tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151938248821114337.post5937070064228709990..comments2023-06-26T10:02:55.794-05:00Comments on RightSideProject: The Senate SeatUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151938248821114337.post-25515404117126085302008-12-11T18:48:00.000-06:002008-12-11T18:48:00.000-06:00Here, here on the point on Sen. Peter Fitzgerald!Here, here on the point on Sen. Peter Fitzgerald!Steven L. Baersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449070951241599812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151938248821114337.post-15955164523883858642008-12-11T11:07:00.000-06:002008-12-11T11:07:00.000-06:00I think this is as appropriate a place as any to c...I think this is as appropriate a place as any to comment on something that has not been metioned with much, if any, frequency in all of this mess. The people of the State of Illinois owe a big debt of gratitude to Senator Peter Fitzgerald for much of what has happened in the last few years as it relates to Patrick Fitzgerald and his success. Senator Fitzgerald was almost solely responsible for the appointment of a prosecutor that came from outside of the Illinois political combine. Without this appointment, which made the Senator a paraiah in Illinios politics, who knows how much of what has come to light would have been exposed in both the conviction of George Ryan as well as the indictment of Blago, not to mention the many, lower level players that have been rooted out. It is a testament to just how much influence one person in a position of power, willing to take a stand and do what is right, despite the negative effects on his career, can have down the road.Chris Janchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01156469561631146051noreply@blogger.com