Illinois politics are fun.
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Heh. I lived in IL for 32 years. I moved out of state in '99 and don't really miss it. But yeah, it's fun to keep an eye on things back home. I keep thinking the people of IL couldn't possibly find a governor worse than their last one. Every four years they prove me wrong.
For the next election though, the bar's been set pretty high. Or low. Whatever.
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As a current Il resident all I can do is bow my head in shame.
I seem to have a negative effect on governors in the states where I live... NY earlier this year, and now IL has joined the ranks. I'm not sure what I'm more surprised about, that it took this long for Blago to get arrested, or that this is what it was for...