[BretLudwig]

Illegal Immigration Enthusiast Rod Blagojevich Arrested For Corruption

[James Fulford]

"Well-known illegal immigration enthusiast Governor Rod Blagojevich, the
Democratic Governor of Illinois, has been arrested on charges that he was
trying to sell the appointment to the Senate seat about to be vacated by
Senator Barack Obama.[FBI Arrests Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich,,
Blagojevich Arrest Muddies Illinois Political Waters, Washingtonpost.com
]

This is the Chicago Way€“the Smoking Gun website has the transcripts of
his phone calls. Heres a sample

94. On November 5, 2008, ROD BLAGOJEVICH spoke with JOHN HARRIS
regarding what ROD BLAGOJEVICH could obtain for the Senate seat. After
discussing various federal governmental positions that ROD BLAGOJEVICH
would trade the Senate seat for, ROD BLAGOJEVICH asked about €œthe
private sector€� and whether the President-elect could €œput something
together there. . . .Something big.€� Thereafter, HARRIS suggested that
the President-elect could make ROD BLAGOJEVICH the head of a private
foundation. ROD BLAGOJEVICH told HARRIS that he should do €œhomework€�
on private foundations €œright away.€� ROD BLAGOJEVICH asked whether he
could get a high-ranking position at the Red Cross. HARRIS stated that
€œits got to be a group that is dependent on [the President-elect],€�
and that a President probably could not influence the Red Cross. ROD
BLAGOJEVICH told HARRIS to €œlook into all of those.€�

The official indictment [PDF] says that Blagojevich tried to bribe the
Chicago Tribune with millions of dollars of state money to fire critics of
Blagojevich on their editorial board.

Of course, it must have been annoying to Blagojevich that the Constitution
says he had to appoint an American to the Senate€“no doubt he was hoping
to appoint a hard-working immigrant. Remember, many of the things
Blagojevich was openly doing to give benefits to illegals or stall
enforcement were obviously corrupt€“this shouldnt come as a
surprise."


http://blog.vdare.com/archives/2008/...or-corruption/

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