Rod Blagojevich
Rod Blagojevich
Rod Blagojevichserved as the 40th Governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth10 December 1956
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
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The federal government has failed to act, ... So it's time that we do.
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I think a blanket anything is usually wrong. We're talking about convicted murderers, and I think that is a mistake.
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This is going to waste precious defense dollars while providing very limited military rewards. While we were successful in keeping the bulk of the arsenal intact, we will continue our fight to keep this mission and others located at this historic military installation where they belong.
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the idea of not running hasn't crossed my mind.
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I have no involvement whatsoever in anything surrounding the alleged corruption at the teachers retirement system, and nobody close to me does either,
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He's a superstar, ... and I'm delighted that Mike agreed to stay with us.
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I don't know who A, B, C or Z is, ... All I can tell you is what was written in that document does not describe how we do things. We don't operate that way. No one who is associated with me operates that way, and if they did, they understand I wouldn't tolerate that for a split second.
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Parents don't need government to raise their kids. That's their job, ... But government can help them protect their children from influences they may not want their kids exposed to.
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Biofuels are the future of energy in this nation and around the world
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We have to be sure [students] understand that racial, national, ethnic, and religious hatred can lead to horrible tragedies.
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If you don't take enough math classes or science classes or writing intensive classes, you're not going to be prepared to compete in college or the workplace -- no matter what your diploma says.
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Part of protecting our homeland means being less dependent on foreign countries for our energy.
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Kids today are technologically sophisticated. In many families, they are far ahead of their parents
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For the same reason we don't allow kids to buy pornography, for the same reason we don't allow kids to buy cigarettes, for the same reason we don't allow kids to buy alcohol, we shouldn't allow them to go to stores and buy video games.