Before Blago there was Henry Hyde.

[Wapsie B]

Now the evil Democratic machine in Chicago must've had old Hank thrown in the slammer for good. What! You mean he never had to answer for his crimes?



http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/06/07/hyde/



Just a little history lesson for lurkers.

[onenote]

1. actually before blago there was george ryan, who was thrown in the slammer

along with a whole lot of his associates.

[dysfunctional press]

2. and don't forget dan rostenkowski...

or dan walker...or paul powell...or otto kerner...

[trollybob]

4. Rostenkowski had the discretion over millions of taxpayers dollars

and then was prosecuted on some chickenshit federal rap involving a few thousand bucks. He deserves to be included in the same group as Martha Stewart, Tommy Chong, Robert Downey, Jr., Daryl Strawberry, etc: Abuse of prosecutorial discretion.

[dysfunctional press]

5. and they got al capone on tax evasion.

whatever it takes, legally to take down a corrupt scumbag politician- i'm ALL for it.

[Wapsie B]

6. Me too. Bring all the crooks down.

I still wonder what it would take to bring down * and Cheney? Just a pipe dream I know.

[ben_meyers]

3. Which only makes what is happening now twice as stupid

not only is Blago corrupt he didn't learn anything from history.

[Hubert Flottz]

7. Former West Virginia Governor Is Sentenced to 5 Years for Graft

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE6DD163FF932A25754C0A966958260&n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes%20Topics%2FSubjects%2FF%2FFrauds%20and%20Swindling

Rep. Shellie Capito(R)WV daddy is a jailbird?