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Blagoevich is no Ray Blanton. I'm sitting at O'Hare, so I can't link to wikipedia, but that's my personal high water mark for corruption.
Honestly, I wouldn't have had a problem if he were just trying to get an ambassadorship for himself. That sort of horse-trading is ok so far as I'm concerned since its still public service and he couldn't do much harm. ALL the other allegations, though, bother me a lot.
I read the indictment, and there are NO allegations that Obama knew anything about this, and its hard to see how he would given the way Illinois law works on replacing a senator.
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