Senate unanimously removes governor
Rod Blagojevich
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Rod Blagojevich is officially off the government’s payroll. The Illinois Senate voted 59-0 today to kick him out of office. I guess they think our tax dollars should go to causes other than keeping an alleged criminal employed.
Blagojevich was arrested last month on federal corruption charges. The charges include trying to sell Barack Obama’s former Senate seat. If Blagojevich wanted some quick cash, maybe he should have tried fast payday loans instead of soliciting bribes.
No more government paydays
On top of voting him out of office, the Illinois Senate agreed in another unanimous vote that Blagojevich should never again be allowed to hold a political office in Illinois.
Granted, this only affects his ability to take office in Illinois, but I highly doubt any other state will be gunning to hire him as a public servant. The ex-governor is also accused of trying to commit mail and wire fraud.
“Honest and competent governors don’t act like Rod Blagojevich,” Republican Sen. Kirk Dillard said.
Blagojevich’s witness list: Blagojevich
Blagojevich presented no evidence in his defense, and he did not call any witnesses during his impeachment trial. It appears that the only opposing argument he presented was that he was innocent.
“He talked more about the evidence with Barbara Walters on ‘The View’ than he did in this chamber today, where he’s facing impeachment and removal from office,” House prosecutor David Ellis said.
Blagojevich’s defense: “I didn’t do it!”
In his closing argument Blagojevich said he had done “absolutely nothing wrong.”
“There hasn’t been a single piece of information that proves any wrongdoing. You haven’t proved a crime, and you can’t, because it hasn’t happened,” Blagojevich said.
Apparently Blagojevich’s “prove it” defense wasn’t enough to sway any of the senators in Illinois.
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I’m on the same page as Sen. Dillard; honest and reputable governors don’t act like Blagojevich. I have no sympathy for this guy, whatever. He has manipulated the whole governing system and the people of Illinois. He has nothing to justify his actions. As the ‘former’ governor, I would think he would have been a lot smarter than that. Did he really think no one was going to catch on to him? Of course he didn’t have any witness to call on. Who would want to back him up on this one?
Whether he committed a crime or not will be determined by the Federal jury he’s going to have to convince – but his fitness to govern has been established as lacking.