The Narcissist-in-Denial Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich (D), was impeached by the Illinois House in a razor-thin margin of 114-1.
The Illinois House voted overwhelmingly Friday to impeach [Democrat] Gov. Rod Blagojevich, setting up an unprecedented trial in the state Senate on whether he should be thrown out for abuse of power, including allegations that he tried to sell President-elect Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat.
The governor responded with what has become trademark defiance since he arrested on federal charges a month ago. He accused the House of retaliating against him for trying to help the people of Illinois and said he’s confident he’ll be “properly exonerated” at a Senate trial.
Not surprising. Now we await on the Illinois Senate.
Ask yourself whether Blagojevich’s response to all this indicates that he is mentally stable or unstable:
“The causes of the impeachment are because I’ve done things to fight for families,” said Blagojevich, who was joined by some beneficiaries of his health programs during a news conference in Chicago.
And then there’s this:
Blagojevich dismissed the impeachment as inevitable from a House that has resisted his efforts to help real people instead of “special interests and lobbyists.”
“The House’s action today wasn’t a surprise,” said Blagojevich. “From the moment of my re-election, I’ve been engaged in a struggle with the House.”
He ended the news conference by quoting a poem from “Ulysses” by Lord Alfred Tennyson, ending with: “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”
Still think Blagojevich has all his senses intact?
Blagojevich had been out jogging in his Chicago neighborhood when the House vote came down. Impeachment required just 60 votes. The final tally was 114-1.
A crucial vote on his political career occurs and the man is JOGGING in his neighborhood. If I pretend that I have no problem, then all my problems will disappear! Yay! (Incidentally, Blago should be living in Springfield, the Illinois capital, not Chicago. Imagine the laughs and insults a Republican governor would get if he dared to live in Chicago and not Springfield.)
But Blagojevich is a Democrat, and they get a different, lower standard which can be met by virtually anyone.
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