I am still going over the indictment of Governor Rod Blagojevich (Gov. Possumhead) . Man dude is in trouble and it's gonna spread to other prominent names in Illinois politics. In a wonderful move Elliott Ness (US Atty. Gen Pat Fitzgerald) arrested Gov. Possumhead as he was preparing for his morning run.
Wanna see some of the indictment? So do I let's look deeper into why the Governor of Illinois was arrested and let's guess who some of the other names are! This is gonna be GREAT!
(Courtesy of Chicago Tribune - this document is PUBLIC RECORD)
...in early October 2008, the government obtained information that ROD BLAGOJEVICH was accelerating his corrupt fund raising activities to accumulate as much money as possible before the implementation of ethics legislation on January 1, 2009, that would severely curtail ROD BLAGOJEVICH’s ability to raise money from individuals and entities conducting business with the State of Illinois. Based in part on the recently obtained information, and as part of the investigation into ROD BLAGOJEVICH’s corrupt fund raising efforts, in October 2008 the government obtained court approval to intercept oral communications in certain locations in the offices of Friends of Blagojevich.
In addition, as part of its investigation, the government obtained court approval to intercept
wire communications on the home phone of ROD BLAGOJEVICH.
Oh oh sounds like trouble maybe he should not talk on the phone so much huh? Let's move on...
On October 8, 2008, during a discussion of fundraising from various individuals and entities, the discussion turned to Children’s Memorial Hospital, and ROD BLAGOJEVICH told Individual A words to the effect of “I’m going to do $8 million for them. I want to get [Hospital Executive 1] for 50.” Individual A understood this to be a reference to a desire to obtain a $50,000 campaign contribution from Hospital Executive 1, the Chief Executive Officer of Children’s Memorial Hospital.
Damn - this was just one Hospital...dude what the fuck? That money total is starting to add up...this is one mean guy - and so close to Hanakwanzmas...
Individual A said that he/she understood ROD BLAGOJEVICH’s reference to $8 million to
relate to his recent commitment to obtain for Children’s Memorial Hospital $8 million in
state funds through some type of pediatric care reimbursement. As described in further detail
below, intercepted phone conversations between ROD BLAGOJEVICH and others indicate
that ROD BLAGOJEVICH is contemplating rescinding his commitment of state funds to
benefit Children’s Memorial Hospital because Hospital Executive 1 has not made a recent
campaign contribution to ROD BLAGOJEVICH.
Now let's get to the Cubs and Gov. Possumheads wacky wife...
Intercepted phone calls reflect that ROD BLAGOJEVICH and JOHN HARRIS, together with others, are corruptly using and threatening to use the powers of ROD BLAGOJEVICH’s office as Governor of the State of Illinois to exert financial pressure on the owners of the Tribune Company, the parent corporation of the Chicago Tribune newspaper, to fire Chicago Tribune editorial board members who were responsible for editorials sharply critical of ROD BLAGOJEVICH’s actions as Governor and, among other things, calling for his impeachment.
On the evening of November 3, 2008, ROD BLAGOJEVICH talked to Deputy
Governor A. ROD BLAGOJEVICH stated that he was concerned about possibly being
impeached in the Spring and that the Chicago Tribune will be “driving” the impeachment
discussion. ROD BLAGOJEVICH asked Deputy Governor A to check to see if the Tribune
has recently “advocate[d]” that he be impeached. In fact, the Chicago Tribune recently had
published editorials critical of ROD BLAGOJEVICH. In another call between ROD BLAGOJEVICH and Deputy Governor A that occurred a short time later on November 3, 2008, ROD BLAGOJEVICH and Deputy Governor A discussed an editorial from the Chicago Tribune regarding the endorsement of Michael Madigan and calling for a committee to consider impeaching ROD BLAGOJEVICH. During the call, ROD BLAGOJEVICH’s wife can be heard in the background telling ROD BLAGOJEVICH to tell Deputy Governor A “to hold up that fucking Cubs shit. . . fuck them.”
Wow! She is a tyrant to huh? Even though I agree with her on the whole fuck the Cubs thing. And finally how he tried to hijack the Senate pick oh this shit is rich...
On November 3, 2008, ROD BLAGOJEVICH talked with Deputy Governor A. This discussion occurred the day before the United States Presidential election. ROD BLAGOJEVICH and Deputy Governor A discussed the potential Senate seat vacancy.
During the conversation, ROD BLAGOJEVICH told Deputy Governor A that if he is not
going to get anything of value for the open Senate seat, then ROD BLAGOJEVICH will take
the Senate seat himself: “if . . . they’re not going to offer anything of any value, then I might just take it.” Later on November 3, 2008, ROD BLAGOJEVICH spoke with Advisor A. By this time, media reports indicated that Senate Candidate 1, an advisor to the President-elect, was interested in the Senate seat if it became vacant, and was likely to be supported by the President-elect. During the call, ROD BLAGOJEVICH stated, “unless I get something real good for [Senate Candidate 1], shit, I’ll just send myself, you know what I’m saying.” ROD BLAGOJEVICH later stated, “I’m going to keep this Senate option for me a real possibility, you know, and therefore I can drive a hard bargain. You hear what I’m saying. And if I don’t get what I want and I’m not satisfied with it, then I’ll just take the Senate seat myself.” Later, ROD BLAGOJEVICH stated that the Senate seat “is a fucking valuable thing, you just don’t give it away for nothing.”
ROD BLAGOJEVICH stated that the “trick . . . is how do you conduct indirectly . . . a negotiation” for the Senate seat. Thereafter, ROD BLAGOJEVICH analogized his situation to that of a sports agent shopping a potential free agent to various teams, stating “how much are you offering, [President-elect]? What are you offering, [Senate Candidate 2]? . . . Can always go to. . . [Senate Candidate 3].” Later ROD BLAGOJEVICH stated that he will make a decision on the Senate seat “in good faith . . . but it is not coming for free. . . .It’s got to be good stuff for the people of Illinois and good for me.” ROD BLAGOJEVICH states “[President-elect], you want it? Fine. But, its got to be good or I could always take [the Senate seat].”
In regards to the Senate seat, ROD BLAGOJEVICH stated “I’ve got this thing and it’s fucking golden, and, uh, uh, I’m just not giving it up for fuckin’ nothing. I’m not gonna do it. And, and I can always use it. I can parachute me there.”
ROD BLAGOJEVICH said that the consultants (Advisor B and another consultant are believed to be on the call at that time) are telling him that he has to “suck it up” for two years and do nothing and give this “motherfucker [the President-elect] his senator. Fuck him. For nothing? Fuck him.” ROD BLAGOJEVICH states that he will put “[Senate Candidate 4]” in the Senate “before I just give fucking [Senate Candidate 1] a fucking Senate seat and I don’t get anything.”
And there it is...Rod Blagojevich is unreal. He would still be robbing and stealing from the people of the Illinois. Let's back up a bit...Senate Candidate 1 I think is Valerie Jarrett even though she has a position in 44's administration she could still want that seat. The idea that ANYBODY will fuck with Blago now would make them insane. 44 certainly won't have anything to do with him...he has completely destroyed the office of Governor and in turn tarnishing the reputation of the State.
Should he be impeached? NO. He should resign immediately and wait for his certain jail sentence. There is also one person who is shaking in his boots - this I know for certain, Mayor Richard M. Daley. He is also under the scope of the FBI and the feds. He has been Teflon up to now but Patrick Fitzgerald is not going anyplace...the phone tapping isn't limited to Blago and everybody knows it.
Damn...the dude really started something and it may be quite some time before this is resolved.
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