THE ERA OF TRUMP

[Kath]

Blago was associated with Valerie Jarret and BHO, so much so, Blago attempted to subpoena President Obama in his defense. Blago claimed the POTUS knew all about it and it was SOP.

Cool story. How is the act of a sitting governor of a state related to the corruption in a city? Did the City of Chicago force the governor of Illinois to sell his senate seat?

The entirety of Illinois is corrupt; it's not just Chicago. Springfield is a hot mess and has been since I was a kid. They don't need Chicago's help to be corrupt.

[Okeefenokee]

Why do people jump to the defense of the indefensible, and then claim they aren't defending it?

[C-Mag]

Blago was associated with Valerie Jarret and BHO, so much so, Blago attempted to subpoena President Obama in his defense. Blago claimed the POTUS knew all about it and it was SOP.

Cool story. How is the act of a sitting governor of a state related to the corruption in a city?

How could that work ?

Blago was born and raised in Chicago, represented Cook county under a corrupt Daley for 6 years, Represented the North Side of Chicago for a decade, then became governor.

All of Blago's ties are to Chicago, and Chicago corruption.

[Kath]

All of Blago's ties are to Chicago, and Chicago corruption.

If you are approaching it from a, "I learned how to do this in trade school," point of view, yes, sure, why not.

So, by that logic, when a chef who went to culinary school 30 years ago, creates some new and fantastic way to prep food, the credit goes to the culinary school?

[C-Mag]

Yeah, Blago is the first corrupt politician in Chicago

[Kath]

Yeah, Blago is the first corrupt politician in Chicago

Dude, wtf?

So are the schools you went to responsible for your behavior in everything you do? I'm trying to understand how the City of Chicago is to blame for the action of a governor?

Anyway, this is a ridiculously small point to make. I'm not discarding the corruption in Chicago. Chicagoans are taught this at a young age. That doesn't make the corruption in Springfield less bad. The action he took as a representative of the state is his to own. You can't throw any ole' corrupt politician in Chicago to prison for what the governor did.

So, I guess I don't get what your point is.

[Okeefenokee]

Why do people jump to the defense of the indefensible, and then claim they aren't defending it?

[C-Mag]

Yeah, Blago is the first corrupt politician in Chicago

Dude, wtf?

So are the schools you went to responsible for your behavior in everything you do? I'm trying to understand how the City of Chicago is to blame for the action of a governor?

Philadelphia is not responsible for all Cheese Steaks...................... Chicago Politics doesn't need to be specifically practiced in Chicago, and the City of Chicago is not necessarily responsible.

[Haumana]

C'mon Chicago politics is famous for its corruption.

Of course they are - ridiculously corrupt. How is that related to what the governor of Illinois did? He was not the governor of Chicago.

He cut his political teeth in Chicago.

A Democrat, Blagojevich was a state representative before being elected to the United States House of Representatives representing parts of Chicago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Blagojevich

[Speaker to Animals]

Springfield is a completely different system of corruption from Chicago.

Also, Obama was more a swamp creature of Springfield. He has personal and intellectual ties in a Chicago, but the Chicago system has to do with aldermen and the mayor's office. Springfield in some ways is a much bigger game.