Rod Blagojevich spoke at some length to the Illinois Senate today, imploring state lawmakers not to remove him from office. He was not, apparently, persuasive.And so, the sun sets on an era of political surrealistic entertainment.The Illinois State Senate on Thursday convicted Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich on a sprawling article of impeachment that charged him with abusing his power. The vote prompted the governor's immediate and permanent ouster, and ended nearly two months of political spectacle in which he sought unsuccessfully to salvage his reputation and career here and across the country. [...]
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The senators voted 59 to zero in favor of removing him after a four-day trial; a dramatic, 45-minute speech by Mr. Blagojevich in which he declared his innocence; and about two hours of deliberation.
Blagojevich was also barred from ever running for any public office in Illinois. Democrat Pat Quinn, up until a couple of hours ago the lieutenant governor, has already been sworn in as Illinois' new governor.
You know, I'll almost miss him. He was nearly as bountiful in his dumbfuckery as the Cons.
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I can assure you that nobody in Illinois will miss him at all. He's the sort of entertainment that is best happening to someone else's state.
His defense was entertaining, but only because we knew he was going.
I'm still amazed that there was only one legislator who voted in his favor in the two houses of your legislature. He seems to have very few friends left there.
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