JDoors Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Regarding the Governor of Illinois and the allegations he demanded something in return for nominating a replacement for Obama: Do you think this particular Governor may have been uniquely corrupt? Or do you think this type of thing probably happens ALL the time, he just got caught? Regarding more recent allegations that he altered records to justify appointing cronies to State positions: Again, might he be uniquely corrupt? Or do you think this happens all the time and he just got caught? If he "just got caught," why is the F.B.I. concentrating on Illinois Governors? (Several have been indicted over several decades.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Do you think this particular Governor may have been uniquely corrupt?That is difficult to say without more information, it sure does seem that there have been a lot of corruption scandals as of late though.I'm very curious to see if the FBI has information to prove that the Governor did something criminally wrong. I'm not defending his actions in any way. Given the information that has been released it appears that he has does something wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jcl Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Do you think this particular Governor may have been uniquely corrupt?No, Illinois has had other governors.Or do you think this type of thing probably happens ALL the time, he just got caught?It happens all the time. Other politicians aren't 'caught' because no one cares.If he "just got caught," why is the F.B.I. concentrating on Illinois Governors? (Several have been indicted over several decades.)Rhetorical question? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sultan_emerr Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 I think that the FBI is unfairly picking on Chicago, Detroit, New York and Baltimore. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDoors Posted January 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 I think that the FBI is unfairly picking on Chicago, Detroit, New York and Baltimore. I'm not sure I'd say it's "unfair," but yeah, they probably concentrate on the big fish, for good reasons. Who would care if they caught some small city mayor nobody's heard of whose corruption affects relatively few people? But, catch Blagojevich and, not only do you get press, you are stopping a LOT of corruption (and possibly stopping that small town mayor from going there). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bozodog Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 The mayor of Portland apologized Tuesday for lying about a sexual relationship with a male teenager he was mentoring three years ago, but asked the city to consider it an anomaly in two decades of public service."I screwed up. I blew it. There's no way to sugarcoat it," Mayor Sam Adams said during a City Hall news conference scheduled after he cut short a trip to the presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C.They're everywhere! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDoors Posted January 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 The mayor of Portland apologized Tuesday for lying about a sexual relationship with a male teenager he was mentoring three years ago, but asked the city to consider it an anomaly in two decades of public service. Three years ago? Uh, no, hang 'em. If it was thirty years ago, well, it's still very bad, but let's move on. But three? While he was in office? Of course we have to admit to ourselves that we elect "people," not saints. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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