By Kari Lydersen and Peter Slevin, Washington Post, SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Jan. 29 — The state senators stood up one by one in a hushed chamber on Thursday to call Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) a liar and a hypocrite who put his ego and his pocketbook ahead of the interests of Illinois. One called him “devious,…
International Herald Tribune — Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will leave Chicago as a governor Thursday morning. He may come home just an average citizen. Blagojevich plans to fly to Springfield and address the Senate before the final vote in his impeachment trial. Even Blagojevich predicts he’ll be convicted, costing him his job and all the…
afterdowningstreet.org John Ashcroft Yelled at Me Tonight. No Joke. Submitted by davidswanson By Elsinora via Democratic Underground Knox College is a liberal arts college, in every sense of the word “liberal.” Out of approximately 1400 students, the Knox College Republicans can claim only six members. Although we’re a tiny college, we attract very prestigious Democrats…
After Downing Street — Note: Dozens of people around the country are now fasting for impeachment. New Hampshire State Representative Betty Hall, who will lead a public hearing this week on a resolution to urge Congress to impeach, is 87 and fasting, and has said she would consider dying in this fast a good way…
