Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (pronounced blah-goy-ah-vich) has been arrested on Federal corruption charges. He “allegedly conspired to sell U.S. Senate appointments, engaged in ‘pay-to-play’ schemes and threatened to withhold state assistance to Tribune Company for Wrigley Field to induce purge of newspaper editorial writers” [pdf]
I’m predicting that the big question rolling around the minds of wingbat conservatives is “How can we connect this to President elect (ex-Illinois Congressman) Barack Obama?”
More to surely follow.
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Yeah, the MSM was grilling Fitzgerald at the press conference about any possible connection, and whether Obama knew about the bribe offers or even instigated them. I shuddered when I heard the phrase “Chicago Machine politics,” which was one of the McCain camp strategies. Gonna go troll the wingnut boards and see what their coming up with. I’m sure they all have their tin-foil thinking hats on….
ohhh!!! Got a link there Ms. Vallycat?
Only in Illinois can two consecutive governors go to jail for corruption…
It’s great to see the “Chicago” legacy lives on. ‘Tis the season that it’s getting pretty darn windy out there.