Source: LA Times
I guess money can't buy you love, but for the right price, it can buy you the former Illinois Gov. George H. Ryan.
CHICAGO--Summing up nearly six months of testimony in the corruption and racketeering trial of former Illinois Gov. George H. Ryan, prosecutors painted a grim portrait Monday of a corrupt, arrogant man whose actions forced the state to sacrifice public safety for political payoffs.
Ryan was eagerly "pillaging the state coffers" for years and "might as well have put a 'For Sale' sign on his office" when acting as Illinois governor and secretary of state, assistant U.S. Atty. Joel Levin told jurors.
"You've heard of the 12 days of Christmas," Levin said. "This was 12 years of Christmas for Ryan, for Ryan's friends and his family."
The Ryan "Buy Me Off" list includes:
Among other things, Ryan allegedly lounged in Jamaica and Cancun at someone else's expense; encouraged state workers to aid his and other political campaigns while working in state offices and earning a state paycheck; and enjoyed complimentary trips to Las Vegas casinos with co-defendant Lawrence E. Warner.
"This was corruption with a capital 'C'," Levin said.
Another news story of a high-powered Republican leader going corrupt?
I'm not sure, but I think we are seeing a pattern forming here. I think the new GOP slogan should be, "We don't just do corruption--we do corruption better than the other guys!"
Ha ha!
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