Today, Thursday, January 29, 2009, Governor Rod. R. Blagojevich was removed from office around 4:45. This should not come as a surprise to anyone considering if the Illinois HOR wasn't going to remove him from office they would not have passed the vote. Another thing to add, he is unable to run for any other public office in the state of Illinois. The vote was 59-0 for both of these things; I find it to be rather sad that no one believed in the governor or voted for him to remain in office. That shows the intent of the senate to convict the, now former, governor. This was a very historic conviction due to the fact that no other Illinois governor has been impeached and removed from office. He was the "FIRST EVER" to quote Mr. O'Connor to be removed from the office of Governor. Blagojevich never attended the trial nor did he put up a defense against the charges. He merely showed up today to give a "pity speech" as I put it to, in a way, plead his case. I think that this is a great day and the turn of a new era in the Illinois government. The one thing, I believe, is crucial to turn this government around is that we need to believe that the new governor, Pat Quinn, can change the government and earn our trust. We also need to give him time; do not expect for him to be able to change the government in a day. The same trust that we are putting in President Obama, we must give to the new governor. The phrase, "Rome wasn't built in a day" certainly applies here. Any opinions?
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