Illinois Governor Arrested on Federal Charges

[newbern47]

signs he's lying:

0:29 lip curl

0:31 uh's

...might not be completely accurate, and those are just a few to mention (other are too complex)

[tone4624]

he was found guilty today, this is bullshit, and they know it. Why were they tappin a goveners phone for in the first place, whats the Probable cause?Fuck the patroit act, most NON-patroitic thing ever...

[Wewantallass]

This fool does not know when to shut up that's why his lawyer bail out on him

[hardcoredeceit]

This guy is my HeRo !!!!!

[cardshowman]

This guy is awesome, just typical of what goes on! Keep saying, NOT GUILTY.

[RandyFricke]

And now we have a president who's from Illinois? Oh joy...

[JimmyFormerMarine]

"clinton was in office we had a surplus"

Clinton had a Republican controlled Congress. Why don't you bring up that? Plus, thanks to G.W. Bush, we have not been attacked since 9-11. With Democrats in total control beginning in 2009, America is headed for some very, very difficult days ahead.

[boobooheadjr]

What's that shit on his head, looks like a fuckin' dead cat.

[blondekaylee22]

chicago thugs all work together... obama, rezko, jesse jackson jr, rev wright, and rob blagovich are cut from the same cloth.... no change, just thugs

[mikevanross69]

Right on, I am so looking for some dirt to pop up on him, They are nothing but a bunch of gangsters in power.

[troy3000866]

Oh fucking please...how can anyone sit there and say that only this governor is corrup? Many politicians are corrup the question is which ones do they target? Look at your history books and you will see that may who do get caught usually only do for their oponents political gain. And by the way, where in the constitution does it say a govornor can not sell a senate seat?

[jessicahogue09]

corrupt. it's spelled corrupt.

[mikevanross69]

These people do not follow the constitution

[tkodawg9]

Obama gotta have something to do with this,see vote for obama and bullshit ''change'' My ass everyone he hired is nearly from the clinton term!america is not america no more~!

[JimmyFormerMarine]

Bill Clinton failed to get Osama bin Laden. The result, 3,000 murdered on 9-11. You call that progress?

[JimmyFormerMarine]

"Obama rejected his endorsement. Nice try."

But ever member of the Nation of Islam voted for Obama. Obama was also part of Farrakhan's Million Man March. You can't deny it didn't happen. The guy is dirty. It cannot be denied.

[thisistruth24]

RACIST!!!!!!!

[JimmyFormerMarine]

Remember Nixon denied all connection with Watergate for two years, then finally resigned. Obama will be the same.

[thisistruth24]

Ok, j/k about the racist thing.

But seriously, Obama is the best thing to happen to us since Clinton.

At least for progression.

Not saying he's the best, or even good.

BUT WAY WAY better than the Bush family, Reagan, or any other Republican president in recent past.

[Jobabytootoo]

The problem is Obama knows hundreds of people and every time one of them gets in trouble it will come back on him..simply because he happens too know that person...The new President is going to catch it from every direction and will defintely become guilty by association...I'll pray for him...

[chicagoSUGANO]

I'm neither Black, White, Democrat, nor Republican so I can objectively say that

it's about time the American people spoke out

to defend their country and curtail the approaching possibility of tyranny. This nit-picking amongst political parties & religions AIN'T GETTING IT FOLKS.

[JimmyFormerMarine]

Doesn't the term "white devils" come from Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam, who endorsed Barack Obama for President?

[StashBurners]

Obama rejected his endorsement. Nice try.

[seanjohn3gee]

it do not matter to me if you think i remind you of Jerimiah Wright the truth is the truth a whiteman get caught up in the very act of a crime and you white devils try your best to push the blame on a blackman i dont hate white people nor am i talking about all white people but i am talking about the ones that keep trying to connect this piece of trash gov to MR. OBAMA...the point im making is its just time for the chickens to come home to roost.

[JimmyFormerMarine]

Sounds like a Jeremiah Wright sermon.

[lenegal77]

Jimmyformermarine. STFU.

[seanjohn3gee]

dont try to connect this white piece of trash to Obama, even tho the whiteman gets caught with his hands in the cookie jar you white folks still try to point the finger at the blackman. white people face it the gig is up the blackman is hip to yous peoples tricks the time has come for yall to reap yall harvest and if yall dont like it move out of the country

[thomasward00]

Oh they are connected...

