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A word to the wise: if you are attempting to illegally sell a vacant senate seat, do not do so using E-Bay.

Former Illinois Governor Milorad "Rod" Blagojevich (the name is Serbian) wasn't quite that dim-witted, but he did not help himself when welcoming threats that his conversations might be taped because he claimed to be innocent of wrongdoing. Recently, those tapes were played to a grand jury as evidence against Blagojevich, who is being charged with corruption, solicitation of bribes, and wire fraud.

Obviously, the blunders of Watergate have taught today's politicians nothing. When they choose to engage in criminal actives over phone or Internet rather than the traditional dark alley way, it just shows that they are getting lazy.

With the election of Barack Obama, a senate seat for the state of Illinois became vacant. Originally, Obama had wished to take on the role of both president and senator, but he was quickly dissuaded by his vice president, Joe Biden. Open congressional positions are appointed by that state's governor in non-election years.

Seeing an opportunity, Govenor Blagojevich decided to sell the seat to the highest bidder. Congress first caught the first whiff that Blagojevich was up to something when he casually mentioned his top candidates to replace Obama were Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.

Until recently, Blagojevich thought that impeachment was some type of fruit. On Jan. 9th, the Illinois House of Representatives voted 114-1 to begin the process of removing the governor from office. The one dissenting voter later admitted that he only voted against impeachment to be different. Also wanting to be difficult, Blagojevich vows to fight the impeachment proceedings. This is primarily because Blagojevich is convinced the vote was based on his political beliefs and not his impending felonies.

Out of a job, Blagojevich now faces the beginning of criminal investigations that could earn him sufficient jail time. Of course, his hearings will be infinitely prolonged as everyone from the judge to the jury struggle to correctly pronounce his outlandish last name.

This is just one situation that the governor's hair will not be able to get him out of.