Governor Thrown Out

Illinois Governor

Ousted From Office

Thursday (January 29,2009)

Rod Blagojevich

Kicked Out By

His Peers

In Unanimous

59-0 Vote

For Abuse Of Power

The Illinois State Senate

Impeached Him

For Trying To Sell

Barack Obama's

Vacant Senate Seat And 

Abusing His Power

And Privilege

In 4-day Impeachment Trial

It Also Bans

Him For Life

From Holding

Public Office

In Illinois

Blagojevich,52,

Is First Illinois Governor

To Be Sacked

And First US Governor

In More Than 20 Years

To Be Impeached

And Kicked Out

Of Office

Despite His Theatrics

Reciting Poetry 

Of Kipling And Tennyson

"To fight" It Out

He Faces Damning

Evidence Of Acting

Like "sports agent"

Auctioning

Barack Obama's Senate Seat

To Highest Bidder

Federal Prosecutor

Patrick Fitzgerald

Releases Transcripts

Of FBI Wiretaps

Of Blagojevich's Conversations

Showing The Governor

Abused Power

For His Personal Gain

Blagojevich,Arrested

By Federal Agents

Last December,

Will Face Corruption

Charges Like "Fire Your

Editorial Board Members

If You Want $150 Million

In State Aid" Demand on

Chicago Tribune In Court

In April

The Charges

Against Him

Include:

*attempting to obtain

campaign contributions

in exchange for official actions

*attempting to use 

state funds for private purpose

inducing Chicago Tribune

to fire Chicago Tribune editorial 

board members critical of him

and

*attempting to obtain 

personal financial benefits

for himself in return

for his appointment

of a US Senator

Fitzgerald Also

Lists Out

11 More

Corruption Plots

Blagojevich Used

For His Own Gratification

As 

Two-month Drama 

And
Farce Ends

Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn,

Who Was Immediately

Sworn In As

Illinois's 41st. Governor,

Stresses

"the ordeal is over"

And

"it's very important

that we have a duty,

a mission to restore

the faith of the people

of Illinois in the integrity

of their government".

Sources:AP,Reuters,BBC,

ABC,Yahoo!News,

Washington Post,New York Times, MarketWatch