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How Corrupt Is Springfield?
Byby Chris Bodenner
Very:
A rising Chicago pol, [Blagojevich] occupied the Congressional seat of powerful Dan Rostenkowski after he was convicted of mail fraud. He then became the Illinois top dog following Gov. George Ryan, who is now in prison for accepting bribes. ... If Blagojevich is convicted he will become the fourth Illinois Governor in 40 years to go to jail. Other than Ryan, former governor Dan Walker took fraudulent loans to repair his yacht. Gov. Otto Kerner (as in Kerner Commission) was convicted of taking bribes while in office.
And of course:
Blagojevich ran as a reformer framing his Democratic Party credentials against the out-going corrupt Republican Ryan.
