While I did hear about the Supreme Court decision on the radio, TFA doesn't say anything about it that I can find. Did it change after the headline was written? Did submitter not read TFA? Did anybody really think the court was going to preempt the legislature on such a clearly political question? (Yeah, I'm calling you a dumbass whoever asked for court intervention.)

Excellent way of summing up the article in just two sentences. +1

/"Illinois Supreme Court: Your a idiot, GTFO" would also have been acceptable.

Good. While I want this guy to GTFO, this wasn't the way to accomplish it.

IXI Jim IXI: Good. While I want this guy to GTFO, this wasn't the way to accomplish it.

Exactly. The RIGHT way would involve a mob, pitchforks, and torches.

IXI Jim IXI: Good. While I want this guy to GTFO, this wasn't the way to accomplish it.

I agree. If you're going to crucify him, do it by the book so it doesn't come back to haunt you.

Hey biatch, we have a constitution for a reason.

He should either step down or suffer impeachment. The court has no right to declare him unfit; he was already signing bills this week since coming back on the job.

Sin_City_Superhero: Exactly. The RIGHT way would involve a mob, pitchforks, and torches.

Well, it saves on paperwork...

"This is a real witchhunt," Genson said of the frenzied calls for Blagojevich to step down.

Well, maybe it's a real witch?

I think a few Illinois politicians wish he would just vanish right now.

/Can't wait until he sings to cut his sentence down.

natetimm: IXI Jim IXI: Good. While I want this guy to GTFO, this wasn't the way to accomplish it.

I agree. If you're going to crucify him, do it by the book so it doesn't come back to haunt you.

It would be the cheapest way to do it. And an impeachment or special election will cost Millions.

HappyFarker: It would be the cheapest way to do it. And an impeachment or special election will cost Millions.

OMG laws totally suck!

/Moran

Has anybody identified what drugs the gov and his wife are on? Just guessing the powdery, white nose candy.

Mouser
"This is a real witchhunt," Genson said of the frenzied calls for Blagojevich to step down.

Well, maybe it's a real witch?

We need to administer the float test. It's the only way to be certain.

HappyFarker: And an impeachment or special election will cost Millions.

Maybe we can get our remaining democrat senator to hook us up with an earmark to pay for it.

HappyFarker: natetimm: IXI Jim IXI: Good. While I want this guy to GTFO, this wasn't the way to accomplish it.

I agree. If you're going to crucify him, do it by the book so it doesn't come back to haunt you.

It would be the cheapest way to do it. And an impeachment or special election will cost Millions.

I'm not happy with sacrificing the air of legitimacy for the benefit of expediency. I know he's crooked, so do you, but if we want to act like a nation of laws then we need to do it right so other people can't be strung up and ruined so easily for different (political) reasons. It's doing the right thing now that will save us from having terrible precedent next time you have opposing parties in different government offices.

Sin_City_Superhero: IXI Jim IXI: Good. While I want this guy to GTFO, this wasn't the way to accomplish it.

Exactly. The RIGHT way would involve a mob, pitchforks, and torches.


And this is just the guy to lead it!

HappyFarker:
It would be the cheapest way to do it. And an impeachment or special election will cost Millions.

...and the Democrats could still pretend he wasn't a long-standing member of one of the most corrupt political groups in the US. "Oh, he was just crazy. There aren't that many corrupt politicians in the state and city Barack Obama spent most of his life working in, and when Obama was supporting him, it was in a 'help the crazy guy' way, not a 'he's a dirty politician and don't care' way..."

NewportBarGuy

Cute. And, sadly, rather apt.

Man, ain't this dude just like a bad penny? Why on earth won't he just go away? That's what I don't understand. Caught (for the most part) red-handed, everyone's after his arse and he just refuses to admit he was being a criminal douchebag.

It's a pity that we almost accept corruption as the cost of doing business these days. We really put up with some disgraceful farking shiat.

Shaggy_C: Hey biatch, we have a constitution for a reason.

He should either step down or suffer impeachment. The court has no right to declare him unfit; he was already signing bills this week since coming back on the job.

It was worth a shot. The stupid rod isn't going to step down, and god knows how long impeachment will take.

Of course, impeachment hearings should be funny. I mean, most of the Dems in the state houses already didn't like him, let alone the Republicans.

phenn: Man, ain't this dude just like a bad penny? Why on earth won't he just go away?

Well, if you don't care about the bad press and making your state the laughingstock of the nation, what's the downside for him?

Why the Justice dept didn't wait till he actually took a bribe

Sin_City_Superhero:
Exactly. The RIGHT way would involve a the mob. , pitchforks, and torches.

ftfm

phenn: Why on earth won't he just go away? That's what I don't understand.

He can negotiate from a position of power (giving up his Governorship) to get a reduced sentence from prosecutors.

However, this dumbass has Patrick freakin' Fitzgerald after him. The guy won't deal unless his evidence is shoddy (it doesn't look like it is).

The only out Blojobovich has is to go on live tv, cry and apologize, then immediately resign. Fitzgerald might expedite the case and go for less time if he did that.

IXI Jim IXI: Well, if you don't care about the bad press and making your state the laughingstock of the nation, what's the downside for him?

