01/29/2009 - Rod Blagojevich removed from office as Illinois governor - STLtoday.com: "SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the boy-faced Chicago Democrat swept into office six years ago as an antidote to the scandal and corruption of his predecessor, was officially removed from office today in the wake of federal corruption charges."
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At long last, Governor Hairbrush is gone. This sociopath has all but bankrupted the state. Illinois has become an economic and political basket case in the six years the worst governor in America has blighted the political landscape. Pat Quinn, our new governor, is an honest public servant and a genuine reformer. We will see if he can do something about what is perhaps the worst state legislature in the nation.