompromising, and ineffective Illinois politicians for years...The only question most of us had was not IF but WHEN the indictment would come down.


IMHO...good riddance to him. The timing could not be better. This way the "Obama" Senate seat will not be tainted.

Did you even read the thread?

Will that also include private jets from Alaska??

I think private transportation of any reasonable sort is an accepted perk of political office. The selling of a political office, while probably more common than expected, is not.

Besides, what other type of transportation does one take from Alaska, a kayak? I can remember seeing more than one picture of a private jet used by a former senator from Illinois.