Blago getting railroaded?

The only way his actions of the past few days make any sense is if he has decided that it's all over for his political career, he knows he is outta there as governor, and is concentrating on laying the groundwork for keeping out of prison.
 
Watching them now. So far everyone is "yes".

ETA: Now over 40, he's removed.

ETA2: Now unanimous.
 
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If Blago is being railroaded, he got smacked by a bullet train going at full speed with a 59 to 0 conviction.
 
The Senate also voted to bar Blago from ever holding public office in Illinois again. I don't know if that will hold up in court, but I think it is a way of telling Blago his political career is over.
 
Looks like for Blago the light at the end of the tunnel was in fact the oncoming train.
 
Shades of Nixon. Well, we won't have Blago to kick around anymore...

Hey, Rod and Dick. Sounds like gay porn.
 
RandFan said:
Shades of Nixon. Well, we won't have Blago to kick around anymore...

Hey, Rod and Dick. Sounds like gay porn.
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I was gonna try to say somthin' funny, but there's no topping that.

Well said.

"Imagine what future governors will face if I'm thrown out of office for this," Blagojevich said.

Yeah, accountability.
 
BPSCG said:
I'm sure the people from Chicago here have been following this a lot closer than I have (WildCat, you there?), but I heard something the other day that struck me as unfair, even un-American. Apparently, Blago's not allowed to call witnesses in his own defense in his impeachment trial.

WTF? The guy may be - and almost certainly is - as guilty as sin, but since when are you not allowed to call on people who will testify that you might be innocent?
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I think neither party (prosecutor nor defense) is allowed to call witnesses who will take part in the criminal trial. Balgojevich wanted to call Rahm Emmanuel, but he can't because Emmanuel is going to be a witness in the criminal trial.
 
It's nice to see a political issue with no moral ambiguity or partisan feeling whatsoever. I brought a keg, let's party.
 
drkitten said:
My understanding is that this is a (deliberate) procedural error on Blago's part.

He was provided with a deadline by which to provide a list of witnesses he wished to call (as was the prosecution or whatever the hell they call it in an impeachment case). He missed the deadline (deliberately) in an attempt to sabotage the proceedings.

From this news report:


He was called on it. If this had been a criminal trial, he would probably have been jailed for contempt -- and still wouldn't be able to call his witnesses.
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You have to wonder who the heck he could call as a defense witness anyway. Hell he cannot even find a defense attorney willing to defend him.
 
TexasJack said:
He did make a very honest and compelling admission from a politician; he said in essence that the allegations brought against him are what politicians do to get elected. This is probably why politicians have such a low appeal with U.S. citizens.
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That sounds more like the Nixon defense than the. . . .

Ziggurat said:
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Chewbacca defense.
 
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