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1. #583109
   On January 5th, 2009 at 10:42 am, Socky said:

   Nah, thanks to Senator Stuart Smalley, Minnesota has got you beat hand’s down, and New Jersey’s just glad no one is paying attention.
   

2. #583118
   On January 5th, 2009 at 10:46 am, Flyoverman said:

   Whoever wrote that ad was brilliant!

3. #583125
   On January 5th, 2009 at 10:51 am, BayStateRepublican said:

   Looks like Illinois has more a$$e$ than seats.

4. #583127
   On January 5th, 2009 at 10:52 am, chep said:

   Blago’s going to walk free and stay in office.

5. #583129
   On January 5th, 2009 at 10:52 am, DBNinKY said:

   On January 5th, 2009 at 10:46 am, Flyoverman said:

   Whoever wrote that ad was brilliant!

   I agree – give that guy or gal a raise and the keys to the executive washroom!

6. #583132
   On January 5th, 2009 at 10:55 am, Lan Astaslem said:

   On January 5th, 2009 at 10:46 am, Flyoverman said:
   Whoever wrote that ad was brilliant!

   I agree!! This gave me a giggle too.

7. #583142
   On January 5th, 2009 at 11:01 am, DBNinKY said:

   Illinois lieutenant governor Pat Quinn…bemoaned that the Blago scandal had turned his state into an “international laughing stock.”

   No, Mr. Quinn, it was the Illinois Democrat Party that did that!

   Good people of Illinois, what’s say in the next statewide election, you at least consider the Republican candidate(s), rather than just automatically voting for any Democrat(s) running?

8. #583152
   On January 5th, 2009 at 11:07 am, tre said:

   It’s called “Capitalism”. Someone sees a good way to advertise, and jumps on it.

9. #583154
   On January 5th, 2009 at 11:08 am, kwyoung said:

   You can even finance your seat. If you don’t pay for it, would you be eligible for a bailout?

10. #583155
    On January 5th, 2009 at 11:08 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

    our Senate seat only costs $1,999

    …and it’s a !*@#ing valuable thing!

11. #583156
    On January 5th, 2009 at 11:08 am, right4life said:

    all the democrats do ‘play for pay’…he was just a bit more egregious about it than most…look at richardson…hillary, bill’s ‘coffee meetings’

12. #583174
    On January 5th, 2009 at 11:16 am, Dexter Alarius said:

    The red seats must be Lay-Z-Boys.

13. #583175
    On January 5th, 2009 at 11:16 am, yohannbiimu said:

    The problem here is that it’s just a joke. Democrats displaying their corruption is the norm. When Republicans do the same, it’s a “crisis.”

14. #583188
    On January 5th, 2009 at 11:23 am, pueblo1032 said:

    The person responsible for the ad is BRILLIANT… Laughing stock yes, conviction, I doubt it… Greatest one sentence I heard in reference to the investigation of BLAGO, came from a LAWYER on Fox News… What’s he guilty of, conspiracy to commit a conspiracy??? She followed up with that’s not a crime…

15. #583190
    On January 5th, 2009 at 11:26 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    that the Blago scandal had turned his state into an “international laughing stock.”

    When in any of our life times has Illinois, at least the Chicago/Lake Counties NOT been a laughing stock? These damn fools celebrate corruption, high taxes and poor service for the dollar. I do believe Illinois Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn is merely hoping no one goes through his life with a fine toothed comb.

    But I do enjoy the ad-very good.

16. #583198
    On January 5th, 2009 at 11:32 am, Paul Revere said:

    Something must be in the Mississippi River that evaporates and taints the minds of people in Minnesota, Wisconsi, Iowa, and Illinois. The fog is a mystery as it only seems to affecct those living in metro Chicago while leaving the rest of Illinois pretty normal.

17. #583232
    On January 5th, 2009 at 11:56 am, Mister P said:

    I still think California with a weed smoking, steroid induced Mr. Universe as governer is the laughing stock.

