After Proclaiming His Own Innocence, Blago Pardons 22 Illinoisans

Hey ABC. You should have at least done some research on the nature of the “crimes” these individuals commited. I read an article in the Chicago Tribune, and it looks like many of them are sympathetic convicts, such as people who have been cleared through DNA evidence, but whose convictions prevent them from leading normal lives.

His making under cover friends quickly!!!!

I admire Blago’s ability to persevere during adversity…the sign of a true leader.

it occurs to me that he may just pardon everyone so his approval rating improves.

LMAO, Obamie will be forced to tell Rahm emanual to step aside after he has been exposed as talking directly to Blago, Abc silent of course…the networks will again be the laughing stock of America when Obamas Team goes down for scandals…Will Bill Richardson be next ?

I think, he thinks he is the “King” because he wears his hair like Elvis Presley, and nobody would ever doubt the King.

Americans deserve this man. Within one month, the media will cease reporting on him and Americans will have forgotten all of his corruption. Mark my word, there is a revolution brewing.

This guy is a nutcase and a half. He thinks if he pardons some convicts that people will think he’s a great guy? I’m glad I don’t live in Illinois… He’s starting to make me appreciate ol’ Mitch Daniels and I didn’t think that was possible. Wait Mitch sold our toll road to foreigners so I guess it’s almost the same thing.

Did anyone ever hear of innocent until proven guilty, in a court of law, not by the media or rumors. He has every right to remain on the job until the charges are proven and he is found guilty by a jury.

Typical Democrat Governor.

The governor makes the entire
state legislature look like
a bunch of useless nincompoops.

The two people who are determined that our Governor is being railroaded should move to Illinois, or if already here, should move downstate – say Springfield, the true capital. You’ll notice the Governor’s news conference was in Chicago, and he couldn’t bother to come to Springfield to attend his own impeachment.

Representatives for the 2016 Olympics will be visiting finalist host city Chicago from April 2-8, 2009.
The full IOC will make their decision in October 2009 for the 2016 host city.
Governor, on top of everything else,by dragging this matter out, you may well be costing your State hosting rights for the 2016 Olympic Games.
I hope you know what you are doing. So far, the benefit of the doubt isn’t in your favor.

Julie, you SHOULD appreciate Mitch Daniels! Indiana is lucky to finally have competent leadership after the parade of Democratic bozos who went before. Illinois would be wise to take a lesson from its neighbor on how to run a state.

TPH3000, I hope you’re right and I hope that the American people have enough sense to organize an armed revolution and an overthow of this corrupt government. If we don’t, we’re screwed!

julie…
mitch daniels is the best governor indiana has had in a LONG time. he gets results.

Something stinks in Denmark… The fish rots from the head down.

I wonder if these pardoned people each paid $25,000 to the Governor ?

The crazies are out in full force this morning I see. To RRRobert you forgot all the Republican scumbags in your post. How convenient. To anon: Hello Gov. Blago, do your state a favor and resign…lol. To Mihann and Nora: I bet you were ranting about how Jesse Jackson Jr. was corrupt and a criminal. I bet you also didn’t know that it was Jesse Jr. who was the main informant for the FBI. Gosh, imagine that. Why don’t you talk about all the corruption of the past 8 years? Why don’t you talk about no bid contracts awarded to Bush’s pals in the most contracted out war ever? Uh huh…I thought so.

This man has serious emotional/mental issues and needs to be locked down.

i just dont understand how pols allow the gov/feds to convince them that someone is “guilty” and so should resign or face impeachment. Blago needs to get his presumption of innonence. Why should he resign? Anyone can get arrested, but this not mean guilt. What should happen if Blago is found not guilty? Will Obama issue an apology and issue a news-making announcement that the gov should continue. Should the Illinois legislature be impeached for proceeding with impeachment out of an allegation and an arrest. Fitzgerald overstepped his boundaries in making an untimely arrest. Now the gov has no political capital. This case shows an arrest an doom someone’s career, even a gov.

McCreevey from Jersey
SPitzer from New York
Blogo from Illinois
all liberal dems !
The change is coming folks , change you need ….LOL !!!
Barry

I’m glad I don’t live in Illinois. Never known of one person that I felt I could be proud of that came from there since Lincoln. I’m registered Democrat but my party has embarrased me so much I’m going to register Republican or Independent.

Of the 22 pardoned, only one had exonerating DNA evidence. Blagojevich evidently has a reputation for not attending to pardons and had a backlog of 1,600 for the past 6 years. Then suddenly, on the day he publicly declares his innocence vowing to fight the last breath, he’s giving out pardons. Maybe it’s an assertion of power along with innocence before he goes down. It’s not unlike the Bush administration’s attempts to undo environmental and woman’s rights safeguards before he finishes his term. It could be said both have a power driven agenda to accomplish in a limited amount of time.

Typo: women’s rights

You all need to shut up and celebrate christmas.

Yep, ya gotta set a “thief to catch a thief!” The authorities should look into every one of these relationships and others connected to ensure that there is no hanky-panky or deals cut for their declaration of “innocence”. Hmmm, there must be some of those for this sleazeball will never do anything unless it is for some kind of gain for himself.

The funny thing is that the state legislature is terrified at the thought of holding a state-wide special election for the open US Senate seat because they are AFRAID of the voters! The people of Illinois might just say “Enough is enough!” and elect (gasp) a Republican!

