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It seems DADDY over there in the Senate wants to give “the people” the right to fill Obama’s Senate seat, which would be a vulgar trashing of the Constitution, taking the choice away from the potty-mouth arrested governor who is on tape trying to sell it, for money, and what not.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) today called for the Illinois General Assemby to quickly pass legislation for a special election to fill Barack Obama’s Senate seat, saying that any replacement appointed by Blagojevich would be tainted.
Oh Dick Durbin, have you forgotten everything about your state’s politics? Do you think that just because Blaggy’s in jail, the corrupt General Assembly members have stopped bribing him for their preferred replacements? Obviously the voters of Illinois deserve nothing, anyway, since their recent electoral judgment has produced two (2) consecutive criminal governors and one douchebag Senator who started running for president after four minutes on the job.
Let us hope that this quote-unquote legislation doesn’t pass before Blaggy goes nuts and angrily appoints “Rahm Emanuel’s Tenth Finger” to the Senate, while giggling.
Blago should appoint himself. Right now. That would be pretty awesome.
I’d appoint Campbell Brown.
As a Chicago resident, let me just say: I can’t get enough of this shit. This holiday season, Illinois politics is truly the gift that keeps on giving.
Bill Ayers is still around right?
What’s wrong with taint, Sen. Durbin?
Also, I love how much Newell dislikes Obama. Because Jim Newell don’t like nobody, motherfucker.
He should appoint ACORN - of wait that is not a person.
Jesse Jackson is gonna be pissssssssed off!!
They will need to make the change, since ANYONE that Blago appoints will be immediately suspect. In fact that strong breeze blowing through Chicago is caused by everyone running as far away from Blago and his ’short list’ as they can get!
Dick is calling Rod a Dick.
Apparently, the key to getting elected to higher office in Illinois is being named after a phallus. Does “Barack” mean “penis” in Kenyan?
How about Larry Craig? He has experience and this would keep him out of the Minneapolis airport.
qwerty42: No, He’d never leave O’Hare, and not because of all of the fuckin delays like normal folks, he’d be having too much fun to ever leave the termainal, what with all of those bathrooms and all!!!
Blago’s posted his bail and he is out on his own recognizance.
Presser claiming his innocence and announcing Barry replacement in 3…. 2….. 1….
hedgehog: Peter O’Toole for Governor!
hedgehog: It means “blessed” in Swahili, which I suppose you could translate as “hung” and thereby retain you phallocentrism. Cocksucker.
Who is the Cubs manager?
Even after all this, he’d probably be grateful.
This is a decision best left to the beautiful people.
You had me at “Dick Durbin wants to strip”
I think Wonkette posters should choose. Maybe it could be the best eco driver or the Comics Curmudgeon.
Newsflash: Blago walks, temporarily. He should be fitted for one of those stylish straight-jacket things in classic institutional white.
He may be Daddy, but the little runt sure isn’t “Big” Daddy.
Dick is being a total dick right now! First he wanted Bush to pardon his old ass crime spree friend Ryan (former guvna of IL) for the same crap that Blago is in trouble for and now he want Blago to get da hell out of dodge?
Don’t get it. Blago & Ryan can be cellies. But they can’t play together in Dickie D keeps trying to change the rules of the game!
Dreamer: “Blagojevich Names Mickey Mouse to Senate Vacancy”
Blagojevichmakah is a great new holiday here in IL.
Aren’t we at 3 corrupt governors in a row now?
tank this: I don’t know of any scandals involving Jim Edgar.
He’s a good guy…for a republican.
pondscum: Jim Edgar was a good man, but they haven’t found the bodies yet, so there’s that.
shortsshortsshorts: And now that he’s at the U of I, there’s plenty of room to bury them. What do you think the South Farms are all about anyway…
choinski: You had me at “Dick Durbin wants to strip”
Had you *what* exactly? Had you gagging?
is dick durbin a secret republican? because that’s who he wants to hand a senate seat to. i can see it already, sarah palin will use her book advance to buy a place in illinois some time next week thus getting her hands on a senate seat this way. god help us all.
@pondscum Right, I was forgetting Edgar’s brief run with sanity (though there was still a $20 million scandal).
But if Blago goes to jail, that’ll be 4 out of the last 8 Illinois Governors convicted.
Do any Kennedys live in Illinois?
They probably should pick someone who is on
parole, just to be on the safe side.
It’s too bad Heff decamped to California.
Well, this will give eternal political bridesmaid Jim Oberweis another election to run in.
Alan Keyes?
if this jinxes the chance of the olympics it will be a double delight.
Ditka.