18. #583254
    On January 5th, 2009 at 12:15 pm, abstractmind said:

    2 grand for a senate seat? I’ll take it!

    I’ll take that, and the Lewinski Bedroom Suite with matching walk-in humidor!

19. #583259
    On January 5th, 2009 at 12:16 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On January 5th, 2009 at 11:32 am, Paul Revere said:
    Something must be in the Mississippi River that evaporates and taints the minds of people in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois.

    I can assure you it is NOT caused by global warming in those states….

20. #583263
    On January 5th, 2009 at 12:18 pm, dan708 said:

    The solution to the problem should be simple – Illini should NOT elect anyone with any Chicago ties whatsoever.

21. #583267
    On January 5th, 2009 at 12:20 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Blago will go to jail for Pay to Play the same day Ricardson does. Nobody in power cares. Scooter Libbey sure because he uh, he, well, he pissed off the NY Times! But violating the law – no way.

22. #583268
    On January 5th, 2009 at 12:20 pm, pugmom said:

    On January 5th, 2009 at 11:32 am, Paul Revere said:
    Something must be in the Mississippi River that evaporates and taints the minds of people in Minnesota, Wisconsi, Iowa, and Illinois. The fog is a mystery as it only seems to affecct those living in metro Chicago while leaving the rest of Illinois pretty normal.

    Don’t count on the rest of Illinois remaining normal. I grew up in Chicago but I’ve lived in Dupage for years; pretty conservatve place, until this last election, when I was stunned to discover that Obama carried Dupage. Not a huge margin, but still… Looks like that taint is spreading.

23. #583298
    On January 5th, 2009 at 12:41 pm, Socky said:

    Something must be in the Mississippi River that evaporates and taints the minds of people in Minnesota, Wisconsi, Iowa, and Illinois.

    It’s not the river, it’s the big cities along the river. Urban life causes brain damage, according to studies. And you wondered why the cities are so blue?

24. #583317
    On January 5th, 2009 at 1:00 pm, trk45lt said:

    Bout time the rest of the world joins us in Illinois for a laugh. I hate to see a joke of this magnitude go to waste

25. #583393
    On January 5th, 2009 at 1:48 pm, RogersUmp said:

    Now we have Ventura and Frankenbeans to be proud of in Minnesota. This oughta attract a bunch of hollywood hacks here to win their elections.

    Even if Coleman is vindicated by the courts and retains his election-night and recount wins, the fact remains that over a million people here think Franken as Senator is a grand idea!

26. #583447
    On January 5th, 2009 at 2:24 pm, emjem24 said:

    Illionois has truly joined the elite, Dem-lead states of the union. What are the criteria? Here:

    1. Budget Deficit (oh, it was that darn sub-prime crisis that we bought into)… check!

    2. Legacy political offices based on either family connections, political favors, or race…..check!

    3. A state with a dual identity… an urban area that carries political influence with a rural area that tries to steer clear of that same influence… check!

    4. A state that’s been suffering from a recession for a long time due to either political indifference or incompetence (Michigan) or underdevelopment in one region entireley (New York)…. check!

    5. A state’s governor who’s over his/her head and “plays” at doing something but has no results to show for it and wants no accountability for those lack of results…. check!

    6. A dependent minority class who continues to vote for Dems so that they can keep chugging on those freebies… check!

    If your state should happen to fulfill at least 3 of these criteria and you have a Dem governor you have joined the elite! If you have a Republican governor and still fulfill at least 3 of these criteria, you might have unknowingly joined the elite!

27. #583555
    On January 5th, 2009 at 3:58 pm, rambler said:

    When I moved to Chicago, I thought that I had moved to the far side of the moon. While political corruption is everywhere, Chicago took corruption to a fine science. The corruption is not the crime; getting caught is. Expect more corruption to surface before Blago goes to trial.