kevin e-mailed me this about blago, from the pantagraph paper:
Chicago radio station offers Blagojevich weekly show
Thursday, January 22, 2009 10:13 AM CST
By Associated Press
CHICAGO — A Chicago radio station is offering embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich a new job.
During a show early Thursday, the program director at WLS-AM announced that if Blagojevich resigns, the station will offer him his own weekly radio program from noon to 2 p.m. on Sundays.
Program director Bob Shomper said the station is asking the governor to spare the state the embarrassment and expense of forcibly removing him from office.
Blagojevich has been impeached by the state House and faces an impeachment trial in the Senate starting Monday that could end with his removal.
Shomper says the station’s offer reflects the will of the people, who he says want the governor gone.
Messages left for the governor’s spokesman were not immediately returned Thursday.
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funny, them talking about the will of the people – just yesterday blago was on TV saying that the farce of an impeachment trial is going against the will of the people, because he was elected twice.
he was on CNN, saying that he wanted rahm emmanuel to be a witness for him, but the senate won’t let him subpoena rahm. of course, the senate gave him the opportunity to get witnesses twice, but he ignored them, and when the deadline for doing so had passed, he then protested that they were out to get him.
i really think that after he’s impeached (and they’re saying it could be even quicker than two weeks if he doesn’t show up, and i’m sure he won’t show up), they’re going to have to forcibly stop him from being governor. a friend told me that he wouldn’t have access to his office anymore, but don’t you think he’ll probably try to say that he’s still governor because the whole thing was a farce? last night jim said that blago is going to try to file a lawsuit over the whole thing.
i’m going to go down to the capitol next week to watch some of the impeachment proceedings.
next week, when the temperatures again plummet and there won’t be any good reason to be outside at all.
ok then,
friday morning grace.