Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Lawmakers Hear Blagojevich Tapes

Today, for the first time, some of Illinois governor, Rod. R. Blagojevich's, phone calls were played aloud during his impeachment trial. The phone calls focused on legislation that would send casino revenues to the horse racing industry. This legislation was part of Blagojevich's plans to raise campaign funds from horse racing interests, who would then in turn benefit from the bill that Blagojevich would sign. Not only that, but Blagojevich has a separate corruption case by federal prosecutors in Chicago going on along with his impeachment trial.

Yet, even with his impeachment trial happening, he spent Monday and today on every television show possible proclaiming his innocence and condemning politics and his impeachment unfair. He claims this because the impeachment process bars him from calling in witnesses that he wants to bring in. It just seems a bit ridiculous that instead of focusing on the impeachment trial, as he should be doing, he is on almost every television talk show blaming others for his predicament when there is clear evidence that he is guilty to various degrees. I feel that, as a politician, Governor (not that he will be for long) Blagojevich should be handling this whole impeachment trial more professionally. And as to Blagojevich's complaints, I agree with Illinois State Representative Jack D. Franks that "an impeachment process is not a criminal trial,...It’s not a civil trial. It’s a question of whether he can continue to lead or not.”

here's the link to a video of his interview with the Associated Press:
http://video.ap.org/?f=KSTOP&pid=WXhnomq7jqfjmFXpEZUoPVAfBiWXFcVD

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