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Former State Sen Martin Sandoval wiped tears as he plead guilty to 2 felony counts #Illinois pic.twitter.com/rM325FEskV

— Mary Ann Ahern (@MaryAnnAhernNBC) January 28, 2020

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:21 pm

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  1. Man, I’m gonna miss the mcdouble.

    Comment by Iggy Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:23 pm

  2. I’m truly sorry I got caught

    Comment by Jose Abreu's Next Homerun Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:24 pm

  3. https://giphy.com/media/94EQmVHkveNck/200.webp

    Comment by NIU Grad Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:25 pm

  4. As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster…

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:25 pm

  5. … and now it’s all over

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:25 pm

  6. Another Illinois politician heads to retirement in prison.

    Comment by Progressive Guy Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:28 pm

  7. You know, we always called each other goodfellas. Like you said to, uh, somebody, “You’re gonna like this guy. He’s all right. He’s a good fella. He’s one of us.” You understand? We were goodfellas. Wiseguys.

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:28 pm

  8. Tears of a Clown.

    Comment by In the Know Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:28 pm

  9. I better get used to staring at bare concrete walls

    Comment by Jocko Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:29 pm

  10. I need those politicians that you carry in your pocket, like nickels and dimes.

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:33 pm

  11. I should have called Saul.

    Comment by Interim Retiree Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:33 pm

  12. Singing “Another One Bites The Dust” and “I Fought The Law and the Law Won.”
    Sandoval: “I got caught and I feel so bad, I wish I’d not been caught, Now I’m a felon and I’m so sad, I fought the law and the law won…”

    The question to the rest of the corrupt: “Whatcha gonna do when they come for you??”

    Comment by revvedup Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:33 pm

  13. “Make sure your hands are clean before we walk in. Unfortunately, it doesn’t do anything for a conscience.”

    Comment by fs Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:34 pm

  14. That picture above the hand sanitizer kind if says it all.

    Comment by Been There Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:34 pm

  15. See the lonely man there in the federal courthouse

    Comment by Genesis Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:34 pm

  16. I will be cleaning floors like these everyday for 10 years while looking at the walls

    Comment by Hard D Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:35 pm

  17. “… but I thought that… that when it was *my* time, I would be the one to hold the string. Senator Sandoval, later Governor Sandoval. Well, it wasn’t enough time… It wasn’t enough time.“

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:37 pm

  18. I try so hard, but I just don’t get this modern art.

    Comment by lake county democrat Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:37 pm

  19. “Guilty, your Honor…. Guilty, *your* Honor… Guilty… your Honor. … I plea guilt, your Honor… Judge, I’m guilty… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:39 pm

  20. sometimes bad things happen to bad people. good.

    Comment by Amalia Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:39 pm

  21. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker falsely identified as urban reformer and redistibutionist Marty Sandoval.

    Comment by Steve Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:42 pm

  22. When I was back there in seminary school….can you give me sanctuary?

    Comment by Anon For Now Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:44 pm

  23. Sandoval will be a year and one day guy- our in 10 months. It will be years before he is sentenced as he will be testifying in cases we don’t even know about yet

    Comment by Sue Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:44 pm

  24. Goodbye, yellow brick road…

    Comment by phocion Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:45 pm

  25. No MAS!!!

    Comment by Steve O Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:49 pm

  26. I’m not going down alone. Nope.

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:52 pm

  27. Funny, all the people and all the help I gave, here I am, all alone…

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:53 pm

  28. There is a road, no simple highway
    Between the dawn and dark of night
    And if you go, no one may follow
    That path is for your steps alone.

    Comment by Henry Francis Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:53 pm

  29. “Welcome to this one man show”

    Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:55 pm

  30. Say it ain’t so, Marty, say it ain’t so…

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:56 pm

  31. Shoulda tried to tell them I wanted to be in the witness protection program…

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 1:58 pm

  32. The last day… my life will be my own…

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:00 pm

  33. Cry and you cry alone.

    “When I was back there in seminary school….can you give me sanctuary?

    Can you find me soft asylum?…The Man is at the door.

    Comment by Grandson of Man Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:02 pm

  34. “Not quite the wall I was talking about…”

    Comment by ChrisB Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:02 pm

  35. After laughter comes tears

    Comment by Precinct Captain Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:09 pm

  36. This is the same man that spearheaded the gas tax increase. I wonder what he got out of that?

    Comment by pool boy Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:12 pm

  37. Purell??? C’mon, the feds know that sunshine is the best disinfectant.

    Comment by Dance Band on the Titanic Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:14 pm

  38. Former State Sen Martin Sandoval, was overheard telling the person in front of him, “I used to make a living treating people like garbage.”

    Comment by A Parent Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:14 pm

  39. El Jeffe

    Comment by Lamb Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:16 pm

  40. “This isn’t fair. I haven’t even filled the second shoebox.”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:18 pm

  41. What if I paid taxes on the bribes? Would that have made a difference?

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:19 pm

  42. My pension is tax free , do I’m ok

    Comment by Kauaijim Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:19 pm

  43. “I got greedy. I shoulda stopped after the first $100 Kay…”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:21 pm

  44. “The ad for the correspondence school said ‘Get rich overnight — become an Illinois politician.’”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:21 pm

  45. OW well played on mob movie lines. They all fit.

    Comment by Eire17 Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:22 pm

  46. There was no safe speed in the way I got paid.

    Comment by Steve Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:23 pm

  47. “I coulda been somebody. I coulda been a contender.”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:23 pm

  48. I hope they send me to Oxford and not Littleton… Rod will drive me nuts.

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:24 pm

  49. “I wonder if I can borrow that wheelchair for my sentencing hearing?”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:26 pm

  50. (Hat tip to - Eire17 -)

    Never take the money. That’s what they say… never take the money.

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:27 pm

  51. “Don’t just stand there like a putz, Luca. Go get the car.”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:29 pm

  52. “I wonder if they have Hostess cupcakes in the commissary?”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:30 pm

  53. “Glenn Beck was right. Putting Vicks Vapo Rub under your eyes really produces the tears.”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:32 pm

  54. Better start getting used to staring at gray walls.

    Comment by Builder of Bridges Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:34 pm

  55. Egg noodles and ketchup.

    Comment by Three Dimensional Checkers Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:36 pm

  56. I can do 3 years… maybe 4… man, 5 would be tough, I can do 4 years I guess… it’s not *that* long, four years… anything more than 6… six would be tough..,

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:43 pm

  57. The fortune teller was right… Jim Durkin got me in the end… here I thought being in the Senate saved me…

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:44 pm

  58. All that Dunkin Donuts… this suit doesn’t fit right…

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:45 pm

  59. At least I don’t haveta get into a jumpsuit today.

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:47 pm

  60. I’m paying these attorneys $900 an hour to plea guilty, turn myself over as a walking witness, *and* I haveta pay fines and court costs?

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 2:49 pm

  61. It could be worse, session is starting up again…

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 3:04 pm

  62. I hear Oxford has an excellent 6 to 8 week basic training program to get in shape (which is perfect for me since I’ll be there longer).

    Comment by Steve Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 3:26 pm

  63. “This loneliness won’t leave me alone”

    Comment by JS Mill Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 3:42 pm

  64. I tried to plead the fifth,tenth, fifteenth and twentieth….but then Boltons book came out

    Comment by Blue Dog Dem Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 4:38 pm

  65. “See the Big Man Cry Mama, That’s What I heard Him Say”

    Comment by Rodent Tuesday, Jan 28, 20 @ 7:02 pm

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