Governor Rod

"Corruption is not a party liability—if you can ignore your accusers long enough, or play martyr.” -Frank Richardson Kent, political pundit of the Baltimore Sun.



Christopher Wills of the AP reports, the Attorney General of Illinois, Lisa Madigan, has asked the state Supreme Court to declare Governor Rod Blagojevich unfit. The governor has been accused of trying to sell President-elect Obama’s senate seat for cash or political favors. although no audio of the FBI’s wire has been released, you can read the criminal complaint at the Smoking Gun website with full expletives for you kids out there that like your politics to use the F-word as every part of speech.


The governor who is more worried about his moonlighting gig as Plastic Man,
has been praying to God with a bunch of ministers and you know those people aren't corrupt, just ask Martin Luther or read his 95 Theses.

But, eh, I guess we can just blame corruption on these people:

Governor Blagojevich has said he is innocent of the charges and will be soon vindicated. Illinois and Chicago especially, have had a long history with corruption. For example, William Hale Thompson in 1927, was reelected mayor because of Al Capone's support. According to Wikipedia (I know, but the quote is good), after Thompson's defeat in 1931 by Democrat Anton Cermak, the Chicago Tribune wrote (The Tribune may not be writing much of anything soon):

For Chicago Thompson has meant filth, corruption, obscenity, idiocy and bankruptcy.... He has given the city an international reputation for moronic buffoonery, barbaric crime, triumphant hoodlumism [sic], unchecked graft, and a dejected citizenship. He nearly ruined the property and completely destroyed the pride of the city. He made Chicago a byword for the collapse of American civilization. In his attempt to continue this he excelled himself as a liar and defamer of character.

In an AP article by Deanna Bellandi and Christopher Wills in The Star Tribune of Minneapolis states Governor Blagojevich's approval rating at 8%. 8%?
President Bush's approval rating is 25%. Vice-President Cheney has an 18% approval rating, and even this guy has an approval rating of 10% (this is not comedy!):




Yet, this is politics. Blogojevich just happened to get caught like a scalper at a REO Speedwagon reunion concert.

Lead singer Kevin Cronin's hair reminds me of a friends in High School.

You'd think that since Illinois is known for the Cubs always blowing it and political corruption that the politicians there would be honest and not wear blue caps with a red letter "C" embroidered on it.