Relevant to this tentative thread:


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Or... because he's probably legally bound to bring charges for EVERYTHING that he has evidence for, he needs time to THROUGH all miles of evidence to make sure he's got all his ducks in a row before he can bring the charges.


Or not.

It would be a shame if he couldn't convict that SOB, just because of some technicality. I hope he buries Blago in charges, with plenty of irrefutable evidence.

This thing is Bleeping Golden
/bleeps are my own

I'll admit right off the bat that I haven't followed this story at all because, among the long list of things worth caring about in the world, this one just doesn't rank up there very high for me.

I'm aware generally about the allegations, but in a nut shell, can someone tell me what evidence they're aware of that makes it so clear he's guilty of something illegal at such an early stage in the legal process?

Dil Doe: I'll admit right off the bat that I haven't followed this story at all because, among the long list of things worth caring about in the world, this one just doesn't rank up there very high for me.

I'm aware generally about the allegations, but in a nut shell, can someone tell me what evidence they're aware of that makes it so clear he's guilty of something illegal at such an early stage in the legal process?

FBI wiretapped conversations regarding Obama's senate seat."I've got this thing, and it's farking golden. And I'm just not giving it up for farking nothing. I'm not going to do it, and I can always use it; I can parachute me there," and "It's a farkinging valuable thing -- thing. You just don't give it away for nothing,".

You can also go here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/us/politics/09text-illinois.html?_r=1 and read the transcript of the justice departments news conference announcing the charges.

Dil Doe: I'm aware generally about the allegations, but in a nut shell, can someone tell me what evidence they're aware of that makes it so clear he's guilty of something illegal at such an early stage in the legal process?

"Prosecutors revealed Wednesday that they captured "thousands of phone calls" on secret wiretaps in their investigation into Gov. Blagojevich...The FBI tapped Blagojevich's home phone and the cell phone of his onetime top aide Lon Monk, and two bugs were planted in the governor's campaign office."

Link

Public corruption cases are notoriously hard to prove beyond a reasonable doubt in court. Give them the time to make the case ironclad if you give a shiat about justice and not just cramming another talking point down Fark's collective throat.

Yep its the Dem led 2008, and now 2009

CULTURE Of Corruption

Message again, and again

winterwhile: Yep its the Dem led 2008, and now 2009

CULTURE Of Corruption

Message again, and again

Illinois' last governor was a Repube, and he's in jail right now. People died, it was kind of a big deal over here.

Fark It

winterwhile: Yep its the Dem led 2008, and now 2009

CULTURE Of Corruption

Message again, and again

Illinois' last governor was a Repube, and he's in jail right now. People died, it was kind of a big deal over here.

when you add in the Comrade Pelosi run House:

Cash in the freezer - yep he is still there
Countrywide loans - yep to Democrates who are regulators

and do we even touch Comrade Rangles, ongoing weekly scam's?

winterwhile: Fark It

winterwhile: Yep its the Dem led 2008, and now 2009

CULTURE Of Corruption

Message again, and again

Illinois' last governor was a Repube, and he's in jail right now. People died, it was kind of a big deal over here.

when you add in the Comrade Pelosi run House:

Cash in the freezer - yep he is still there
Countrywide loans - yep to Democrates who are regulators

and do we even touch Comrade Rangles, ongoing weekly scam's?

Way to dodge a person's response with WHARRGARBL.

winterwhile: Fark It

winterwhile: Yep its the Dem led 2008, and now 2009

CULTURE Of Corruption

Message again, and again

Illinois' last governor was a Repube, and he's in jail right now. People died, it was kind of a big deal over here.

when you add in the Comrade Pelosi run House:

Cash in the freezer - yep he is still there
Countrywide loans - yep to Democrates who are regulators

and do we even touch Comrade Rangles, ongoing weekly scam's?

2 "Comrades" earns you 1 ignore

God damn I hate to say this because I hate it when other people do it BUT...."Commie"? Really? Come on.

I've kept my mouth shut about this damn commie fascist thing but its rarely ever accurate. And I like a good argument as much as anyone but I like to have some actual meat to it. Not forced BS like this.

I can't even think of a single comment from anyone about the guy being innocent.

Forget it Jake, it's Illinois.


/wish I was still asleep.

log_jammin: I've kept my mouth shut about this damn commie fascist thing but its rarely ever accurate

Considering that communism is a left wing evil that has killed over 100 million and Fascism is not right wing at all but actually just less "left" than Communism, you're really on to something there.

verbaltoxin: winterwhile: Fark It

winterwhile: Yep its the Dem led 2008, and now 2009

CULTURE Of Corruption

Message again, and again

Illinois' last governor was a Repube, and he's in jail right now. People died, it was kind of a big deal over here.

when you add in the Comrade Pelosi run House:

Cash in the freezer - yep he is still there
Countrywide loans - yep to Democrates who are regulators

and do we even touch Comrade Rangles, ongoing weekly scam's?