Democrats trashed my president for the last 7 years, well guess what, the favor will be re-payed...

Obama is a crook, he is starting up where Bill Clinton left off, one scandal after another, he'll be a one termer for sure.

[lenegal77]

Thomasward, your president started a pre-emptive war in Iraq which had no ties to 9/11. No WMD, 4,500 US military dead. 100,000 Iraqi collateral damage dead. New Orleans drowned while he ate cake, Plame outed, worst economic crisis since Great Depression.

Your party started hate.  We do not want to hate. There are good reasons to despise Bush. I personally do not hate him, BUT I HATE WHAT HE HAS DONE TO THIS COUNTRY.

Would you be angry if someone decided to bomb your home w/o permission?

[StashBurners]

Fuck your president. And how do you figure Obama is connected when the FBI tape have him saying "fuck him(Obama)? Nice try, you republican morons will use anything to try and demonize Pres. Obama. I only wish that shoe wouldve hit george in the face.

[thefrankosandiego]

"To be honest as this world goes,

is to be one man

picked out of ten thousand"

Hamlet

[aidens07]

"It must be hard to be such a deep person, inside such a shallow world." Dickhead

[lastardriver]

He looks like one of the menendez brothers. LOL>

[JimmyFormerMarine]

Yes my friend, and the facts will surely come out when Blago goes to trial. Remember Nixon was not forced to resign until two years after the Watergate burglary.

[Jobabytootoo]

If they had anything I mean anything on Obama..it would have been leaked already....or he would have been arrested before the Gov...Obama is many things but he is not stupid he knew the man was being taped...I'll cut him some slack until actual facts come out..

[thomasward00]

Obama is corrupt....

[seanjohn3gee]

thomas ward you said that the dems trashed bush for the last 7yrs look at how bush trashed america for the last 8yrs when clinton was in office we had a surplus now look at this country families are so broke they can't pay attention he destroyed our economy and he also got thousands of our troops killed fighting a war that was build on lies and you are talking about corruption bush stole the 2000 election

[thomasward00]

Wrong, for 6 1/2 of his 8 yrs in office the economy grew under Bush, even in the face of Sept 11th.. I love the dems, it was Bush, Bush, Bush..

The economy goes through ebs and flows, ups and downs, it's called the FREE MARKET and it will adjust. It's time to cut spending and tighten our belts not spend another trillion dollars like Obama wants, it will be a dismal failure just like FDR's NEW DEAL, why do the dems have a love affair with socialism? It's never worked anywhere, remember the USSR

[JimmyFormerMarine]

Obama voters are either in total denial or they feeling very stupid right now.

[PAYNE227]

Have we got four yrs. of this s_ _t? Obama came from this area and he has some shady friends. In the time of economic chaos we don't need this. Bush has just about killed the country and someone with sanity needs to be in charge to get control, not answer questions about shady practices. We have one of the most spend thirft congresses in history, someone needs to rein them in. I have lost my retirement to Bushs,Banker friends,I would like to get some of it back. It doesn't look good.

[saminea1]

Impeach Bush or Blagojevich?

911 Casualties 4000+

Iraq had no connection to 911, and they did not have any weapons of mass destruction

Iraq war casulties

4,119 brave US sold. deaths asof July 15th 2008

Iraqi Health Ministry casualty survey for the WHO: 151,000 civilian deaths

The Iraq Body Count (IBC) figure: 88,851 to 96,976 civilian deaths

UN study 2006 alone: 34,452 violent deaths

112 journalists, 40 media support workers, and 95 aid workers have been killed, asof 2007

[lastardriver]

fuck your mom or not

[elar4563]

Obama corruption started already?

[TeamshakeNbake]

I knew that cunt was dirty from his first T.V. add for governor. I believe what he and many like him do is tantamount to terrorism.

[salemrush]

Gov. Gonnabemybitch,

See ya soon.

Love,

Bubba

[Jobabytootoo]

That is too funny..:-)

[carcabe]

There is something refreshingly honest about the outright sale of a Senate seat. Government and politics is all about theft, power, force and self-aggrandizement conducted under the guise of high ideals. It's for the people, the poor, the children. For once the curtain was ripped aside and we see it all for what it is. Blagojevich for man of the year.

