GOD DAMNIT FUCK BLAGO!!

[backwoodsbob]

FUCK HIM!

God damnit why do some here feel the need to defend ANYTHING someone does as long as they have a (d).

DAMN

I think a dem could be on tape smoking crack while killing babies with a machete and someone here would claim it was shrimp's fault and a conspiracy.

The guy was dirty.FUCK HIM!


He's on tape saying he won't just give away a seat that valuable.
He's on tape threatening to withhold money to a childrens hospital if he doesn't get his way.

FUCK!!!!

[MichiganVote]

1. He is a putrid politician. Period.

[babylonsister]

2. Wow. It will be all right. nt

[backwoodsbob]

5. it will be

I'm just pissed at the people defending him.

Pisses me off.

I expect better of my own

[Fla Dem]

3. For the most part, the threads I have read think what Blago did was despicable

Very few here ....may a few tinfoilers think there was any conspiracy. The sentiments that have been expressed overwhelmingly are very negative against Blago, and whatever happens to him, he deserves it.

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. All of us want to see our states cleaned up.

The Dems are so close to greatness. If everybody has to sacrifice, let it begin with them at the top who set up the rules.

[EFerrari]

6. DU is very conscientious in standing up to corruption.

"I think a dem could be on tape smoking crack while killing babies with a machete and someone here would claim it was shrimp's fault and a conspiracy."

Maybe you should lay off the caps and read a while longer.

[backwoodsbob]

9. I didnt say all

I said Someone

[EFerrari]

11. But, I did.

[Bucky]

19. Thank you

Faux moral superiority is hard enough to take even without the netiquette violations.

[Cattledog]

7. You're innocent until PROVEN guilty.

Grow up. You'd think the world was ending. Politicians do shit all the time.

[Robbien]

10. Not Blago. He is the exception which makes the rule

Guilty, guilty, guilty.

[Occam Bandage]

25. I'll keep that in mind if I'm ever appointed to a jury. In the meantime, Blago is guilty as fuck. nt

[Robbien]

8. Don't worry, the few DUers who started out the day defending the scum

are not defending anyone so much any more by this time.

[DoctorMyEyes]

12. I had to go "elsewhere" today

Early on today I guess I saw one too many - "he spoke truth to power" and BOA had him "taken down" bullshit posts for my tastes too. I took a breather and went to some of my favorite blogs instead. I'm guessing that within a day or two the misinformed/uninformed will up to speed and those threads will dry up quick.

[backscatter712]

13. Blago's fucking human garbage.

He shook down a chidren's hospital by withholding his signature on a funding bill for them until he got a kickback.

He's complete and utter scum. Worthless garbage.

As far as I'm concerned, the Democratic Party is better off being rid of that son-of-a-bitch.

[apocalypsehow]

14. Yep, reminds me alot of when the Admins said posters weren't going to be allowed to mock Tony Snow's

death from cancer - oh, the outrage! Oh, the drama! Oh, the suppression of "free speech"! Why, you would have thought that tastelessly mocking a man's death from cancer was practically the most progressive thing a human being could do on the face of the earth!!!!

I note many of the same DU'ers who were pissed with a capital P over not being able to mock Snow's cancer death are the same ones insisting what the Illinois governor did was either "no big deal," or is some kind of shadowy "entrapment."

Kick & Rec. :thumbsup:

[LaurenG]

15. How embarrassing that he's that corrupt

I wonder if he even realizes that he has no integrity or if it even matters to him. This is just stunning to me. x(

[TheCowsCameHome]

16. He must be incredibly stupid. How did he get elected in the first place.

[malletgirl02]

20. ..

There are a great of stupid people that manage to get elected. It is almost a job requirement.

[nemo137]

43. Well, the first time it was "Fuc k Ryan, it's a Dem this time"

And the second was "it's not like he can do worse, right?"

[Bucky]

17. I guess it's understandable to be disappointed in him, but remember that he's a Democrat--one of us!

;)

[kstewart33]

21. Some Dems deserve no support at all.

He makes Jack Abramoff look like a saint.

He has no place in the Dem party or in government. He's a criminal. Lock him up.

[Bucky]

26. No, he donated to Obama's election. I say we let bygone be bygones.

Forgive and forget. That's the American way! The poor boy has suffered enough as it is, what with all the pressure on him and now this embarrassing publicity. No, he's been through hell for this. It's time to move on. I'm certain he's learned his lesson this time.

