Only the Illinois legislature would know if they convicted and impeached a Governor by a kangaroo court today over allegations of corruption on criminal charges on a presumption of guilt over innocence before Rod Blagojevich was even indicted,  or for that matter given a fair trial before the legislature or a court of law.

However, I will readily defer to the Democratic political machine of the state of Illinois, for they, more likely than I, can identify corruption, because history shows it occurs more often in this state than most.

After an impassioned plea to save his job, Blagojevich was convicted at his impeachment trial and thrown out of office by a vote of 59-0.

After a four day trial, with no opportunity to present witnesses to prove no wrongdoing, he was convicted on the broad charge of abuse of power.

Blagojevich was allowed to appear before the Senate to beg for his job, delivering a 47-minute plea that was defiant, humble and sentimental.

He argued that he did nothing wrong and warned his impeachment would set a “dangerous and chilling precedent.”

He has been replaced by Democratic Lt. Gov. Patrick Quinn, one of his critics.

Blagojevich succeeded former GOP Gov. George Ryan, who is serving six years in prison for graft.

He came up though the infamous Chicago Machine of back-room bargaining and big-money deals, getting elected to the Illinois House in 1992 and Congress in 1996.  In 2002 he was elected governor on a promise to clean up the state government of Gov Ryan.

Although, controversial during his first and second term, Blagojevich did not run into problems but less than two months ago when  it became known that federal prosecutors had been investigating his administration for years.

On December 9 he was arrested by the FBI, which caught everyone off guard.

The allegation was that Balgojevich had been caught on wiretaps scheming to sell an appointment to President Obama’s vacant Senate seat for campaign cash or a plum job for himself or his wife.

Yet, Fitzgerald has yet to indict Balgojevich and furthermore has asked the court for an extension on the criminal charges before he is ready to indict, implying that he doesn’t have all he needs to go for the indictment.

Before his plea today before the impeachment, Blagojevich took his appeals to the court of public opinion doing a New York media blitz on ABC, CNN, Fox MSNC, CBS, The View and more to proclaim his innocence.  I thought he did quite a good job on the issue of the presumption of innocence before being tried in a court of law or a kangaroo legislature court in Illinois.

The media in some cases was sympathetic with respect to the presumption of innocence before trial, but ripped him apart on corruption.

The Chicago Machine in Illinois has been a cultural of corruption in government since the days of Al Capone.  In the history of Illinois, five governors went to jail.  Blagojevich is the first governor in the United States in more than 30 years to be impeached.

Nevertheless there should be no question in the mind of those that believe in fairness, no matter political party and irregardless of a presumed end result, that Justice in these United States should be served and was not served, at this time, in Blagojevich’s impeachment.