Senator:Governor 'acted like a thug' on health-care vote

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A Democratic senator lashed out Friday at Gov. Rod Blagojevich, saying the state's chief executive threatened him with political ruin if he does not vote for the governor's prized universal health-care plan.

"I had a very difficult conversation with the governor today," Sen. Mike Jacobs of East Moline said. "This is a political building. Sometimes we disagree.

"But I will tell you, I have never been threatened by another elected official in the way the governor of Illinois threatened me. The governor said that if I didn't vote for his bill, that he would spend every dime he has to make sure that I don't return to this building."

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"I just want to make it clear that I refuse to be intimidated by the governor of Illinois. I don't know who the man thinks he is. And if he'd been in my hometown and talked to me in that manner, we'd have taken it outside.

http://www.sj-r.com/sections/news/stories/115823.asp

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1. Is Gov. Blagojevich a Dem or a repug?

Sounds like the same mafioso tactics used by Rove. If Blagojevich is a Dem, he needs to find the nazi party home to his tactics, and leave the Dems alone. If he's a repuke, this makes perfect sense, as it's in keeping with their character over all.

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[Totally Committed]

2. He's a Democrat.

TC

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3. We don't need Dems like him, if what this Senator says is true.

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