I would think utter shame would be a powerful motivator, but that doesn't seem to be the case with this chump. Meh. With hair like that, hanging on to human dignity does seem to be a lost cause.

I love my home state, and I'm proud to be an Illinoisan. In my field, when people ask me where I'm from, I truthfully answer "Chicago," and they nod with approval.

But damn if I'm not elated to be watching this clusterfark from another state.

/Not that California is without its own clusterfarks.
//But for those, I can laugh and say I'm not from here.

Blago's been planning this ever since he was pinched. Why would he not step down? Because he plans on holding the governorship hostage in exchange for a decent deal on jail time.

Well, for some Attention Whores, any free publicity is good publicity. And, his career seems to be going places. Like prison. And, hopefully, the sooner the better.

Shouldn't that be 'Your retarded'?

phenn: IXI Jim IXI: Well, if you don't care about the bad press and making your state the laughingstock of the nation, what's the downside for him?

I would think utter shame would be a powerful motivator, but that doesn't seem to be the case with this chump. Meh. With hair like that, hanging on to human dignity does seem to be a lost cause.

Public humiliation may have worked a few decades ago, but now-a-days this kind of thing will be forgotten the moment some other politician gets caught doing something stupid. Which, as things progress is starting to happen on an increasingly rapid frequency.

NewportBarGuy: The only out Blojobovich has is to go on live tv, cry and apologize, then immediately resign.

A fine tradition, indeed.



I hope Fitz cooks his miserable arse. Let Bowlofdickovich serve as an example.

DUE PROCESS
GUILTY

You know, the same treatment given to Republicans.

/Illinois AG should have her own impeachment hearing over having bypassed due process and trying to overthrow the Governor

Sin_City_Superhero: Exactly. The RIGHT way would involve a mob, pitchforks, and torches.

I like handcuffs and angry man-haters with big strap-ons. Wait. For the governor?!

natetimm: I agree. If you're going to crucify him, do it by the book so it doesn't come back to haunt you.

WRONG! When you crucify them they come back 3 days later.

It's not too late for him to pull a Budd Dwyer...

Is it just me, or does Genson look like the slimiest lawyer on the planet?

I mean, you can almost smell the grease when you see him on TV.

I hear Caroline Kennedy wants to replace him.

Shouldn't the headline have something to do with the article?

Or do you engage in self-tagging there, subby?

ecmoRandomNumbers: Is it just me, or does Genson look like the slimiest lawyer on the planet?

I mean, you can almost smell the grease when you see him on TV.

I think his jowls take hours to stop jiggling once he is asleep.

bartink: I think his jowls take hours to stop jiggling once he is asleep.

That's some good sexxin' right there.

The best thing about Blago' is that he will not go shut up or go down alone I bet.

Anyone have a dead pool running on him yet?

phenn: That's some good sexxin' right there.

I just threw up in my mouth...a lot.

cirby: HappyFarker:
It would be the cheapest way to do it. And an impeachment or special election will cost Millions.

...and the Democrats could still pretend he wasn't a long-standing member of one of the most corrupt political groups in the US. "Oh, he was just crazy. There aren't that many corrupt politicians in the state and city Barack Obama spent most of his life working in, and when Obama was supporting him, it was in a 'help the crazy guy' way, not a 'he's a dirty politician and don't care' way..."

I was wondering how long it'd take before some jerkass tried to drag Obama into it...damn, that didn't take long...

Let's wait for the evidence before we put on the hoods and light the crosses, m'kay?

theologian: DUE PROCESS
GUILTY

You know, the same treatment given to Republicans.

/Illinois AG should have her own impeachment hearing over having bypassed due process and trying to overthrow the Governor

Given that the state constitution includes a process for the governor to lose power due to disability, it was worth a try. Especially since by going to the court she essentially was following due process (rather than just issuing a press release that Quinn is now in charge).

peterstork670: Given that the state constitution includes a process for the governor to lose power due to disability, it was worth a try.

Aside from that whole "there's nothing wrong with him" thing.

IXI Jim IXI: It's not too late for him to pull a Budd Dwyer...

"Hey, man, nice shot"

phenn
NewportBarGuy - Cute. And, sadly, rather apt.

Man, ain't this dude just like a bad penny? Why on earth won't he just go away? That's what I don't understand. Caught (for the most part) red-handed, everyone's after his arse and he just refuses to admit he was being a criminal douchebag.

That may be a result of his deluded thought processes.

It's a pity that we almost accept corruption as the cost of doing business these days. We really put up with some disgraceful farking shiat.

I don't see the American public accepting this as just business as usual. Neither will his opponents/detractors/enemies.

Is it impeachable? Yes. Once they gather all the evidence.

Is it right to say he's incapable of being governor? No.

/So, they got it right. He's a douchebag, but don't subvert the law to try and oust a guy who's subverting the law!

jake3988: /So, they got it right. He's a douchebag, but don't subvert the law to try and oust a guy who's subverting the law!

No, no. None of that. Just that he's rather unbelievable in defying Illioisers (?) for the sake of holding on to power. It's just vulgar coming from someone who is supposed to serve the public.

Yes, let the process run itself out. He's just turning into a cartoon figure of what's wrong in the system.

Princess Lisa Madigan and her beard need to go away.