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"Chicago Election Machine" Troubles?

Mike

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Did Rezko blow the whistle? Is Obama Next?

Report; Illinois Governor Taken Into Federal Custody
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was pulled from his home in Chicago and put in federal custody Tuesday morning.

FOXNews.com

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was taken into federal custody at his North Side home, The Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday, the next step in a three-year federal corruption investigation of "pay-to-play politics" in the governor's administration.

The Tribune said federal authorities were permitted by a judge to record the governor secretly before the November election after raising concerns that a replacement for President-elect Barack Obama would be tainted. That's the latest in an investigation that has included recordings of the governor and the cooperation of one of his closest friends.

The U.S. attorney's office would not confirm the information to FOX News.

A Blagojevich spokesman said he was unaware of the development.
 

jigs

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wouldn't it be interesting to see how far this Chicago Corruption trickles down too....I hope they areest a whole bunch of them
 

Steve

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Who will replace Obama now.. or better yet who will pick the replacement for the empty seat of the empty suit?

Blagojevich was elected on a promise to end the corruption in Illinois government


On December 9, 2008, Blagojevich was taken into custody by federal law enforcement agents at his home in Chicago. The FBI confirmed in a 76 page press release allegations that the Governor solicited significant contributions from candidates for consideration to fill Barack Obama's vacant US Senate seat.


and by the looks of things that is the tip of the iceberg on his corruption accusations.
 

Mike

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Steve said:
Who will replace Obama now.. or better yet who will pick the replacement for the empty seat of the empty suit?

Blagojevich was elected on a promise to end the corruption in Illinois government


On December 9, 2008, Blagojevich was taken into custody by federal law enforcement agents at his home in Chicago. The FBI confirmed in a 76 page press release allegations that the Governor solicited significant contributions from candidates for consideration to fill Barack Obama's vacant US Senate seat.


and by the looks of things that is the tip of the iceberg on his corruption accusations.

The entire complaint/evidence/affadavit here:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/acrobat/2008-12/43789434.pdf

Looks like Rezko was involved and blew some whistles... :shock:

What a crooked bunch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SELLING A SENATE SEAT!!!! :shock:
 

fff

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Blagojevich is the first Democratic elected Governor of IL in 25 years. Three previous Republican Governors have either stepped down under investigation or not run for reelection. This one is actually in jail:

Ryan, 69, a Republican known worldwide as a leading critic of the death penalty, gradually became the focus of a corruption investigation that began even before his 1998 election as governor. The scandal was a factor in his 2001 decision not to seek a second term.

The investigation initially focused on bribes exchanged for licenses for unqualified truck drivers but was later expanded to a range of alleged bribery and other corruption in the Ryan era.

Ryan, who served as secretary of state from 1991 to 1999, has said he knew there was a culture of corruption in the secretary of state's office but was unaware of the specifics.

The indictment alleges Ryan received illegal cash payments and gifts, vacations and personal services. It says members of his family got cash loans and gifts totaling $167,000.

The 22-count indictment charges that Ryan himself directed payments totaling more than $300,000 to prominent lobbyist Donald Udstuen.

"The charged conduct by former Gov. Ryan reflects a disturbing violation of trust," U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald said in a statement. "Ryan is charged with betraying the citizens of Illinois for over a decade on state business, both large and small."

Ryan became the 66th person charged in the investigation; 59 people and his campaign committee have been convicted so far.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/12/17/ryan.ap/
 

Mike

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fff said:
Blagojevich is the first Democratic elected Governor of IL in 25 years. Three previous Republican Governors have either stepped down under investigation or not run for reelection. This one is actually in jail:

Ryan, 69, a Republican known worldwide as a leading critic of the death penalty, gradually became the focus of a corruption investigation that began even before his 1998 election as governor. The scandal was a factor in his 2001 decision not to seek a second term.

The investigation initially focused on bribes exchanged for licenses for unqualified truck drivers but was later expanded to a range of alleged bribery and other corruption in the Ryan era.

Ryan, who served as secretary of state from 1991 to 1999, has said he knew there was a culture of corruption in the secretary of state's office but was unaware of the specifics.

The indictment alleges Ryan received illegal cash payments and gifts, vacations and personal services. It says members of his family got cash loans and gifts totaling $167,000.

The 22-count indictment charges that Ryan himself directed payments totaling more than $300,000 to prominent lobbyist Donald Udstuen.

"The charged conduct by former Gov. Ryan reflects a disturbing violation of trust," U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald said in a statement. "Ryan is charged with betraying the citizens of Illinois for over a decade on state business, both large and small."

Ryan became the 66th person charged in the investigation; 59 people and his campaign committee have been convicted so far.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/12/17/ryan.ap/

Doesn't matter if they are Dem or Repub in Chicago........they are all crooked.