Way to dodge a person's response with WHARRGARBL.

It's only WHARRGARBL when they do it.

verbaltoxin:

Way to dodge a person's response with WHARRGARBL.

Who are you talking to? He's the king of nonsense, he's taken over from Darconix (now that he's given his password away) and Skookum (now that he's been exposed as an alt)

Poke him with a stick if you want, but at least edit out his comments. He is widely ignored, and for good reason.

I can`t wait for this jerk to go to prison so I don`t have to look at that thing on his head anymore.

"and Fascism is not right wing at all but actually just less "left" than Communism, you're really on to something there."


Do you ever get tired of being the joke that no one laughs at? Does being the carrot top of fark.com mean that much to you?

shirtsbyeric
verbaltoxin: winterwhile: Fark It

winterwhile: Yep its the Dem led 2008, and now 2009

CULTURE Of Corruption

Message again, and again

Illinois' last governor was a Repube, and he's in jail right now. People died, it was kind of a big deal over here.

when you add in the Comrade Pelosi run House:

Cash in the freezer - yep he is still there
Countrywide loans - yep to Democrates who are regulators

and do we even touch Comrade Rangles, ongoing weekly scam's?

Way to dodge a person's response with WHARRGARBL.

It's only WHARRGARBL when they do it.

OK so I did not add in the Kennedy (Did her check clear) give me my senate seat

or

The Chairman Obama, I was intervieved for 2 hrs by the cops, but my internal investigation of myself.... say's I am

NOT a CROOK?

Yep it all happened in 2008

Illinois, jury of his peers, jury nullification in the works maybe?

I was intervieved for 2 hrs by the cops, but my internal investigation of myself...as well as the people who interviewed me AND the actual person being investigated say I had fark all to do with it.


You know....it used to be that republicans made a stand on ideals and had debates about what america should do and why and what we shouldn't do and why not. Now all you guys do as point and scream "libs!" And ignore reality.

So what have you guys gave here? "Every dictator was a lib!" And "obama gave testimony about a corrupt gov who he's avoided like the plauge since he took office".

Really. Grow the fark up. We got bigger fish to fry than your childish BS. Be a farking american instead of just a party member.

winterwhile: shirtsbyeric
verbaltoxin: winterwhile: Fark It

winterwhile: Yep its the Dem led 2008, and now 2009

CULTURE Of Corruption

Message again, and again

Illinois' last governor was a Repube, and he's in jail right now. People died, it was kind of a big deal over here.

when you add in the Comrade Pelosi run House:

Cash in the freezer - yep he is still there
Countrywide loans - yep to Democrates who are regulators

and do we even touch Comrade Rangles, ongoing weekly scam's?

Way to dodge a person's response with WHARRGARBL.

It's only WHARRGARBL when they do it.

OK so I did not add in the Kennedy (Did her check clear) give me my senate seat

or

The Chairman Obama, I was intervieved for 2 hrs by the cops, but my internal investigation of myself.... say's I am

NOT a CROOK?

Yep it all happened in 2008

It's amazing you manage to dress yourself in the morning.

It's chicago. Of course he's guilty. Along with Obama and Emanuel of course.

Billy McGoodGuy: ah, here come the liberal apologists....

What are the Libruls supposed to be defending again...?

I want to keep up with the WHARGGBL, but seeing as I am nearly out of tin foil, I may be ill-equipped.

And I really don't want to go out to get tin foil. I'm having trouble recovering from last night.

This is Patrick Fitzgerald we're talking about here. Not some rube prosecutor looking to make a name. Besides, it's reported that more people are coming forward than they know what to do with and they have to take depositions which take time, then they have to go over all the wire taps and check the info.

If anything, the delay means Blogwhateverabiatch should be crapping his pants.

Billy McGoodGuy: ah, here come the liberal apologists....

More like lieberal apeologists HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
/ 1/10

winterwhile: Yep its the Dem led 2008, and now 2009

CULTURE Of Corruption

Message again, and again

Isn't the last governor of Illinois, Goerge Ryan, a Republican, still in prison?

/lol, you fail

dave2198
winterwhile: Yep its the Dem led 2008, and now 2009

CULTURE Of Corruption

Message again, and again

Isn't the last governor of Illinois, Goerge Ryan, a Republican, still in prison?

/lol, you fail

You Gov is selling Senate seats, now if thats not Corruption.....

