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"I've got this thing and it's (expletive) golden,"

"and I'm just not giving it up for (expletive) nothing. I'm not gonna do it."

Blagojevich on Obama's people "...not going to give me anything except appreciation." "(Expletive) them."

As far as other quotes obtained by federal authorities are concerned, agents from the FBI and other prosecutors describe Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's statements caught on wiretaps as sounding "more like a mob boss than anything" being laced with not just unmitigated greed but also child like profanity. Not only was the Illinois Governor conspiring to in effect "sell" the U.S. Senate seat, he was also actively seeking to silence some of his more vocal critics within the local Chicago media.

"The breadth of corruption laid out in these charges is staggering,” announced Patrick J. Fitzgerald, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.

Even the HuffingtonPost is shocked by the level of corruption involved in the ongoing investigation. Printed on its website:

Paul Green, a political scientist at Roosevelt University, said: "If you're under so much scrutiny by an unbelievably dedicated U.S. attorney's office, why would you risk it all? This is a case less about politics and more about social psychology. ... A hard-nosed Illinois politician wouldn't even dream of doing this, considering the situation."

While Barack Obama himself has been cleared from any wrong doing (it is said that he and Blagojevich don't exactly get along), Obama's appointed Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has come under increased scrutiny as of late. The main reason being that if Blagojevich was willing to be so brazen with his appointments, surely other chicanery has taken place in the past.

From the Chicago Sun Times:

"Blagojevch was caught on tape saying that he wanted the Obama advisor in question to know what Blagojevich wanted in exchange for the Jarrett appointment."

Early Friday morning Emanuel refused to take questions from reporters about whether he was said Obama "advisor" named in the criminal complaint against Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

As if all this doesn't illustrate a severe amount of lunacy on the part of the Governor, Blagojevich has indicated he feels he did nothing wrong and is going to fight to keep his seat, all the while his own Lt. Governor is calling for his impeachment. It will certainly be interesting to see which names the Governor is willing to provide once federal prosecutors start their process. Nevertheless, with little over a month gone by, the infamous Chicago machine-style politics has already reared its ugly head in our Capitol.

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