[TheKeeper421]

Obama's refusal to give a straight answer to the question, "Did you know about Blagojevich's activities?" implies that he is hiding something.

[rentacop31]

I'm no Obama fan but I'm not gonna assume he's caught up in any of this until some evidence is presented. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt here.

[slingblade65]

....Or bring back Elliot Ness and he can shoot every one of those Dagos in the head

[slingblade65]

Screw Illinois. It's always been full of corrupt Wop Guidos and grease balls. Send 'em all back to Italy

[donnie4607]

satanicpoohbear is a fuckin' idiot. Bush and

his right wingers had control of the senate and the congress for 6 years and they are the

ones who enacted all the Big Brother Patriot

Act bullshit that allows for intrusion into

the private lives of all americans. Most of

the democrats voted against it. Obama is going to get rid of most of the provisions that take away fundamental freedoms that the

republicans pushed for and Bush was glad to

make law. The GOP= Nazi bastards. Fuck em'

all!

[satanicpoohbear]

Wow, did I or did I not say say that Bush was a bad president? Ok, enough pulling words out of my ass ok? Also here you go again with the name calling, your kind are the ones that push me farther and father away from the Democrats, no wonder why I don't consider myself either party.... GOP messed things up, and creeps like you. Do you want a one party country or something? I really worry about you.

[TheKeeper421]

He means that Republicans are the modern day strict constructionists of the Constitution. They believe that federal government should be limited and implied powers should only be used when absolutely necessary to carry out expressed powers. Democrats are the loose constructionists, those who believe that implied powers should be used anytime, and that the federal government should be broad. Bush is obviously concerned about security, so he deemed it necessary to use his power to protect.

[jnkojnko]

I didn't even know Stephen King was the governor of Illinois.

[JimmyFormerMarine]

Take these corrupt Democrats down to chinatown. Put them all in jail before they do more damage to this country.

[Maxwedge12000]

I smell a cover up in the making. Obama says he never talked to governor douchebag but on 11-23 on FOX, his senior advisor, Axlerod, claimed that obama did talk to the douchebag about who should succeed him. NOW axelrod claims he mispoke back on 11-23. These lying liars.

[SWORDOFTRUTH9]

Bank of America advert on this video page. Coincidence?

[SWORDOFTRUTH9]

Who else bought Senate seats? Obama? Emanuel? Biden? Is America for sale to the wealthy, while the poor suffer and freeze? Take theor own lives from hopelessness?

Time to clean house!

[abarzilai664]

Ha Ha when the Democrats start the midterms, they can no longer run on the mantle of being sqeaky clean in politics.

[lancero79]

They should investigate Wisconsin's Governor Jim Doyle next, he's just as corrupt.

[rvhawkeye]

Lol----Obama is just another southside chicago corrupt politician with ties to a racist and other seedy democrats. I knew it years ago and is no surprise.

[zardcat1111]

I like Obama, and if tied to this I PRAY he is caught.

[blondekaylee22]

i bet obama has more ties to this story than we all know... nothing but scumbag politicans come out of chicago and gary Indiana ... nothing but thugs run the state of illinois and i blame the stupid people of the state and i beg hillary clinton to run, not walk away.. she is too good to be assosiated with obama.. obama is one of these chicago politicans

[us1235]

exactly i live there and we don't get anything back in state income taxes

[glimmer2158]

Is this guy insane?

[goobergrape2]

Wonder how much he was asking for Obama's senate seat?

[gsf422]

rot in jail Blagojevich

[JimmyFormerMarine]

It is very sad what is happening to our country.

[StinkFingerr]

Information is developing that many of Obama's donors are implicated in the Blagojevich, scandal.

[JimmyFormerMarine]

I hope the FBI continues their investigation. Barack Hussein Obama's name is at the heart of this corruption. Hopefully he'll be indicted too before he becomes President.

[nktol]

It is rather unreal that somehow Obama remains to be the face of change when his political career has been at the center of the Chicago/ Ill political machine operation, which is well known and occassionally exposed "new low", and his to be cabinet is a remake of the shady Clinton administration with full of the same old Washington insiders. Unreal!

