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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: thundley4 on December 17, 2008, 04:05:13 PM
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I didn't think this would fly.
(http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081217/capt.f0761c53cbf64c5b8cdbbbc2c57bf1c4.aptopix_illinois_governor__ilpb108.jpg?x=213&y=124&xc=1&yc=1&wc=409&hc=238&q=100&sig=JqMcGsWfDigdn1LlvdyB.g--)
Hey Rod, there's four fingers pointing back at you. :rotf:
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a claim that Gov. Rod Blagojevich is unfit to serve, erasing what could have been the quickest path to forcing him out of office as he faces federal charges.
Meanwhile, an attorney for the governor signaled that another path — impeachment — won't be easy. Ed Genson told the state House panel deciding whether to recommend impeachment that there's no evidence to back up claims that Blagojevich demanded kickbacks in exchange for a Senate appointment, and he dismissed the secretly recorded conversations that form the heart of the criminal case as "people jabbering."
Genson also sharply challenged the panel itself, saying some members should be removed because they've clearly already made up their minds.
Blagojevich himself said Wednesday that he wants to address the public about allegations that he sought kickbacks in choosing a successor for President-elect Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate. "I can't wait to begin to tell my side of the story," he said, but when that would happen remained unclear.
No balls court. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081217/ap_on_re_us/illinois_governor)
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Well that explains why Blago was/is in no hurry to resign.
Seems to me that he knows the fix is in.
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Good. If the libs want to stay consistent, then making him leave would overturn an election (Clinton impeachment, anyone). Let him stay, keep it in the news.
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I am still trying to understand why Mr. Fitzmass did what he did when he did it. Did he want a Supreme Court appointment and Obama refused to play ball? It seems like there isn't much evidence except for the phone calls and Fitzmass seems to have acted in such a way that any potential jury pool could be tainted.
It's entertaining as hell but I just don't get what Fitzpatrick was thinking. Baffling.
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I am still trying to understand why Mr. Fitzmass did what he did when he did it. Did he want a Supreme Court appointment and Obama refused to play ball? It seems like there isn't much evidence except for the phone calls and Fitzmass seems to have acted in such a way that any potential jury pool could be tainted.
It's entertaining as hell but I just don't get what Fitzpatrick was thinking. Baffling.
The timing of Mr. Fitzmas arresting Blago had nothing to do with politics and everything to do with the Chicago Trib refusing to sit on the story any longer:
Members of Fitzgerald's team are livid the scheme didn't advance, at least for a little longer, according to some people close to Fitzgerald's office. Why? Because had the plot unfolded, they might have had an opportunity most feds can only dream of: A chance to catch the sale of a Senate seat on tape, including the sellers and the buyers.
The precise timing of Tuesday's dramatic, pre-dawn arrest was not dictated by Fitzgerald, nor was it dictated by the pace of Blagojevich's alleged "crime spree." It was dictated by the Chicago Tribune, according to people close to the investigation and a careful reading of the FBI's affidavit in the case.
At Fitzgerald's request, the paper had been holding back a story since October detailing how a confidante of Blagojevich was cooperating with his office. . . . But editors decided to publish the story on Friday, Dec. 5, ending the Tribune's own cooperation deal with the prosecutor.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/12/14/the-real-story-behind-the-rushed-blagojevich-bust-how-the-feds-are-frustrated-by-losing-maybe-half-of-their-case/