Blagojevich gets to APPOINT Obama's Replacement!?!?
6:49 PM
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WHAT??! This guy isn't qualified to appoint a barber for Don King! How does this man have so much power?? How is he still Governor? And why is he not on his way to jail like so many other of Illinois' politicians?
First, a little background for those of you who need it. Governor "Rod" Blagojevich currently has an amazing approval rating of 13%. An approval rating lower than Truman ever had, lower than the current President Bush, and more than 10 points lower than California's Gov. Gray Davis at the time of the famed recall election that put "Arnold" in charge. The Chicago Tribune reports that "Rod" has "the lowest ratings ever recorded for an elected politician." And when asked for comment recently he actually said that he thinks he's doing a pretty good job! Which makes me wonder if he's hallucinating or maybe taking too much Paxil?
Blagojevich "blames the sluggish economy" for his approval ratings. I think you could probably turn that around and blame a lot of Illinois' "sluggishness" on good ole "Hot-Rod" himself. This due to his unbelievable tax plans and questionable leadership that have been driving businesses across the border into Indiana and Wisconsin for years now.
As for activities that I consider bordering on criminal? He spent $2.6 MILLION of Illinois' money on a foreign produced flu vaccine that the FDA had warned would not be allowed to enter into the United States. The vaccines ended up being "donated" for use in a different foreign country. The Governor also decided to spend a lot of time and money pushing for a law banning the sale of certain video games. A law which was later declared to violate the First Ammendment by a federal court judge and cost the State of Illinois taxpayers a whopping half-million dollars in legal fees! That only covers a few of his pet projects that the feds aren't already investigating.
And now we're going to allow this gem of a politician to just appoint a senator for the next two years? No vote, no primary, no choices at all for the citizens. He just gets to pick one of his buddies to replace Obama in Washington. To give whomever he chooses a gauranteed job making almost $200k a year for the next 2 years supposedly representing the people of Illinois.
How does he have ANY IDEA who to pick to represent Illinois when, obviously, no one feels he knows how to represent us well?
Mr. Blagojevich has shown time and time again that he has no respect for the law, Illinois citizens, or the tax-payers hard earned money! He should not have the right to call himself Governor of this great state much less appoint new representation for us! I cannot wait for 2010 when we get to replace this anchor that's weighing Illinois down. And I cannot imagine (or am afraid to imagine) what he might do in those next 2 years....
God help us.
Yep, this guy needs to get out of Illinois!
It might be awhile before he leaves Illinois now. I hear he has a long-term commitment in Marion.