Chapter . Bad Bad Blagojevich
Chicago may be accustomed to ugly political scandals, but Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich had the country on its heels.
TAYLOR JONES Politicalcartoons.com
Blagojevich was the first Democrat to serve as the Governor of Illinois in 30 years. His stump speech? End corruption! Blago allegedly tried to sell President Obama’s vacant Senate seat, outraging the nation. Perhaps the oddest part of the Blagojevich scandal – his refusal to to resign in the face of an indictment and incriminating FBI audio tapes of his phone calls.
Blago was impeached and thrown out of office, after appointing sentaor Roland Burris to that disputed ...
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