[libnnc]

18. he's dogshit

fuck him in the ear

[donco]

22. Let him and former Gov, George Ryan

share a cell, save the taxpayers a few bucks.

[dysfunctional press]

34. i could see ryan making blago his bitch in one big hurry...

i doubt that ryan has a shot in hell at a pardon after this...bush probably won't want the extra-ugly press it could bring him now.

i wonder what blago would look like with a picture of lura lynn ryan(george's wife) taped to his back...? :evilgrin:

[nemo137]

44. For once, worse from the back than from the front?

Sorry, I'm punchy right now. I have 5 more pages of Chinese history that need doing, and 0 ounces of motivation to write anything else about the May Fourth Movement.

[DainBramaged]

23. Remember our credo, black is white, white is yellow.

:argh:

[Bucky]

28. Red is gray and yellow white. But we decide which is right...

...and which is illusion!

[DainBramaged]

31. Point

:fistbump:

[New Dawn]

24. Blago is just a product of the society that we live in...

When 10% of the population owns 90% of the wealth, corruption like this is inevitable.

[ananda]

27. Where is this same energy and outrage when it comes to Reeps????

nt

[Bucky]

30. What's a Reep?

[Occam Bandage]

33. Yes, the netroots have not dedicated a single minute's outrage to Republicans.

:crazy:

[Usrename]

29. Why do you think he is so special?

None of these other assholes have been indicted. It's selective prosecution.

If they didn't arrest Cheney over illegal contracts that he gave to Halliburton, why should they arrest this guy?

Seriously. I don't get your point.

[Occam Bandage]

32. Whining about "selective prosecution" makes no sense. The previous Governor of IL,

a Republican, is currently sitting in a prison cell in Terre Haute--and Fitz put him there on corruption charges.

[Usrename]

35. I thought the other governor went to jail for...

...racketeering conspiracy, mail fraud, tax fraud and making false statements.

Did this guy do any of these things? He hasn't been charged with anything like that, or even close to that.

It doesn't make any sense at all to "whine" that this behavior is equivalent. It isn't.

[Occam Bandage]

38. Blago's accused of mail fraud and soliciting bribes.

I think that's "close to" mail fraud and racketeering.

[Laelth]

36. Obama did the right thing.

This sends a clear message to those who expect to get "paid" for supporting the President-Elect. I am ecstatic about it.

The United States is a LIBERAL Country.

:dem:

-Laelth

[Gregorian]

37. I don't believe it. (just a weird thought I had)

What if...

What if this is something purposely drummed up to sting Obama?


I'm wondering if this is some kind of Rovian foul play.

Watch to see what happens to Blago in the end. What if he was given the ok to do this? And what if he was given cash enough to pay for a short stay in prison? And what if he's found guilty and spends either no time, or minimal time in jail?

I don't know. But I'm just spewing this out onto the internets.

[Occam Bandage]

39. He's been under investigation for three years.

You're telling me Karl Rove has been plotting for three years to out a guy who has only geographic connections to Obama, on charges unrelated to Obama, a month after the election?

If that's the kind of plans Rove comes up with, I think we're all pretty safe.

[Gregorian]

40. I just found that out. Oops. He's been a crap gov. for a long time. No Rovian tricks here.

Thanks. I knew better. But then sometimes weird thoughts can be valuable. Not this time. :)

[JAbuchan08]

41. I think that many Democrats are justifiably suspicious when Democrats are investigated

in an era when so many Republican crimes are unprosecuted.

This is not to say that no Democrats commit crimes, but part of what makes us Democrats is our skepticism. We are not like Republicans who will jump on the political bandwagon and blow with the prevailing political wind - we need to be convinced. I'm waiting for the evidence to be aired, but right now it does look pretty bad for Blago.

[nemo137]

42. This is a poor choice to do that with, though.

Blago is almost universally hated in Illinois (I've seen approval ratings ranging from 8-13%), had blocked up Springfield for years, costs the taxpayers an assload of money in bad financial times by refusing to live in the Governor's Mansion and insisting on being flown from Chicago, and has been under a constant cloud of corruption for years. He is the last person you can defend without looking stupid. I'm disappointed that so many people bought into his "look at me, I stand up for the common man against the big mean banks" stunt the other day.

[JAbuchan08]

45. I'm not defending him.

I'm simply saying that Democrats are justifiably skeptical.

I'm certain that there will be very few die-hards defending him even as he is convicted of crimes, but the DOJ should be forced to prove their case thoroughly.

I don't want Blago convicted. I don't want him exhonerated. I want justice served, whatever the end result.