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Governor Blagojevich is involved in bribery and corruption. Blagojevich will be going to jail.
Blagojevich was elected to office because of the massive corruption charges of our previous Governor, George Ryan.
George Ryan was convicted as sentenced to 6-1/2 years in prison because of massive corruption charges. Before he left office (in 2003), as a last gasp attempt to have the courts shorten his sentence, George Ryan commuted the death sentences on every prisoner (167 in all). Didn't work, he's still in jail.
Illinois Attorney General William Scott was convicted in 1991 on income tax charges involving misuse of campaign funds.
U.S. Rep. Daniel Rostenkowski was convicted in 1994, when he was indicted on corruption charges for his key role in the House post office scandal. He was forced to step down from all Congressional leadership positions. In elections later that year, Rostenkowski lost his seat and retired from political life. Bill Clinton pardoned him in 2000.
Operation Silver Shovel, a federal probe into Chicago city government, ended in 1996 with 18 convictions and guilty pleas from public employees and six aldermen.
Operation Greylord, a federal probe into the Chicago court system, was completed in 1988 with convictions and guilty pleas from 87 court personnel and attorneys, including 13 judges, who all went to jail.
And we sent Illinois Senator Obama to Washington D.C. to "clean things up". Makes you wonder how Obama obtained $750 million in campaign funds, huh?