[SWORDOFTRUTH9]

Bad Governer but Bank of America didnt want any more bad press. If Bank of America wasnt getting heat, we never would have heard about this. They dont care about graft unless you get in their way.

[abarzilai664]

Told you they were gonna blame Bank of America XD

[flyboymd82]

Something tells me Obama will now order a hit on Resko & it will look like Blagojevich ordered it.

Resko blew the lid off this thing. LOL! I'd be surprised if Obama gets 20 minutes of sleep a night!

[Maxwedge12000]

What did obama know about of all this and when did he know it?

[spmac77]

Yeah, I'm sure Obama was ignorant about politics as usual in his state. Just like he wasn't aware that his pastor was an American hating bigot, and a good friend and campaign supporter of his was a known terrorist in the 60's and 70's. Obama doesn't seem to know about much...scary!

[vwho999]

Maybe it's always been this way but this is too much. Time for another tea party. I hope they get this guy. If not, it may be time for some vigilante justice. Every one of these Chicago pols, including the Big Guy, should be taken down....

[rw5791]

syrian thugs,crooked pollacks,wacked out negro ministers...My kind of town,chicago,chicago.

[StinkFingerr]

People should know that Obama endorsed Blagojevich, for Govornor.

[NewMind000]

While insisting that the President-elect had not expressed a favorite to replace him, and his inclination was to avoid being a "kingmaker," Axelrod said, "I know he's talked to the governor and there are a whole range of names many of which have surfaced, and I think he has a fondness for a lot of them." (UPDATE: An Obama Transition Team aide says that Axelrod misspoke on Fox News Chicago.)-ABC NEWS. Now we have it folks the truth is only misspoken. And whats with all these nameless aides?

[OUTOFGAS88]

is this the first time a sitting U.S. GOVERNOR

as been arrested on federal charges???

[milehigh587]

The dumocrats are so crooked. You got this guy who openly takes bribes for Barry's seat. Wonder what Barry paid to get elected. Then you have the corrupt Charlie Rangel who refuses to step down while facing numerous ethics charges. Hey Pelosi I thought you were going to drain the swamp. Democrats would fuck up a one man funeral.

[chocolate45689]

CROOK! He retracted 8 million dollars from donating to cmh

[Auggie56]

Chicago politics is run by criminals. Are we surprised at this ? Obama came from the same machine. NEXT INDICTMENT MAYBE !

[flyboymd82]

Obama's first big scandle and he hasn't even taken office yet.....Sheese. We tried to tell you libtards!

No way this guy makes it a full term without being impeached. WAAAAAAY to many skeletons in his closet. Just wait until someone unearths all his College records, medical records and birth certificate.

[uselessguitarplayer1]

how is obama connected to this?

[john51880]

Not yet!

[uselessguitarplayer1]

Well what's the conspiracy?

[CaseRed0605]

flyboymd82, explain to me what this has to do with Obama? Especially since the Politico reported today that Obama's incoming chief of staff Rahm Emannuel is the one who tipped police off?

[john51880]

Rahm might have forced the deal because the heat was on!

[StinkFingerr]

Obama said " Sad & sobering ". Why not say that it was intolerable corruption? Why so timid? The Rezko connections must make Obama jittery.

[blacknlovelygirl7]

Fucking dumbass! What a hustler trying to sell Obama's Senate seat for some money! Dumbass! Makes me ashamed to be from Illinois.

[john51880]

I feel your pain. But we are getting what we deserve. We vote time and time again for machine dems that are buisness as usual. The whole country will get a taste of this via obama.

[NewMind000]

"And as I said it is a sad day for Illinois. Beyond that I don't think it's appropriate to comment."-Obama. Our president to be should call this guy out and hold him accountable, but instead he feels that it's inappropriate to comment...what a spineless remark...Obama, it is absolutely wrong to stand by soaking it up in your arogant hot tub of euphoria while this is happening. Governor Blagojevich is a threat to democracy. end it.

[RetSquid]

Next quote from barry,"This isn't the Governor that I knew."

[StinkFingerr]

Nobody should be shocked, if Biden is the President a year from now.

[redfestiva]

There is an investigation concerning the property Obama bought for hundreds of thousands under maket while senator. They may get that sob yet.

