For Sale on Ebay: 1 U.S. Senate Seat for Illinois
Ebay listing, current bid $2,000,000 (LISTING HAS BEEN REMOVED BY EBAY).
Description: With this seat, you will be 1 of 2 people who represent the state of Illinois in the Senate. You will have great power with this. You can create laws, take money from lobbyists, or create earmarks to buy virtually anything you want, even really expensive telescopes. You can even bail out failing businesses. Use this seat to jumpstart your bid for the US presidency.
Update: Andy Roth at the Club for Growth blog estimates the value of a Senate seat at about $6 million.
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Well as of 11:47 AM CST there is the following on EBay: Senate Seat For Sale - It's (expletive) Golden!
Starting bid: US $9.99
End time: Dec-16-08 08:12:38 PST (4 days 22 hours)
Shipping: US $6.00
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Item location: Phoenix, AZ, United States
History: 0 bids
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Perfect Holiday gift for the person who is unhappy with $177K per year!
Senate Seat for Sale!
Just like the Governor says,
"It's Available to the Highest Bidder!"
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Going rate for U.S. President is north of $700 Million if you have the media behind you.
If you want to update this, Iowahawk.typepad.com has screenshots of his Ebay listing:
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2008/12/breaking-feds-seize-blagojevich-ebay-account.html
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