Where's this guy you just elected to POTUS from now??????? :lol: :lol:
 

hopalong

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fff said:
Blagojevich is the first Democratic elected Governor of IL in 25 years. Three previous Republican Governors have either stepped down under investigation or not run for reelection. This one is actually in jail:

Ryan, 69, a Republican known worldwide as a leading critic of the death penalty, gradually became the focus of a corruption investigation that began even before his 1998 election as governor. The scandal was a factor in his 2001 decision not to seek a second term.

The investigation initially focused on bribes exchanged for licenses for unqualified truck drivers but was later expanded to a range of alleged bribery and other corruption in the Ryan era.

Ryan, who served as secretary of state from 1991 to 1999, has said he knew there was a culture of corruption in the secretary of state's office but was unaware of the specifics.

The indictment alleges Ryan received illegal cash payments and gifts, vacations and personal services. It says members of his family got cash loans and gifts totaling $167,000.

The 22-count indictment charges that Ryan himself directed payments totaling more than $300,000 to prominent lobbyist Donald Udstuen.

"The charged conduct by former Gov. Ryan reflects a disturbing violation of trust," U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald said in a statement. "Ryan is charged with betraying the citizens of Illinois for over a decade on state business, both large and small."

Ryan became the 66th person charged in the investigation; 59 people and his campaign committee have been convicted so far.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/12/17/ryan.ap/

Looks like the machine just contiued to corrupt ALL the officials.
 

kolanuraven

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Mike said:
Where's this guy you just elected to POTUS from now??????? :lol: :lol:


Working trying to get this country out of the ditch that the Rep's have run us into for the last decade....................................
 

hopalong

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kolanuraven said:
Mike said:
Where's this guy you just elected to POTUS from now??????? :lol: :lol:


Working trying to get this country out of the ditch that the Rep's have run us into for the last decade....................................[/quote

Read the question if you can!!! :roll:

the Question was WHERE IS HE FROM!!!!!

Geeze :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: You are getting as bad as fff in not paying attention
 

jcummins

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They are saying Illinois is the most corrupt state in the union. It’s ‘appalling’.

Our president elect is a student of that corrupt political machine, in Sheeeehicago.

What a JOKE our whole political system is.
 

fff

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hopalong said:
kolanuraven said:
Mike said:
Where's this guy you just elected to POTUS from now??????? :lol: :lol:


Working trying to get this country out of the ditch that the Rep's have run us into for the last decade....................................[/quote

Read the question if you can!!! :roll:

the Question was WHERE IS HE FROM!!!!!

Geeze :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: You are getting as bad as fff in not paying attention

Hawaii, USA.
 

Mike

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fff said:
hopalong said:
kolanuraven said:
Working trying to get this country out of the ditch that the Rep's have run us into for the last decade....................................[/quote

Read the question if you can!!! :roll:

the Question was WHERE IS HE FROM!!!!!

Geeze :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: You are getting as bad as fff in not paying attention

Hawaii, USA.

Which hospital in Hawaii?

Seems the family can't make up their mind as to which one he was born in. :roll:
 

fff

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Sandhusker said:
Ask his paternal grandmother, she says she was there - and she's never been to Hawaii.

Who says she claims to have been there? Berg, Corsi, the "Bishop?" Remember we were supposed to get "THE" tape that PROVED Obama was born in Kenya weeks ago. Where is it? It's a scam and you've bought into it hook, line and sinker. How much money have YOU sent Berg to keep the case going? :lol: :lol:
 

Mahoney-Pursley Ranch

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Report; Illinois Governor Taken Into Federal Custody
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was pulled from his home in Chicago and put in federal custody Tuesday morning.

FOXNews.com

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was taken into federal custody at his North Side home, The Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday, the next step in a three-year federal corruption investigation of "pay-to-play politics" in the governor's administration.

The Tribune said federal authorities were permitted by a judge to record the governor secretly before the November election after raising concerns that a replacement for President-elect Barack Obama would be tainted. That's the latest in an investigation that has included recordings of the governor and the cooperation of one of his closest friends.

The U.S. attorney's office would not confirm the information to FOX News.

A Blagojevich spokesman said he was unaware of the development.
[/quote]



Would y'all expect anything less from the city that Al Capone ran ? It will never change in Chi Town or Illinois.
 

nonothing

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I think sometimes you have to call it how it is.....If this guy was trying to make personal finacial gains from selling Obama's seat ....He should go strait to jail.....I do not see how Obama can be blamed for any of this....but if the govenor is guilty he should pay the price....
 

Sandhusker

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fff said:
Sandhusker said:
Ask his paternal grandmother, she says she was there - and she's never been to Hawaii.

