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Originally Posted by dellinger63
I couldn't agree more. But when looking for change look outside of Chicago, Cook County or even Illinois for that matter sans Patrick Fitzgerald.
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I think this is overstating it a bit. Do we have more than our fair share of political corruption in this state? You bet. But there have been plenty of people that I think are pretty decent (at least by the standards of politicians) that have come out of Illinois politics in recent decades as well....from both parties. Jim Edgar (R), and Paul Simon (D) come to mind.
As for Blago, he was almost universally reviled here by members of both parties even BEFORE the latest scandal. His approval rating was at 13%. Leading Democrats in the state like Lisa Madigan and Jesse White had already publicly broken from him. The guy is a complete joke and everybody already knew it.
Blago will probably be going to prison. So did our last governor. That is pretty remarkable, but it doesn't automatically mean that every politician that comes out of Chicago should be tainted with their nonsense. There have been at least a few that don't do things that way.