In the fall of 2006, voters could have read in newspapers or seen on TV that federal agents were investigating Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
The Chicago Democrat's key confidant and fundraiser, Tony Rezko, was indicted by federal prosecutors for trading on his clout with Blagojevich to land bribes and campaign cash for the governor.
Blagojevich's first four-year term was marred by allegations of cronyism, bribery, illegal hiring practices and charges against top insiders.
Now that he has been officially charged with corruption - charges his attorney says are false - some are wondering just what 1.7 million voters were thinking on Election Day in 2006 when they gave Blagojevich another four years running the state of Illinois.
What were they thinking? A lot of them were blindly voting Democratic. Those 1.7 million voters who backed Blago should hang their heads in shame.
The warning signs were there.
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1 comment:
The Blago mess?! On his worst day
Blagojevich couldn't hold a candle
to George W. Bush.
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