Blagojevich stealing from Ryan's playbook
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Blagojevich stealing from Ryan's playbook

Posted by JP on Fri, 10/24/2008 - 14:52

The Associated Press has the early story here

“The governor says his 13 percent job approval rating is unrelated to the federal corruption investigation that's been swirling around his administration.”

Hold on. I’ve heard this argument before.
Now where was it.
Hmmmm.
Oh yeah, now I remember.
Gov. George Ryan.
When Ryan’s popularity tanked early on, he said it had far more to do with his 1999 decision to push higher alcohol and vehicle taxes – which paid for construction spending – than the federal investigation of his administration. There was also his decision to support O’Hare expansion after telling suburban voters he’d fight against more runways.
The federal proble was merely something of media fascination, he and his aides argued.
In case you forgot, and I doubt you have, that investigation no one was paying attention to ultimately caught up to Ryan. He’s now in prison.