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AT A LOSS FOR WORDS….In case you’re wondering what I think about Rod Blagojevich having the balls to appoint a replacement to Barack Obama’s Senate seat, I don’t really have the words for it. I mean, what can you say about something like this? Blagojevich is obviously living in his own personal looking-glass land these days.
Still, the silver lining here is that maybe this will give the Illinois legislature the kick in the butt it needs to get cracking on impeachment. Maybe.
