maybe the women of the view will read some of these editorials. i’m figuring every single paper in the state will have one. this one from the trib is so good:<\/p>\n
Thanks, Governor<\/strong><\/p>\n Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Friday that he can’t get a fair trial in the Illinois Senate, and he called on the Tribune editorial board on Friday to defend him.<\/p>\n Here’s our Saturday editorial. For more thoughts-and our Sunday editorial-see the next item.<\/p>\n Here in Chicago specifically, I\u2019m calling on the Chicago Tribune editorial board, and the Chicago Sun-Times editorial board. Get involved. Write editorials. Urge the state Senate leadership to change those rules. Give me a chance as the governor of this state to be able to put my case on, show my innocence and show that I\u2019ve done mostly the right thing for the people of Illinois. But I can\u2019t do it unless the editorial boards weigh in and call on those lawmakers to follow the Constitution.<\/p>\n \u2014Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Jan. 23, 2008<\/p>\n ? Time heals. On Friday a mellower Blagojevich invited us to opine that legislators are railroading him out of Springfield: The rules are stacked against him, he can\u2019t defend himself, he can\u2019t call as witnesses some of the folks with whom he discussed filling Barack Obama\u2019s seat in the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n Governor, this is the wrong case for you to allege a conspiracy to get you fired. How so?<\/p>\n Yes, it\u2019s crucial that fairness suffuse impeachment proceedings, just as it\u2019s crucial that fairness suffuse what happens in courts of law. If we thought you were being driven from office unfairly, we\u2019d say so with gusto.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve done that before. In 1998 we opposed the impeachment of then-President Bill Clinton on the grounds that his offenses didn\u2019t merit removal from office.<\/p>\n A year before that, we had opposed the impeachment of then-Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice James Heiple. Here\u2019s the key passage from an editorial of April 5, 1997: \u201cIt is a grave step, placing the legislature in judgment of the executive or, in this case, the judiciary. It should be reserved for cases in which an official is incapable of performing his job or has so discredited himself that his ability to serve is hopelessly impaired. This case does not meet such a standard.\u201d<\/p>\n But your case, Governor, does meet that standard: You have demonstrated amply that you are incapable of performing your job. And you have so discredited yourself that your ability to serve is hopelessly impaired.<\/p>\n That\u2019s why we urged the Illinois House to impeach you. And that\u2019s why, after examining the Illinois Senate\u2019s trial rules and your complaints about them, we don\u2019t see the unfairness you allege.<\/p>\n We\u2019ll have more to say about that, Governor, in a Sunday editorial.<\/p>\n You were correct Friday in observing that the Chicago Tribune has a history of siding with victims of unfairness. In this case, those victims are the citizens of Illinois\u2014not the governor who repeatedly abused them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" maybe the women of the view will read some of these editorials. i’m figuring every single paper in the state will have one. this one from the trib is so good: Thanks, Governor Gov. 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\nWe\u2019re relieved that the governor of Illinois took time Friday to express renewed faith in the Tribune editorial board. One of the last times he voiced his thoughts about us\u2014according to an FBI recording of Nov. 4\u2014we sensed that he was distancing himself: \u201cOur recommendation is fire all those [expletive] people, get \u2019em the [expletive] out of there and get us some editorial support.\u201d<\/p>\n