By a 59-0 vote of the Illinois Senate, Gov. Rod Blagojevich was impeached this afternoon in Springfield.
The 52-year-old Democrat becomes the first sitting governor in the Land of Lincoln’s pockmarked history of corruption to be impeached, convicted and booted out of office.
He will, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune, be replaced immediately by Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn, a man who twice ran as Blago’s running mate.
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1 Always On Watch // Jan 29, 2009 at 6:01 pm
a 59-0 vote
Now THERE is a mandate!
2 Anonymous // Jan 31, 2009 at 11:55 am
Bla-GONE-you-bitch! Thanks a lot for yet another way to tax motorists with the pollution test to get a renewal sticker for your plates. Try taxing the BANKS. That’s where the money is!
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