Thursday, January 29, 2009

Who's circus?

Today, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was unanimously impeached and ousted from office. Finally. Ever since the former Governor became under investigation in December for abuse of power, he has turned the political world into, what some may call, a circus. Blagojevich continued to appoint a replacement to fill in Obama's vacated Senate seat while he was under investigation. He also decided to attend a few talk shows in New York while his impeachment trial was going on in Illinois. Blagojevich finally decided to make an appearance and a statement saying he has been innocent all along and that he does not deserve to be removed from office. The Senate voted 59-0 to remove Governor Blagojevich. This vote included the newly appointed Illinois Senator, Roland Burris, who was appointed by Blagojevich. Overall, I do not think there was any politician in history that has shown such disregard for his own investigation or impeachment trial. But I think he did have more fun on The View than in front of the Illinois House.

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