Mommas don't let your babies grow up to be Illinois governors...

[ddeclue]

what a goof ball Blagojevich is...

What goes on in Illinois state politics that they've sent 8 governors to the governor's mansion with 4 of them going on to serve an additional "term" in the "big" house...

:eyes:

[ananda]

1. It's that special Illinois mafialike..

.. culture of corruption.

[Critters2]

2. It's just a technicality, but Blago's wife doesn't like the Governor's Mansion,

or downstate Illinois, for that matter. So, he's never lived there.

[Venceremos]

3. Not sure

I don't know why we're so plagued with crooks, maybe it goes back to the Al Capone days. In any case I liked Rep. Jack Franks quote about it this morning:

"Our duty is to clean up the mess and stop the freak show that has become our government." Freak show pretty well sums it up.

[damntexdem]

4. As someone, maybe Keith O., noted -- an Illinois guv is more likely to go to jail ...

than a murderer. Not that you should let your babies grow up to be murderers, either.

[ddeclue]

6. Jon Stewart at the Daily Show said that...

pointed out that only 45% of murderers get convicted while 50% of IL Governors do.

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/12/jon_stewart_illinois_graft_not.html

[SuperTrouper]

5. or Alaska Governors