But then again I don't see any Dem's condeming their corrupt Rangel and Dodd for the curruption they are doing evry day.

Yea... sorry if reality bit's, it is the new Dem led

Culture of Corruption and its gotten real big with King Obama's

CHANGE YOU can BELIEVE IN

Funny how you ignored my comment and focused on his.

Oh well. Enjoy trying to sell the republican states of america in a buyers market.

jcooli09: he's taken over from Darconix (now that he's given his password away

Wait, wait, wait. What?

Naw I am just the evil WINTER

who will remind the spineless Dems of their Corruption for the next 4 years.

Then you all will be gone... thanks to your Comrads Pelosi, Dodd and Rangle led

Culture of corruption

Just because the media doesn't understand federal statutes doesn't mean that the prosecution is going to have a problem fielding a case.


Also, corruption cases happen all the time, and its relatively easy to convict on them. So this phantom difficulty just doesn't pan out.

There is a HOST of charges they could levy against this guy.... from the specific charges like bribery, to the nebulous (but very popular, and very easy to convict upon) theft of honest services. - or the "something's rotten in denmark, and even if we don't know what it is, you're still going to jail" charge.

If they push the case, this guy is going down.


The only "difficulty" in corruption cases is politics. US Attorneys are appointed, and usually aimed at the other party. For obvious reasons. Those constraints aren't of a legal nature.

Just sayin.

"and do we even touch Comrade Rangles, ongoing weekly scam's?"

Yet we haven't even looked at Bush Saudi connections and that war where we wiped out a threat to the King of Saud while letting another Saudi escape after attacking the US mainland.
Maybe they'll get around to that eventually.

winterwhile: dave2198
winterwhile: Yep its the Dem led 2008, and now 2009

CULTURE Of Corruption

Message again, and again

Isn't the last governor of Illinois, Goerge Ryan, a Republican, still in prison?

/lol, you fail

You Gov is selling Senate seats, now if thats not Corruption.....

But then again I don't see any Dem's condeming their corrupt Rangel and Dodd for the curruption they are doing evry day.

Yea... sorry if reality bit's, it is the new Dem led

Culture of Corruption and its gotten real big with King Obama's

CHANGE YOU can BELIEVE IN

So I guess you haven't heard of George Ryan?

winterwhile, you'll have enough to worry about in the coming years as the real slime and ooze of the two hopeless terms of the mindless, heartless, useless Bush adminstration keeps spilling out. There's enough stupidity and avarice there for at least 50 years of painful revelations about a once-proud party that gave in to the greedheads, fundie f*cks, and the war pigs who then drove a once-proud country to its lowest depths. Looks like you're doing your level best to help bury that party you seem to support. Keep up the good work!

The Repugnant Right:
Worst. Americans. Evar.

(stolen from Rich Miller)


THE REAL, UNEDITED FBI SURVEILLANCE TRANSCRIPT*
(Begin recording 534)

(Assistant) Hey, how's everything going?

RRB: Oh you know, it never stops, my hard work trying to find sources of revenue to plug the holes in that horrible budget the fine but misguided people of the Illinois General Assembly gave me. By not taking my guidance on the GRT, they've overspent us into a terrible hole.

(Assistant) That's so sad. If only they'd listened to you, we'd have a surplus right now...

RRB: I KNOW! Oh, well, they are the people's elected representatives and I must, as you know, honor their commitments, misguided as they may be. Fine, decent folks they are, to be sure, but just not as far-sighted as we are. Anyhow, I came up with a little project for the holidays coming up. You know that reclining office chair that Senator Obama used to sit in?

(Assistant) Yeah, those are really nice chairs.

RRB: Yeah, plush. When you jump into it, it's so soft it's like I could parachute into it. Might have some of that space-age foam in it...

(Assistant) ...that's good for a bad back, I hear...

RBB: ... yeah, or something. And the leather is first-rate. If nobody wants it, I'm gonna keep it for myself, it's worth it. Well, see, Obama doesn't need the chair in Washington, the new guy in Springfield will probably want a new chair too, so I figured, it's a pretty famous chair, and people LOVE to buy souvenir stuff, you know. Jim Thompson told me, collecting antiques is BIG money. So, I thought we could...

(Assistant) ...Sell the chair?

RRB: ...yeah, sell this actual chair, like in an auction, on ebay or something, or let that fine Gianoullias boy auction it for us, I think he does that stuff, and send the money to the general revenue fund. I'm not gonna give it up for (REDACTED) nothing, though. It's a valuable thing. We could get, I dunno, a couple thousand for it. At least. That's just a spit in the ocean, I know, it's not the cure for cancer or anything...

(Assistant) How's that project coming, by the way? Got the test tubes I sent over?

