tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245640.post3427268168203454184..comments2023-10-24T06:05:38.954-05:00Comments on The Thinker--or Just Sitting Around?: A note on Blago and impeachmentPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504383209010655249noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245640.post-33524771681395686182009-01-28T09:56:00.000-06:002009-01-28T09:56:00.000-06:00felony conviction means automatic and immediate re...felony conviction means automatic and immediate removal, but that is by statute rather than in the constitution. The point is certainly valid though.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17504383209010655249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245640.post-39840995117059114562009-01-27T17:47:00.000-06:002009-01-27T17:47:00.000-06:00The view from here is that Blago knows he's gone b...The view from here is that Blago knows he's gone but now is playing to the jury in a criminal trial. <BR/><BR/>After all, why would he mention Oprah, Jimmy Stewart, MLK, Mother Theresa, and Ghandi in the same sentence, while making his "case" on the View, Larry King, and tonite Rachel Maddow show, instead of at his impeachment trial?<BR/><BR/>OK, he's "cuckoo" says Da Mayor -- it's pathetic and bizarre but Blago might avoid incarceration with this high visibility PR blitz aimed at appealing to a future jury pool in his upcoming criminal trial.Carloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12097922323580156789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245640.post-7279778832480644342009-01-27T17:33:00.000-06:002009-01-27T17:33:00.000-06:00A friend pointed out (you may want to verify this)...A friend pointed out (you may want to verify this) the IL constitution requires that convicted felons lose their office immediately, so ONLY non-convicted politicians can be impeached. In other words, if conviction was required for impeachment, there would be no need for impeachment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245640.post-7740373047988116912009-01-27T17:29:00.000-06:002009-01-27T17:29:00.000-06:00Bill Press was annoying the piss out of me this mo...Bill Press was annoying the piss out of me this morning..... as he often does.<BR/><BR/>My 'favorite' was when a woman called in and mentioned many, many things which Blago has done (not been convicted) and Press responded that it "sounds like you just hate the man. But there's no evidence" - dismissing all the examples she had given.<BR/><BR/>I REALLY wish WCPT would find a new morning program.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com