Blagojevich gets 14 years

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   couturepopcafeposted 14 years ago

   He got 3 sentences - 168 months, 60 months, and 36 months to be served concurrently.
   
   Is it too much or not enough?  Law says he must serve 85%.  That's 11 years and 9 months. He doesn't have to report to prison until Feb.16, 2012.

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      Greek Oneposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Blagojevich for President!!!....
      
      
      
      
      in 2028

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         couturepopcafeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Don't kid around like that.  Now I'm really scared.

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      AEvansposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      All politicians are corrupt. I really did not follow the entire situation so I honesty cannot answer that question appropriately. I am sure he will be up for parole in a few years, it normally happens that way.

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         psycheskinnerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Being both corrupt and stupid is really rubbing it in, though.
         
         As it happens he absolutely has to serve 80% of the 14 years, so a good stretch.

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      LookingForWaldenposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Is this a fed case? Where I live you only have to do 50% of the time for nonviolent crimes.

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      Brenda Durhamposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      His lack of respect for the law and the Constitution was horrid, so maybe justice was served via his sentencing.
      I still think he was a scapegoat too, though.  Someone profited politically even after he was exposed for his crime.

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         Ralph Deedsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Fourteen years a little stiff to me. Gingrich only had to pay a fine of $450,000 for his violations, and he's a much bigger crook than Blagojevich.

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            Mighty Momposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Which brings us back to Greek One's point.
            Blogojevich for president.
            Hey, if Gingrich can run, so can Blaggy.
            
            Seriously, you've got to be either really stupid, really arrogant, or both, to get taken down in Chicago. I mean, they bend way, way, way over backwards to accommodate "creative" politicking there...

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   WriteAngledposted 14 years ago

   Hah! I thought this thread was about a Yugoslav war criminal,
   
   now I see it is just about a US politician I have never heard of...

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      LookingForWaldenposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      What's a Yugoslav war criminal...

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         WriteAngledposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         I lived out there for 5 years from 1979
         
         Felt the daily xenophobia and saw the s__t coming and luckily managed to get out before things got really bad.

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      couturepopcafeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Welcome to America.  (Tongue in Cheek)

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         psycheskinnerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         He did sell Obama's seat when he became president--so I think that might verge on of international interest.

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