It’s today’s big news story: Jurors convicted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) on 17 of 20 counts, including all counts related to trying to sell the U.S. Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama. To mark this momentous occasion, I’m sharing the “Best of Blago Editorial Cartoons” below that have appeared on this [...]
‘Best of Blago Editorial Cartoons’ Revisited
June 27th, 2011 · 2 Comments
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Eric Balderas ‘Posterboy’ for Immigration Reform
June 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment
By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger Just imagine for a moment that you are Barack Obama… I know it’s distasteful, but do it anyway… and assume that your number one goal, politically, is to make it possible for your party to win U.S. elections in perpetuity, with little or no chance of a strong challenge [...]
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Chicago Political Machine Never Stops Working
January 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Above (left to right): Rod Blagojevich, Jesse Jackson Jr., Barack Obama and David Axelrod. One year ago today, Rod Blagojevich became the first sitting Illinois governor to be impeached and booted out of office by the Illinois Senate for, among other things, allegedly trying to “sell to the highest bidder” the U.S. senate seat once [...]
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‘Re-Indicted’ Parody Song Marks One-Year Anniversary of Blagojevich Impeachment
January 29th, 2010 · 3 Comments
One year ago today, Rod Blagojevich became the first sitting Illinois governor to be impeached and booted out of office by a 59-0 vote of the Illinois Senate in Springfield. Now, the 53-year-old Democrat and his lawyers are waiting for the next shoe to drop in legal wranglings related to allegations that he attempted to [...]
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Uncle Jay Explains the News: August 17, 2009
August 18th, 2009 · No Comments
Uncle Jay begins this week’s installment of Uncle Jay Explains the News by expressing thankfulness that “none of us were terminated by a ‘Death Panel’ during the past week.” The word of the week, “decorum”, is looked at as it relates to health care town meetings, Dick Cheney’s soon-to-be-released book and Hillary Clinton’s long-standing grudge [...]
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‘LIVE RAID’ Concerts to Benefit Somali Pirates (Updated)
April 11th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Bob Geldof announced today that, on July 13, he will stage the first of a series of 12 “LIVE RAID” concerts to benefit Somali pirates. In much the same way his 1985 “LIVE AID” concerts raised funds for famine relief in Ethiopia, Geldof said the “LIVE RAID” events will benefit the Muslim pirates who, in [...]
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Governor BLAGOing, BLAGOing, BLAGOne!
January 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments
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 [...]
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