Who says she claims to have been there? Berg, Corsi, the "Bishop?" Remember we were supposed to get "THE" tape that PROVED Obama was born in Kenya weeks ago. Where is it? It's a scam and you've bought into it hook, line and sinker. How much money have YOU sent Berg to keep the case going? :lol: :lol:

I've heard it. I've also heard another tape where she again says that she was at his birth - and then another guy comes in and starts talking for her, saying that he was born in the US. You won't find them on the Huffington Post - do a google search and you'll find them in 5 min. But, you'll then claim that the woman wasn't Obama's grandmother but an imposter planted by Palin, so maybe you just ought to save your time. You're not interested in facts, anyway.
 

VanC

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fff said:
Blagojevich is the first Democratic elected Governor of IL in 25 years. Three previous Republican Governors have either stepped down under investigation or not run for reelection. This one is actually in jail:

Ryan, 69, a Republican known worldwide as a leading critic of the death penalty, gradually became the focus of a corruption investigation that began even before his 1998 election as governor. The scandal was a factor in his 2001 decision not to seek a second term.

The investigation initially focused on bribes exchanged for licenses for unqualified truck drivers but was later expanded to a range of alleged bribery and other corruption in the Ryan era.

Ryan, who served as secretary of state from 1991 to 1999, has said he knew there was a culture of corruption in the secretary of state's office but was unaware of the specifics.

The indictment alleges Ryan received illegal cash payments and gifts, vacations and personal services. It says members of his family got cash loans and gifts totaling $167,000.

The 22-count indictment charges that Ryan himself directed payments totaling more than $300,000 to prominent lobbyist Donald Udstuen.

"The charged conduct by former Gov. Ryan reflects a disturbing violation of trust," U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald said in a statement. "Ryan is charged with betraying the citizens of Illinois for over a decade on state business, both large and small."

Ryan became the 66th person charged in the investigation; 59 people and his campaign committee have been convicted so far.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/12/17/ryan.ap/

Ryan becomes the third Illinois governor in recent history to be convicted of white-collar crimes, following Dan Walker and Otto Kerner. Ryan becomes the second Illinois Secretary of State with evidence of an affinity for cash, following Paul Powell who upon his death was found to have $800,000 in shoe boxes in his hotel room.

Thank you for the history lesson. Having lived under the thumb of the most corrupt city in America my whole life, it seems my knowledge of corruption in Illinois politics pales next to yours. :roll:

You seem to have left a few things out, however. I'm sure this had to be inadvertent, since no one so interested in this subject could possibly research it and only come up with one Republican governor.

Let's see, just off the top of my head, there's Congressman Dan Rostenkowski and Cook County Democratic Chairman Ed Vrdolyak. There was Operation Greylord, that led to the indictment of something like 15 Cook County judges and 10 Deputy Sherriffs. There was an Operation Silver Shovel, or something like that, that led to the conviction of 6 or 8 Chicago Alderman. These were just the office holders. There were dozens of others indicted and convicted. There was the aforementioned Dan Walker, Otto Kerner, and Paul Powell. And now our present governor, bless his heart, joins the long, proud tradition of corruption in Illinois politics.

Is there a common thread connecting all these people, other than the obvious fact that they were low life crooks? As a matter of fact, there is. They were all Democrats, and it's just the tip of the iceberg. Can't imagine how you could have missed them, you being the self appointed research expert on this forum and all.

Have there been corrupt Republicans in Illinois? Of course, but their numbers don't even begin to compare to the number of Democrats that have been investigated, indicted, and convicted. I know. I've lived it, and I even voted for some of them.

You need look no further than Chicago and Cook County. They have always been controlled by Democrats and there has probably been no bigger hotbed of corruption in the country. I swear if they had every FBI agent in the country assigned to investigate Cook County politics, it's doubtful they'd be able to keep up.
 
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Sandhusker said:
fff said:
Sandhusker said:
Ask his paternal grandmother, she says she was there - and she's never been to Hawaii.

Who says she claims to have been there? Berg, Corsi, the "Bishop?" Remember we were supposed to get "THE" tape that PROVED Obama was born in Kenya weeks ago. Where is it? It's a scam and you've bought into it hook, line and sinker. How much money have YOU sent Berg to keep the case going? :lol: :lol:

I've heard it. I've also heard another tape where she again says that she was at his birth - and then another guy comes in and starts talking for her, saying that he was born in the US. You won't find them on the Huffington Post - do a google search and you'll find them in 5 min. But, you'll then claim that the woman wasn't Obama's grandmother but an imposter planted by Palin, so maybe you just ought to save your time. You're not interested in facts, anyway.

Sandhusker-- you claim to be the fact man--- You or jigs or Mike give us the tape...

Or as Mike loves to say---- You're LYING again..... And I don't throw that out lightly like he and your chosen racist right wingnut brethern do...... :(
 
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