As was previously reported, earlier today the Illinois House Of Representatives voted 114-1-1 to impeach incredibly corrupt Governor Rod ‘Tony Soprano’ Blagojevich. Even the one member who voted no on the resolution said he did so not because he thought the Governor was innocent but because he wasn’t sure of all the evidence. The member who voted present seemed to have done so more out of pique at having lost re-election.
Taking personal vanity and chutzpah to a whole new level, Governor Soprano just held a press conference at which he announced the House had impeached him not because he is the most patently corrupt politician to hit the airwaves since Boss JD Hogg, but rather because he had fought to give poor people health care and the members of the Legislature didn’t want them to have it.
With the impeachment resolution passed through the House, we now move on to trial in the Senate which is scheduled to begin at the end of January. With a couple weeks required for the trial, it looks like they may get the Governor out by early February.
I would assume they’d like to do so prior to February 12th because that is President Lincoln’s 200th Birthday and, given the historic date as well as the symbolism of President Obama being in office, I would think there will be some pretty substantial ceremonies which would be much better without Blago on the stage.