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guy44 · 12-09-2008, 06:24 PM

Ah, Blago. You know, just when I felt like my home state wasn't quite measuring up in the corruption category, our dear governor steps up to the plate and really hit one out of the park.

Everyone - EVERYONE - in Illinois has seen this day coming for three years. Honestly, the only part I'm surprised by is selling the Senate seat.

Incidentally, the people I really feel bad for are his kids. Blago lives a couple of blocks from my parents' house, and the only time I met the man was when I gave his kids candy on Holloween. It looks like both Blago and his wife might go to jail, and his kids are going to suffer because of it. I was talking to my dad as he drove home from work, and he said that there were 15 news vans parked outside his house. Poor kids.

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guy44 Somnabulist Location: corner of No and Where	Ah, Blago. You know, just when I felt like my home state wasn't quite measuring up in the corruption category, our dear governor steps up to the plate and really hit one out of the park. Everyone - EVERYONE - in Illinois has seen this day coming for three years. Honestly, the only part I'm surprised by is selling the Senate seat. Incidentally, the people I really feel bad for are his kids. Blago lives a couple of blocks from my parents' house, and the only time I met the man was when I gave his kids candy on Holloween. It looks like both Blago and his wife might go to jail, and his kids are going to suffer because of it. I was talking to my dad as he drove home from work, and he said that there were 15 news vans parked outside his house. Poor kids. __________________ "You have reached Ritual Sacrifice. For goats press one, or say 'goats.'"