tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112265077002411835.post1339132835888998921..comments2023-11-02T08:16:20.011-07:00Comments on green blog of revolution: At Times Like Thesedave3544http://www.blogger.com/profile/05683213316867939951noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112265077002411835.post-49150108163880387192008-12-09T10:16:00.000-08:002008-12-09T10:16:00.000-08:00Indeed.Although I have to say this is a bit overbl...Indeed.<BR/><BR/>Although I have to say this is a bit overblown.<BR/><BR/>"This is a sad day for government. It's a very sad day for Illinois government," Fitzgerald said at the news conference. "Governor Blagojevich has taken us to a new low . . . he attempted to sell the Senate seat, the Senate seat he had the sole right to appoint to replace President-elect Obama . . . The conduct would make Lincoln roll over in his grave." <BR/><BR/>I pretty sure that Lincoln would not have blinked twice at a Senate seat being openly sold. That's kind of the way things were done in the US before the 1920s.dave3544https://www.blogger.com/profile/05683213316867939951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112265077002411835.post-56250494106894609172008-12-09T07:54:00.000-08:002008-12-09T07:54:00.000-08:00Oy.<A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/09/AR2008120900987.html" REL="nofollow">Oy</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com