Ukubanjwa kukaRhulumente wase-Illinois u-Rod Blagojevich kunye nomncedisi wakhe ophezulu kwizityholo, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ukuba wazama ukuthengisa ukukhetha kwakhe ukubambela isihlalo sika-Mongameli owonyuliweyo u-Barack Obama, kudala umdlalo weqonga lezopolitiko ngexesha leeholide. .
Inedrama ephezulu yezityholo zokunyoba. Iintsapho ezinkulu zezopolitiko. Inobudlelwane no-Obama. Ibandakanya eyona klabhu ikhethekileyo kwihlabathi kwaye yeyona ofisi inorhwaphilizo emhlabeni.
Khawucinge nje ngebali lezopolitiko iBlagojevich. Ukunyuka kwe-Chicago pol, wahlala kwisihlalo se-Congressional esinamandla uDan Rostenkowski emva kokugwetywa ngobuqhetseba beposi. Emva koko waba yinja ephezulu yase-Illinois elandela u-Gov. George Ryan, ngoku osentolongweni ngenxa yokwamkela izinyobo. U-Blagojevich wabaleka njengomhlaziyi ebeka ubungqina bakhe beDemocratic Party ngokuchasene neRiphabhlikhi yaseRepublican. Umazantsi eIllinois akazange amthembe kwaye waqala kakubi. Oko kwathiwa, nangokwamkelwa kwemilinganiselo kulutsha, uBlagojevich waphumelela unyulo kwakhona.
Kodwa eli libali lezopolitiko elihamba ngaphaya kweBlagojevich kuphela. Kunye nesikhundla saseNewark, usodolophu waseNew Jersey isihlalo seRhuluneli yaseIllinois isenokuba yeyona ofisi inobuqhophololo eMelika. Ayizizo zonke iirhuluneli ezenziwe ngokulinganayo . Abanye abalawuli abanamandla kwaphela (iVermont) kwaye abanye baninzi (eMassachusetts naseAlaska). Kwinqanaba lokutyibilika, iRhuluneli yaseIllinois zinamandla amaninzi. Banamaphepha okusonga. Ukuba uBlagojevich unetyala uya kuba yiRhuluneli yesine yase-Illinois kwiminyaka engama-40 yokuya ejele. Ngaphandle kukaRyan, owayesakuba yirhuluneli uDan Walker uthathe iimali mboleko zobuqhetseba ukulungisa i-yacht yakhe. Gov. Otto Kerner (njengoko IKomishini yeKerner ) wagwetywa ngokuthatha izinyobo ngelixa useofisini.
Kukho iintsapho ezinkulu kunye namagama amakhulu abandakanyekayo kulomcimbi. Abo babenamahemuhemu okuba babhenele ukuqeshwa kwiNdlu yeeNgwevu babandakanya iGqwetha Jikelele uLisa Madigan, utata wakhe, uSomlomo weNdlu yaseIllinois, ngokucacileyo wayenyanzela uBlagojevich ukuba aqeshe intombi yakhe. Kukwakho noJesse Jackson, Omnci owayefuna isihlalo. Ukongeza, kukho ixesha elide u-Obama ongumfazi we-Congresswoman uJan Schakowsky njengokhetho olunokwenzeka. Ungakhumbula ukuba ekwindla lowe-2002 uSchakowsky waququzelela le rally encinci yokulwa imfazwe apho ilizwe elithile lendlu yeeNgwevu lathetha ngokuchasene nemfazwe…
Kwaye igqwetha laseMelika elazisa ityala likaBlagojevich alikho elinye ngaphandle kukaPatrick Fitzgerald, nodumo lwesizwe kuba wayengumtshutshisi okhethekileyo ejonge ekuvuzweni kwegama likaValarie Plame njenge-CIA efihlakeleyo kwaye wabiza amangqina adumileyo anjengoKarl Rove noTim URussert.
Kwityala elinamaphepha angama-70, uFitzgerald utyhola uBlagojevich kunye nomphathi wakhe babezama ukuhlawulwa 'ngumgqatswa onguNombolo 5' phambi kwengqonyela yeSenethi okanye ukuba umfazi kaBlagojevich uza kufumana umsebenzi ohlawulelwayo. Ngokunikwa izityholo esona sihloko sibuhlungu ngeveki sivela ngoMvulo eChicago Sun-Times malunga nomongameli ophumayo weIllate yaseIllinois uEmil Jones
' UJones ujoyine ukubiza isihlalo se-Senate sika-Obama . '
Bathi imali ayinakukuthenga uthando, kodwa iphantse yathenga isihlalo seNdlu yeeNgwevu.
