Corrupt Ex-Governor Update

Every Picture Tells a Story, Don't It?

From the Chicago Sun Times:

House votes to deny funds for Blagojevich's portrait

March 27, 2010
BY STEVE CONTORNO Sun-Times Springfield Bureau

SPRINGFIELD -- If ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich wants his portrait to hang in the "Hall of Governors" at the state Capitol, he may have to pay for it himself.

Oil paintings of every Blagojevich predecessor from Shadrach Bond to George Ryan occupy a wing of the statehouse and are viewed by thousands of visitors every year.

The Illinois House voted Friday to forbid the state from allocating funds toward a portrait of impeached ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The bill would prohibit the state from funding the portrait of any impeached governor.

But the slot awaiting Blagojevich's painting may stay empty for a while after the House voted 85-23 Friday to forbid the state from allocating funds toward a portrait of an impeached governor.

The Senate-bound bill does not ban an ousted governor from bankrolling the project out of pocket, which could cost as much as $25,000, the bill's top backer said.

"I have no desire nor intent to revise history. I also have no desire nor intent to see to it that someone who is impeached and convicted of impeachable offenses gets into the taxpayers' purse for anything," said Rep. Bill Black (R-Danville), the bill's chief sponsor.
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Given his crackhead-grade addiction to spotlights and microphones coupled with his non-stop, coast-to-coast "Blago Reputation Rehabipalooza" road show, we living in the here-and-now are in no immediate danger of forgetting Illinois' Corrupt Ex-Governor

But for the sake of future generations -- who may well only remember this period as the time when Illinois went from Prairie State to Pauper State -- I think it is important that we bequeath to history an honest artistic rendering of just exactly what kind of mercenary sociopathic goofs the voters of Illinois routinely elected to high office.

So, as a public service, I would be more than happy to donate whichever of my original and highly collectible pieces of Blagobilia that capture many of the awesome colors in our Corrupt Ex-Governor's palate...

Blago the self-styled Militant Counterculture Leader.


Blago the Beloved Emperor.


The Flamboyant Nutjob Autocrat.


The Pure and Holy.


Illinois' Agent of Chaos.


The Inner Blago.


Or perhaps just a still-life reminder of the culture he left behind.




Let me know, legislators: I've got a million of 'em.