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(Yahoo) Interesting Forget Kansas, what the hell is wrong with Illinois that they can't elect a governor of either party who doesn't end up in jail after their term?   (news.yahoo.com) divider line 74
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IdBeCrazyIf
2010-08-30 12:02:34 PM
They love to see failure
 
namatad [TotalFark]
2010-08-30 12:10:11 PM
I dont know what this article is talking about.
Daley has never been arrested.

/oooooooooooooooooooooooo you mean the rest of the state. meh. who cares. bunch rednecks and white flight republicans.
 
NittLion78
2010-08-30 12:25:14 PM
It's a natural process for our loved ones. Just because you no longer have use for a horse doesn't mean he doesn't deserve to put out in a nice pasture or minimum-security stable somewhere to live out the rest of his days.

So it goes...
 
bump [TotalFark]
2010-08-30 12:34:50 PM
It's all the nazis they have there...
 
lenfromak
2010-08-30 12:49:43 PM
Either party? There are more than two, you know.
 
Desterion
2010-08-30 12:49:55 PM
You guys might have a president from Illinois that ends up in jail after his term as well.
 
ronaprhys
2010-08-30 12:50:47 PM
lenfromak: Either party? There are more than two, you know.

Sure - if you want to throw your vote away.


/Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.
 
Nick Nostril
2010-08-30 12:51:23 PM
If we actually prosecuted our crooked politicians in this country, they'd end up outnumbering the number of dope-smokers in the pokey.
 
Barakku
2010-08-30 12:53:20 PM
Chicago politics? Corruption is the norm. Politicians should always be given the maximum sentence for any crimes they are convicted of, it should not be a position of privilege or celebrity.
 
bixpchiphead
2010-08-30 12:53:40 PM
Only these two bozos?

What, No love for Walker, Kerner, Matteson, et al?
 
Pants full of macaroni!! [TotalFark]
2010-08-30 12:53:59 PM
lenfromak: Either party? There are more than two, you know.

BURN THE HERETIC
 
scarmig
2010-08-30 12:54:02 PM
Maybe they're finally figuring out where politicians actually belong?


I mean, they haven't taken it to logical conclusion of "rope + lamppost", but it's a step in the right direction.
 
silky76
2010-08-30 12:54:28 PM
I honestly thought Blago was going to be different from Ryan. I am disappoint.
 
MBK [TotalFark]
2010-08-30 12:54:37 PM
Desterion: You guys might have a president from Illinois that ends up in jail after his term as well.

Ronnie's dead man. Can't put a dead guy in jail.
 
Bukharin
2010-08-30 12:56:06 PM
NittLion78: It's a natural process for our loved ones. Just because you no longer have use for a horse doesn't mean he doesn't deserve to put out in a nice pasture or minimum-security stable somewhere to live out the rest of his days.

So it goes...

ha!
 
namatad [TotalFark]
2010-08-30 12:57:41 PM
Desterion: You guys might have a president from Illinois that ends up in jail after his term as well.

derp derp derpa derp teahadist

/oh wait, troll .... 0/10 no effort, just used lame tea party slogan
 
Nightsweat
2010-08-30 12:57:42 PM
Desterion: You guys might have a president from Illinois that ends up in jail after his term as well.

Reagan didn't end up in jail.
 
JonnyBGoode
2010-08-30 12:58:47 PM
Since when has Chicago politics not been corrupt?
 
namatad [TotalFark]
2010-08-30 12:59:00 PM
MBK: Desterion: You guys might have a president from Illinois that ends up in jail after his term as well.

Ronnie's dead man. Can't put a dead guy in jail.

meh
ronnie was a rino
amensty, biggest tax increase in history, big government
ronnie could never get the GOP nod in todays GOP
 
schattenteufel
2010-08-30 01:03:43 PM
bump: It's all the nazis they have there...

I hate Illinois Nazis.
 
Harry Freakstorm [TotalFark]
2010-08-30 01:03:57 PM
Jim Edgar should be parked in prison too.
 
Vodka Zombie [TotalFark]
2010-08-30 01:04:31 PM
JonnyBGoode: Since when has Chicago Springfield politics not been corrupt?

Doesn't have the same ring, does it?
 
Rapmaster2000
2010-08-30 01:05:37 PM
media1.suntimes.com

And what's the deal with that bread based lasagna that they call a pizza?

And what about that salad that they call a hot dog?
 
chi_guy
2010-08-30 01:07:06 PM
No shiat. I haven't voted for a govenor in the last 2 elections because I didn't trust either candidates. I have a feeling I won't be voting in this next one either.
 
untaken_name
2010-08-30 01:18:04 PM
Well, I don't know for sure, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's because they keep electing politicians. That's just a guess, though.
 
catpuncher
2010-08-30 01:19:12 PM
JonnyBGoode: Since when has Chicago politics not been corrupt?

As an outsider, I thought it was the norm over there.
 
Current Resident [TotalFark]
2010-08-30 01:19:52 PM
Nightsweat: Desterion: You guys might have a president from Illinois that ends up in jail after his term as well.

Reagan didn't end up in jail.