The question still remains – what has the Governor done different than what we see the Legislative Branch of our government do daily for the benefit of the lobbyists, not the taxpayer? It “Pay for Play”.

You know he did only talk about what his illegal intension were. He didn’t actually sell the seat and no money changed hands from all I’ve read so far. He just might get out of this.

mmmm

All the democrats that are complaining about the governor being corrupt, you voted for Obama and he doesn’t have a good background with his ties to corrupt people and especially the bomber Ayers. Good for him for pardoning people that were innocent of the fact. How many people have been jailed for over 20 years and proven innocent later. I don’t like Quinn, Lisa Madigan or Mike Madigan. Lisa Madigan wants the governor out because she wants that seat and she wants to run for governor herself. Get a grip.

is someone checking to see how much each pardonee paid for his/her pardon?

This is going to make a great movie. I wonder if Hollywood is trying to buy the rights to this story yet, even before we know the outcome.

So desperate we are to look to the Book of Mormon for wisdom?
It is fabricated by another con artist, Joseph Smith, Jun.
He was assassinated by a mob after they learned the governor planned to free him and his brother Hyrum although they had committed many crimes.
I have known many Mormons that were good neighbors, lovely people and trustworthy but the doctrines/teachings of Mormonism has some incredible black holes and errors that have devastated countless victims.
Take for example those that were murdered by Brigham Young’s gunslingers like Bill Hickman that admitted killing 100 people for Brigham under the belief that God told him to.
There have been many other lunatics and criminals that have used the same tactic to display and hold on to their power.
Read the Bible-it is True and we all be tested in the judgment by its precepts, the Ten Commandments, not what the latest Mormon prophet or any other has to say. 1Peter 1:24 ¶ For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
People and politics don’t have the answers, no matter what their motives.
Jesus said, “Without Me, you can do nothing!” John 15:5

You Americans are cute.
A nation trying to publicly crucify Blago for talking tough whilst blithely ignoring the distasteful sight of Washington (Rome) burning in the mid distance.
Hypocrisy on a mammoth scale.
Gay marriage is banned in one state – so lets collectively scream about our human rights being diminished (what about Gitmo?)
Obama reaches across aisle and asks a right-wing nutter to preside at his swearing in – so lets all jump up and down about Evangelical intolerance (don’t mention rendition, torture, illegal wiretapping).
etc etc
Does the average American realise that most of the world sees modern America as a funny amalgam of intolerance, arrogance, hypocrisy, & idiocy?
Heck, most nights watching the news we world citizens all want to throw our shoes at the American President (and every individual American citizen) – you guys are so busy whining about your personal disadvantage whilst visiting nothing but difficulty and woe on everybody else in the world.
Thank you for the financial crisis fellas.
Thank you for world wide instability.
Thank you for continuing to reinforce a stereotypical view of what America is all about by engaging in a feeding frenzy about one corrupt state politician – while Washington remains awash with actual war criminals.

(PS – re my above comment – sorry guys – got to the end of reading the days news and had to lash out – just like the majority of world citizens I can and do give the average American a hell of a lot of leeway cause you live in a pretty miserable little fishbowl. No health care. Bloody awful wages. no social security safety net. Incredibly expensive medicines. Corrupt an inept leaders. Guns everywhere. A huge number of disenfranchised. More people in jail than anywhere else on earth.
Sorry.
No need to lash out.
You got enough to deal with.
Hang in there. Jim.)

“I admire Blago’s ability to persevere during adversity…the sign of a true leader.”
does anyone else question the sanity of this poster, I admire his ability to lie in the face of tremendous evidence to his guilt. I’ll just deny, deny, deny, till my last breath, I’m sure sure some fool will believe me.

A 76-page complaint against
the governor that is without
any evidence filed by a
federal attorney.
In the wiretapped private
conversations the governor
was carrying on like a
crime-syndicate boss
just yapping and jabbering
away with this advisors.
Where is the corruption
evidence on the tapes?

Um no, some of the citizens of Il vote not to spend one dime on a special anything. With our budget deficit, winter has yet officialy began, early significant snow with ice – limited salt and room in deficit budget for employee wages – basics come before anything. Mind your own business, your state will be making choices soon. We in Il may not judge. Good luck.

The federal attorney and his
posse of ignorant and untrained
lawmen are the ones who crossed
the line by wiretapping the
governor’s private conversations.

If he pardons everyone to get an approval rating and anyone of those people commit an unspeakable crime, he’ll be the biggest a** that ever lived. He will be right up there with George Ryan and his truck license fiasco.

I wonder how much he sold each pardon for?

It’s very common. Blago is probably guilty, as is almost every other politician. Politicians are the pawns of the banksters. Banksters get politicians to participate in corruption so they can use it against them if the politicians ever turn on them. That is what happened. Blago turned on the banksters when he announced that the State would no longer do any business with Bank of America. Then, all of a sudden, POOF! He’s arrested. Why do you think nobody in the media has said anything about the banksters flying in corporate jets after their bailout ($700B), but they cried about the car companies’ execs flying in corporate jets to ask for their bailout money ($15B)? It’s clear that the banksters control the corporate media AND the politicians. The only reason Blago turned on BofA, knowing they would have him arrested, is that he has something major on Obama or someone close to him. However, his Chicago mob connections probably can’t protect him against the banksters; he’ll end up dying of a “heart attack” or something.