[StinkFingerr]

" Congress, shall make no law concerning the establishment of religion, or preventing the free excercise thereof" .

[StinkFingerr]

Yes, " seperation of church & state" appears nowhere in the founding documents. Only a clause preventing the establishment of an official government religion like the old church of England .

[StinkFingerr]

Just when you think Obama might be okay Rev. Wright re-surfaces, Obama announces he plans to go forward with his country-destroying cap & trade scheme, & now THIS. There is just so much crap, that attends this guy.

[riverbilly224]

We need to ask, why was Bush not arrested, or even investigated, when Ken Lay gave him and his buds the "We're sinking, skipper" call?

Blagojevich crossed the line by not being more nuianced in his requests for quid pro quo contributions, but let's face it; having the opportunity to appoint a US senator (a race that takes several million to win) is like winning the lottery. Someone took the ticket from him because he wasn't disciplined enough to hold on to it.

[lonewulf44]

This sob attempts to sell a powerful representative position to the highest bidder so he and his corrupt wife can sit like fat cats on a charity board for the rest of their lives ... all while claiming to serve the people of Illinois and you dare try to brush this off like some kind of every day thing? And somehow you are attempting to bring the lame duck bush into this? This governor is scum, and just reading the text of some his first lady disgusts me! Scum affiliated with more scum!

[nesnman]

Oh Man. I don't know what to think. I voted for Obama but his appointments have really made me angry. And now this.

[LGsguy]

Sorry to hear about your dis-enlightenment but you haven't seen anything yet. Your messiah's halo is just starting to tarnish. Get ready for Clinton 2 only instead of being in bed with an ugly chick, He's in bed with our countries enemies both foreign and domestic..

[donnie4607]

Republicans can't stand that Obama stomped

their candidate by nearly 8 million votes.

Deal with it! Most americans are tired of the

right wing trying to take control of their

lives with the "Big Brother Approach". Most

of us hate "your way of thinking" and we are

liberal and do as we please because that is the true american way. I would never vote for

anyone who believes that religion is a part of

politics. Separation of church and state is

what our country was founded on.

[RetSquid]

"Separation of church and state is

what our country was founded on."

Really? Anything to back that up?

[riverbilly224]

Uhh, yeah. The Establishment Clause of the Constitution, all of the state constitutions, Jefferson's, Madison's, Washington's and Jay's own words, the flight of the Baptists from Puritan and nonsecular Boston to Rhode Island and on and on and on......Regardless, seperation to maintain a secular and pluaristic society produces the best results for all religious and nonreligious people.

[RetSquid]

It is the 'Establishment clause' NOT the 'Separation clause', there is a BIG difference.

[LGsguy]

"It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and Bible." George Washington... Yea, He really sounds like a man who thinks that Christian values and teaching should stay away from the American government. Do some "real" research on our founding fathers and you'll see that most wanted government to stay out of religion not visa-versa. That being said, we do not want a theocrosy as our government, we just need common sense, people loving, moral leaders. unlike what we have now.

[LGsguy]

do you know why no thinking person cares what you say? cuz by your comment "Separation of church and state is

what our country was founded on." is nothing but a parroted mantra from the liberal clones. Do some real history research on the matter and then if you still make the same comment then we can just call you plain stupid. Look up Thomas Jefferson's Letter to the Danbury Baptists Jan. 1, 1802. Good luck on you journey.

[satanicpoohbear]

Sort of funny when you say "Most americans are tired of the

right wing trying to take control of their

lives with the "Big Brother Approach"." when Republicans are the ones that decrease government and Democrats increase. If I saw those word with a blank for where the word right wing went I would think left wing. Anyways, in a country of over 300 million an 8million vote difference in an election seems petty to me, so "most of us" does not fit in well, its pretty divided if you ask me.

[donnie4607]

Look at the mess that Texas politics has put

our country in. Illinois and the Feds are

going to put the hammer to Rod and he deserves

what he gets, but don't tell me or anyone that

thinks clearly that Bush has not done more

damage to our country with his Texas brand of

corruption and cover-up than anyone in the

history of this country. I hope Obama can help pull our great country out of the huge

fucking mess that George W. Bush and his big business first policies have created for us.