Um...the other president. Mr. Hopey McChange.

/unless I'm missing the sarcasm...
 
GORDON
2010-08-30 01:20:55 PM
Because it's Illinois.
 
birdboy2000
2010-08-30 01:21:16 PM
Chi_Guy

Vote third party. That's what they're for - registering disgust with the establishment.

/Does the position of Illinois governor have a lot of power and little transperancy, like the MA speakers of the house?
 
KillAllHumans
2010-08-30 01:21:21 PM
As a Peorian, I think I speak for us all when I say
let's secede from Chicago
 
ipsofacto
2010-08-30 01:21:52 PM
As a native Kansan who is now an Illinois(?), I assume this is somehow my fault. My bad.
 
snocone [TotalFark]
2010-08-30 01:23:47 PM
Well, gee what could be wrong with the two party system?

How about divide and conquer.

Democrats ensure that Republican candidate is the worst possible choice for any election.

Republicans ensure that Democratic candidate is the worst possible choice for any election.

This is a choice???

This is a free and democratic election???

Our "best and brightest" are morally bankrupt, sociopathic money greeders.

So which Fail Party membership do you claim? Does no one see the folly of devoting work to ensure failure?
 
Current Resident [TotalFark]
2010-08-30 02:17:44 PM
KillAllHumans: As a Peorian, I think I speak for us all when I say
let's secede from Chicago

As a downstater, I heartily second that.
 
Sonic Yawn
2010-08-30 02:24:15 PM
Desterion: You guys might have a president from Illinois that ends up in jail after his term as well.

You mean somebody after the president from Kenya, right?
 
ttc2301
2010-08-30 02:27:53 PM
 
BobtheFascist
2010-08-30 02:31:59 PM
Corruption runs deep in them thar parts.
 
CheapEngineer
2010-08-30 02:32:26 PM
KillAllHumans: As a Peorian, I think I speak for us all when I say
let's secede from Chicago

WEAPONS-GRADE THIS

\saw off the NE corner of the state and let it sink in the lake
 
Source4leko
2010-08-30 02:34:45 PM
Current Resident: KillAllHumans: As a Peorian, I think I speak for us all when I say
let's secede from Chicago

As a downstater, I heartily second that.

As an upstater, nothing would make me happier either. Illinois really should be two states, Chicagoland and North Kentucky.
 
swinginjohn
2010-08-30 02:40:59 PM
There isn't much fun to poke at Kansas politics, to be honest.

NOW, the KS board of education.... that's another thread.
 
Hoopy Frood
2010-08-30 02:45:47 PM
The man who succeeded Blagojevich as governor, Pat Quinn, has supported stronger ethics laws while also agreeing to compromises that dismayed some reform advocates.

Sure, stronger ethics. Like failing to hold a special election for Obama's Senate seat because he's afraid of Mike Madigan.
 
majicmarty
2010-08-30 03:00:45 PM
The author of this article obviously hasn't studied his history. Blago would be the FOURTH Illinois governor to serve prison time in the past 37 years.

The article excludes Otto Kerner (D), jailed in the '70s for bribery, tax evasion and charges related to accepting discounted racing stock in exchange for legislation favorable to horse racing, as well as Dan Walker (D), imprisoned for bank fraud and perjury in 1987.
 
Demonrats
2010-08-30 03:02:55 PM
KillAllHumans: As a Peorian, I think I speak for us all when I say
let's secede from Chicago

Peoria (Heights) is known for its fine clown-based food district at the corner of War Memorial and Prospect... Not sure if I can fully agree with a town that has a clown district.
 
TheMatchHare
2010-08-30 03:02:58 PM
As a Cook County resident, the reference to two parties sounded too high, not low...
 
Eggs McMuffin
2010-08-30 03:04:27 PM
Trite, but obligatory: Why is there a westward wind in Missouri?

Because Illinois blows and Kansas sucks.
 
NittLion78
2010-08-30 03:05:23 PM
CheapEngineer: KillAllHumans: As a Peorian, I think I speak for us all when I say
let's secede from Chicago

WEAPONS-GRADE THIS

\saw off the NE corner of the state and let it sink in the lake

We'll truly miss you, Downstate.

www.theboxset.com
 
digitalrain
2010-08-30 03:05:48 PM
Carry on wayward son[s]
 
Gordian Cipher [TotalFark]
2010-08-30 03:06:47 PM
ipsofacto: As a native Kansan who is now an Illinois(?), I assume this is somehow my fault. My bad.

We prefer Illinoister.

/Rhymes with shyster
//Former Illinoister
 
DownDaRiver [TotalFark]
2010-08-30 03:14:22 PM
What happened in Kansas that I apparently have already forgotten about?
 
silent sunday
2010-08-30 03:32:14 PM
The shame of it all, Pat Quin, present Governor doesn't stand a chance of being elected because of the mess the last two Governors made. Two Governors + One Mike Madigan.

Pat Quin believed all that BS they taught about civics in 3rd grade and lived by it. Finally became guv because the system actually does work sometimes.
 
drunkenmidnight
2010-08-30 03:33:42 PM
This place makes Kansas look like Cambodia.
 
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