RRB: Oh, well, you know, if I had a little more research money to throw at it, I think we'd turn the corner on it finally, this stem-cell thing I'm playing with I feel certain is the answer... but wouldn't you know it, the money's tied up in building excess hospitals to treat symptoms instead of more research for the cure... I wish we could do something about that...

(Assistant) I'll see what I can do... anyhow, this chair of Obama's?

RRB: Yes, I've got this thing here in the rec room, and it's (REDACTED) golden: hardly worn, I just checked it over and took some pictures of it for the ebay page. I think a lot of people would be interested in having it.

(Assistant) We should advertise.

RRB: Well, not if that costs money, it would reduce the amount we send to the people for that budget gap. Maybe we can start the ball rolling by making a few calls and let word of mouth do the advertising. If we can get a couple of rich folks into a bidding war against each other, this seat will skyrocket. The people deserve the most I can raise for them.

(Assistant) Can't argue with that. Let me make some calls.

RBB: Call up some of his friends and co-workers: I bet they'd like to buy it and surprise him with it or something. Hey, while I got you on the phone, what about the Tribune thing?

(Assistant) They are being sticklers about the issue: they say the boy can't throw the Sunday edition far enough to hit the front door stoop, you're going to have to walk out there and pick it up off the walk like everybody else does.

RBB: Oh darn, when he does that, the sudoku puzzle gets all soggy in bad weather. Patti loves to do those while I take my morning run. Do you think if they made the paper lighter, the kid could throw it a little farther?

(Assistant) Like what, you mean, leave parts of it out?

RBB: Why not? I don't really need the editorials or the sports sections, I already know everybody loves me..

(Assistant) ...True...

RBB: ...and I know everything about the Cubs...

(Voice of Gubernatorial Spouse A in background): Great idea, we don't need the (redacted) Cubs scores, we get 'em on the radio, and get rid of that editorial (redacted), I just want my sudoku puzzle!

RBB: Ain't she a treasure? (yelling) Thanks, Hon! (quietly) See, I think that's a compromise we can all (redacted) live with.

(Assistant) I'll get right on it, may have to go over the circulation manager's head tho'.

RBB: Whatever you do, be sure to always be polite and gracious about it, and be diplomatic: that's what I learned from my years as a politician.

(Assistant) I'll just ask myself, "what would the boss do in this situation", and I know it will be the right thing.

RBB: You're too kind. Stick with me, and great things will come your way.
(end of recording 534)

*-according to Rod Blagojevich and Ed Genson

Hmmm. The article is barely longer than the headline. Not much to work with, so someone is bound to go full retard just for fun...

winterwhile: Fark It

winterwhile: Yep its the Dem led 2008, and now 2009

CULTURE Of Corruption

Message again, and again

Illinois' last governor was a Repube, and he's in jail right now. People died, it was kind of a big deal over here.

when you add in the Comrade Pelosi run House:

Cash in the freezer - yep he is still there
Countrywide loans - yep to Democrates who are regulators

and do we even touch Comrade Rangles, ongoing weekly scam's?

and here he is! it sure didn't take long for him to go full retard.

Bucky Katt: and here he is! it sure didn't take long for him to go full retard.

For it, and the rest of the League of Fail, there is no setting between "Off" and "Full Retard"

log_jammin: Does being the carrot top of fark.com mean that much to you?



Dude....that is a little harsh. That is like the nuclear bomb of insults.

Remove all Republicans: And people doubted me when I said this was simply Fitzgerald's attempt to smear the new administration and keep the headlines away from the old one as they fade away. Blago was elected to save us from corrupt Republican powers and there's nothing to indicate he's done anything wrong.

Now, it's time for the Democrats to get together and give Blago's choice every senior committee position available. Let them show everyone that the Party of Corruption is not going to get to smear another good man.

Great idea. I also think we need to start a Republican tax. I would say everyone who voted republican in the primaries gets an added 10% to their taxes. That money will be collected and added to the money returned to all the democrat voters. We really need to encourage the behavior we want. In fact we need to repeal the 2 term limit for presidents because Obama is going to be so great we should keep electing him.

Is 'Culture of Corruption' the new phrase we're using now?

At the very least it was an ethical violation. But not all ethical violations are illegal.

Remove all Republicans: Let them show everyone that the Party of Corruption is not going to get to smear another good man.


Party of Corruption? You are talking about the Democrats right?

Can someone please tell me how this is Bush's fault. I know it must be, I just can't figure it out.

Ho ho ho. Merry Fitzmas everyone!

winterwhile: CULTURE Of Corruption

CULTURE OF CONNIPTION x 20!

/I win because I used more caps and said it 20 times, so my post is truthier than yours.