Blagojevich Linkfest

~ Laura

It's not hookers, but this is damn good stuff. All I feel like reading right now is the on going coverage of Gov. Blagojevich. I love that he showed up for work today. I love his hair. It's all so wonderfully dreadful.

Here's what I'm reading:

Jesse Jackson, Jr. was Candidate 5. [New York Times]

Impact on Obama. [NYT video]

The latest rumor is that Rahm Emmanuel is the one who narc'd on Blagojevich.

I'm trying to decide what my favorite line from all this is. Option A – "It's a [expletive] valuable thing. You just don't give it away for nothing," Blagojevich said, according to the affidavit. "I've got this thing and it's [expletive] golden and I'm just not giving it up for [expletive] nothing. I'm not gonna do it."  Option B – "I want to make money."

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5 thoughts on “Blagojevich Linkfest”

  1. They need to impeach him, and not plan on resignation as the solution. Someone I know compared his wire-tapped rants to the Nixon tapes, particularly in the sense that Nixon ranted about some pretty crazy stuff that never happened.
    Although the guy is clearly sleazy, the details of which particular sleaze passed the threshold into being illegal is non-trivial to determine. Fitzgerald has a good reputation for coming up with solid indictments, but I think Illinois has to work on the assumption that conviction is not a sure thing, and get rid of this guy however they can. Hence, impeachment.

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  3. It’s not obvious to me that Blago has done anything more damaging to public welfare than Dodd, or Rangel, or Mollohan – or Cold Cash Jefferson (or, on the Reep side, Cunningham, etc). It’s just that Blago did it while saying ‘fuck’, and that get’s him to the top of everyone’s attention queue.

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  5. I don’t think the swearing is what got attention, but rather the brazenness of the whole thing combined with the fact that, even if Obama and his people are blameless (which I think is the case), you can’t cover this story without mentioning Obama.
    The timing is also right to keep this in the news and increase the impact of this scandal. First, there are other Senate seats that are about to be vacated by people taking federal office. Second, you have a series of just forming political scandals that were small enough to stay-off most people’s radar (I’m especially thinking of Rangel), but that might now become prominent with a new hook. Third, there have already been a higher than average number of public officials caught on the take in recent years. Add that all on top of the bailout where the government is spending trillions with very little public support.

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