Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Chicago Politics, Corrupt?

The governor of Illinois was arrested on corruption charges after FBI agents found him trying to get bribes to fill Obama's vacant Senate seat. The Chicago Tribune article, never mentions that the governor, Rod Blagojevich, is a Democrat. And people wonder why the newspapers are going bust?

Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff, John Harris, were arrested by FBI agents on federal corruption charges Tuesday morning.Blagojevich and Harris were arrested simultaneously at their homes at about 6:15 a.m., according to Frank Bochte of the FBI. Both were awakened in their residences and transported to FBI headquarters in Chicago.In one charge related to the appointment of a senator to replace Barack Obama, prosecutors allege that Blagojevich sought appointment for himseld as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the new Obama administration, or a lucrative job with a union, in exchange for appointing a union-preferred candidate.....

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