[satanicpoohbear]

Bitch, Don't mess with Texas. That's a warning. Texas doesn't have corrupt politics like Illinois.

[PacificEdibleSeaweed]

There have always been, and will always be, political scandals. Both local and national. Each one comes as a shock, but then it becomes history fast. This one is shocking because you would think that after the Spitzer affair, a period of reflection would come to those contimplating crimes in office.

It takes maximum effort for me not to think that the whole system is rotten.

[custom102010]

Our savior President Elect Obama is looking more like the Anti Christ.

[jimmys50]

0pps stupid of me

[jimmys50]

Idoits if you voted dem or rep your stuck on stuip

[donnie4607]

You are right about the apples and oranges

comment Buffalo. It is much worse when it is

the president rather than a governor because

he has the power to fuck things up for fifty

states not just one.

[magiccat12]

This guy completely lost my respect when he vetoed a bill to lower the tatooing age from 21 to 18 in Illinois, and this was while our soldiers were in Iraq. What an authoritarian douchebag.

[donnie4607]

The governor is not as bad as president Bush,

but that is not a compliment. Look at all of

the illegal things that Bush has done. The

only difference is Bush has changed the laws

to give himself immunity from prosecution and

the republican controlled supreme court has

allowed him to violate the laws of the land as

he sees fit. If the governor did what they

say and they prove it, he should go to jail.

I'm a democrat, but no one is above the law.

[bouckt111777]

bush didnt sell power for personal profit. so get off bush already,and get a new whipping boy.

[buffalowingmediabias]

This guy was the governor of Illinois, not president of the US. You are comparing apples to oranges. We can only imagine what horrors this guy would have commited with the powers of the presidency. But hey, we are about to find out how bad it will be to have Chicago politics at a national level.

[RetSquid]

'Look at all of the illegal things that Bush has done. The only difference is Bush has changed the laws'

Then it isn't 'illegal' then is it??

Next quote from barry,"This isn't the Governor that I knew."

[satanicpoohbear]

Hahaha! Your obviously trying to change the topic, obviously. Here's your problem, your just like Nancy Pelosi where anything bad has to do with Bush. I will say Bush is a bad president, but not corrupt. I believe also Obama has nothing to do with this, just like the Alaska Sen. Steven had nothing to do with Palin (Although some hating morons out to get Palin still insist). To wrap things up: This govornor IS WORSE than Bush, and he needs to go to jail with the other previous governor.

[flyboymd82]

Democrats. What else is new?? Now we know how Obama became an Ill Senator.

[Jobabytootoo]

He became a Senator by having the majority of the vote and running against a weak/Republican,,

[flyboymd82]

Wrong, he became Senator by getting his opponets kicked off the ticket & he ran unopposed. A little education please?

[roscoe85cj]

LOL ... to any liberal who counts his IQ to the right of the decimal point, this assdrip will be a hero .. just like Barack O'BlahBlah

[changling21]

It was known about his office being tapped but freedom of speech was denied....sneakyyy

[WinterHaven]

Corruption charges. WHAT ELSE is new in government? Why do you think our country is nearly bankrupt? It's normal.

[chetwynd13]

order from chaos...no conspiracy...

[abarzilai664]

I wonder what conspricy theory they're gonna use this time. They'll say BOA ordered it. Oh well fire away.

[satanicpoohbear]

Ha, get his Initials right before you say anything it's Barack Hussien Obama, which is BHO

[abarzilai664]

The initials I wrote stand for Bank of America.

[satanicpoohbear]

Haha I feel dumb now lmao!

[donnie4607]

You feel dumb because you are dumb.

[satanicpoohbear]

Is that all you got?! You completely ignore all my other comments because you don't know how to reply and go on with name calling when I make a mistake...childish, name calling?! Wow way to go on avoiding what I said to you. Hey at least I can admit when I make a mistake and not throw it on Bush.

[unholyiguana]

more drama for obama

[TraderNorton]

hahahah

He went from hero to zero in less than 24 hours.

[TECHKLEC]

Wow! That was fast. Yesterday he was reflected as a hero for being a spokesmen for the laidoff workers at the Chicago widow & door factory, and today he's considered a crook!

[ItWasMyOpinion]

Look who got off the hook on Youtube video "v=MyekPLwIXHA"