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Bye Bye Blago!

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This just in: Governor Rod Blagojevich is a governor no more. Even his gorgeous hair couldn't save him from being the first governor in Illinois history to be impeached (and we're not exactly talking about a state with a stellar track record). The senators voted him out 59-0, citing his now infamous abuses of power - you might remember his attempt to sell Obama's U.S. Senate seat, or that time he "threatened to withhold money from a local children’s hospital, unless its executives contributed money to him." Not only is Rod getting kicked out today, he is forever barred from holding public office again. Well, that's what you get for skipping out on Monday's trial to rock the talk show circuit. Don't feel so bad, Blago - unemployment is so hot right now!

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