Fun facts to make you hate BlagoSandwich (D-UMBASS) even more

[PresidentObama]

According to Wikipedia:

Rod Blagojevich....

Voted for Ronald Reagan in the 1980's.

His campaign for Governor focused on the theme of "ending business as usual" in state government

Went on Daily Show and seemed confused by the interview ribbing him. Claimed later he didn't know beforehand that it was a comedy show.

Polling completed on October 13, 2008 put Blagojevich's approval rating among Illinois voters at 4%, meaning he is the least popular governor in America. Even lower than President Bush!

Once said: "This is the kind of thing that I think frankly separates the men from the boys in leadership. Do you have the testicular virility to make a decision like that knowing what's coming your way? I say I do."

His wife received $38,000 in real estate commissions from Tony Rezko.

Blagojevich campaign boss Chris Kelly was indicted on federal charges of tax fraud.

A company that contributed close to $120,000 to Blagojevich's 2002 gubernatorial campaign won a no-bid contract from a board that reports to the Governor AKA him.

He is confirmed to be "Public Official A" in the Rezko indictment.

The Chicago Tribune reported on what it called a "$25,000 Club" in which 75% of businesses, unions and individuals that gave a $25,000 donation to Rod Blagojevich's political campaign received benefits from the State of Illinois, including state contracts and appointments to state boards.

Came under criticism for choosing to take daily, expensive commutes between his Chicago home and his office in Springfield rather than stay in the Governor's Mansion in Springfield during the budget crisis. The round trip on a state plane costs nearly $6,000, and Blagojevich made the trip nine times between May 22 and June 7, costing Illinois taxpayers more than $75,000 according to state transportation records.

And the LIST continues.....

[firedupdem]

1. He's been an ass hole for quite a while now...smarmy dude. n/t

[political_Dem]

2. Blagojevich even gets more appalling.

That potty-mouthed diatribe is only the tip of the iceberg, it seems.

But since people are getting so "law and order" on this man, why don't they use the same vigor and prosecute Sarah Palin?

[rvablue]

3. All of them are horrible/ridiculous, the last one, given the context, kills me. n/t

[Clio the Leo]

4. Would love to see that Daily Show ...

... dont see it on Youtube though.

[Frosty1]

9. Here you go

http://www.thedailyshow.com/

[CitizenPatriot]

5. wait a minute- that sounds like a gov from another "most corrupt state"

ring any bells?

same person?
confused during tv interview
won't stay in gov mansion, costing taxpayers oodles of dollars for per diem and travel
appoints contracts and jobs to friends and corps who donated to her campaign
ran on "ending bus as usual in alaska" (put an end to the good old boy's network)
Husband gets money for "consulting" from BP though Alaskans say he doesn't actually work

areas of vague similarity:
has been under investigation during her entire political career for various unethical and illegal activity (found guilty of ethics violations but cleared self)
had a recall initiated against her for firing people who wouldn't break the law

Big difference is that in Alaska, the big dollar fund from the oil co keeps her approval ratings high.

[alsame]

6. The fact that he, a supposed Democratic Governor, called Obama

a "MFer' is enough proof for me that he's an asshole. With Democrats like this, we don't even need Repubs.

[jacksonian]

7. color me unimpressed with the criminal background here

you have exactly one item on that list that concerns me.

"voted for Reagan" so what. Daily Show malapropism? come on. Pop opinion is bad for a pol, but not proof of anything. The travel expense looks like chickenfeed to me, and if his entire travel budget was the issue, no true objection would focus on such a small item.

Frankly, like a lot of the reporting of Blago, your post has a lot of piling on going on.

The "pay for play" stuff is the issue, it is how politics is done in Ill. Does not make it right, and cries for oversight. I've been watching this - i have no knowlege of Blago's guilt or not - and two things have struck me. The dollar amounts here are small. If we believed the allogations 100%, Blago is stealing small thousands where Ryan stole millions. Point two is i'm still waiting for the Ryan moment - where Blago's actions are shown to have harmed in a real way the operations of the state, like Ryan and the driver's license thing.

Thats my point - i've been watching people steal in Ill all my life. These are alderman dollar amounts changing hands in the gov office. That IS an improvement in Ill, why all the hubub?

That Blago is guilty of law breaking is likely. But that the laws broken don't seem to deserve the kind of trial-in-the-media thing - handcuffs? - that has been going on here for years, and has been setting off my shit-o-meter.

[pipi_k]

8. See now, if you squint your eyes up a bit

and look at his name, that "D" after it looks more like an "R"

He's sure acted like "one of them", hasn't he?



In any case, D or R...

all weasels must be evicted from the government, no matter what party they belong to.