December 9th 2008
Don’t Let My Children Grow Up To Be Politicians
R
od Blagojevich – that’s him with his hand on the Holy Bible – has for months been the focus of corruption charges stemming from his ties to Tony Rezko’s scheme to squeeze companies for kickbacks in return for state contracts – but heck, he was just getting started.
Today, finally, Blagojevich is in jail (I presume), arrested this morning for trying to sell Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat to the highest bidder, and for strong-arming the nearly broke Tribune Company, and for trying to get the Chicago Trib’s editorial board fired. As if that weren’t enough, he proved how blind to reality politicans can become by considering appointing his corrupted a$$ as Obama’s replacement:
Blagojevich considered appointing himself. The affidavit said that as late as Nov. 3, he told his deputy governor that if “they’re not going to offer me anything of value I might as well take it.”
“I’m going to keep this Senate option for me a real possibility, you know, and therefore I can drive a hard bargain,” Blagojevich allegedly said later that day, according to the affidavit, which also quoted him as saying in a remark punctuated by profanity that the seat was “a valuable thing — you just don’t give it away for nothing.” (Source)
Blagojevich’s top aide was also arrested.
As a society we’re pretty well attuned to avarice, but Blogojevich is a reminder that there’s always someone out beyond the worst we can imagine. And when these cases come to light, there are always two sins prominent in the perp’s personality: Ego and greed.
Blagojevich’s ego made him think he deserved the money he craved so greedily, and also convinced him that he could fool everyone, even as investigators swarmed around his administration. The last two to manifest these sins, leading to their plummeting into infamy were Dems – Elliot Spitzer and now Blogojevich – but Duke Cunningham wasn’t that far in the past.
The lesson: Trust politicians with your vote, but not much else.
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December 9th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Impeach the bastard.
December 9th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Agreed – and quick! The only potential for a politician to be worse would be to be the guy who would now accept the Obama seat from Blogajevich.