{"id":3862,"date":"2008-12-10T00:21:19","date_gmt":"2008-12-10T00:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2008\/12\/a-sad-day-in-illinois.html"},"modified":"2008-12-10T00:21:19","modified_gmt":"2008-12-10T00:21:19","slug":"a-sad-day-in-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2008\/12\/a-sad-day-in-illinois.html","title":{"rendered":"A Sad Day in Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Blago.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>Rod Blagojevich<\/a>, who rode a wave of replacing George Ryan (now in prison) to clean things up in Illinois, received a phone call at daybreak informing him of a warrant for his arrest. US Attorney, Patrick Fitzgerald, informed the public later of the charges — basically using power for bribery in order to secure a position for himself and a bigger income for his wife. He put a dollar sign on the person who was to replace Obama in the Senate.<\/p>\n

The sadness for us Illinoisans is that this arrest means that we could well have two former governors in prison. <\/p>\n

How do people with this sort of character rise so high in our political system? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rod Blagojevich, who rode a wave of replacing George Ryan (now in prison) to clean things up in Illinois, received a phone call at daybreak informing him of a warrant for his arrest. 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