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Goodbye: Blago

  • Rod Blagojevich checks into prison tomorrow. I can not imagine what goes through someones head the week or so before they must report to prison for 10+ years. I almost feel bad for the dude, but he is such an idiot he deserves it.

    Blagojevich stepping into another world

    As he prepares to report to a federal prison in Colorado on Thursday, Rod Blagojevich faces a regimented life. He could earn as little as 12 cents an hour working a menial prison job, but he can keep his famous hairstyle as long as it remains trimmed.

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    BrodieMSU

  • IB4W.

    Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx

    tGreenWay ●

  • Blago is a perfect embodiment of how corrupt Chicago politics are. I'm sure this has done nothing to change it.

    Michael Strahan

  • BrodieMSU said...

    I can not imagine what goes through someones head the week or so before they must report to prison

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    AdaSpartan

  • Michael Strahan said...

    Blago is a perfect embodiment of how corrupt Chicago politics are. I'm sure this has done nothing to change it.

    Chicago politics aren't anything like they were in the 1930's-through the first Mayor Daily.and Illinois governors have been getting in trouble for years too.

    Blago's error was making the jump from Congressman to Gov. His wife had a political job (her father was an alderman) and Blago could have been re-elected for life in a very safe district. The reason Blago got caught was because politics as usual had died before he got to Springfield.

    GRR Spartan ●

  • GRR Spartan said...

    Chicago politics aren't anything like they were in the 1930's-through the first Mayor Daily.and Illinois governors have been getting in trouble for years too.

    Blago's error was making the jump from Congressman to Gov. His wife had a political job (her father was an alderman) and Blago could have been re-elected for life in a very safe district. The reason Blago got caught was because politics as usual had died before he got to Springfield.

    If I remember correctly, wasn't his wife's family from Muskegon?

    Michael Strahan

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    Banned 12/30/2010 - 1/7/2011 (for not believing in the power of prayer)

    Hitch 22 ●

  • I feel sorry for his children.

    Motown Spartan ●

  • BrodieMSU said...

    Rod Blagojevich checks into prison tomorrow. I can not imagine what goes through someones head the week or so before they must report to prison for 10+ years. I almost feel bad for the dude, but he is such an idiot he deserves it.

    Prepare my anus?

    (fart sound)

    Rocinante

  • Scumbag. Let him rot. Same goes for George Ryan, and every other politician that's abusing the system.

    Chitown_Badger

  • Michael Strahan said...

    If I remember correctly, wasn't his wife's family from Muskegon?

    Richard Mell is from Muskegon. Richard Mell has been on the City Council since the mid 70's. He also owned a spring manufacturing company he started in Chicago in the mid 1950's - early 1960's.

    GRR Spartan ●

  • Probably, "where can I get a gun to end it all?"

    There's only so many positive thoughts you can use to try and convince yourself it won't be that bad. But the fact is, you're about to go away for a long time and not only is your freedom about to be gone, but so are your interactions with your family and loved ones.

    Probably very hard for the average person, but the whole drawn out process of arrest, prosecution, and trial probably desensitizes you somewhat.

    "People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care." - Mark Dantonio.

    JMSparty08

  • Michael Strahan said...

    Blago is a perfect embodiment of how corrupt Chicago politics are. I'm sure this has done nothing to change it.

    First of all, Blago was the governor of Illinois, not the mayor of Chicago. State politics are different than "Chicago politics".

    Second of all, he didn't actually do any of the crap he talked about doing and was arrested, tried, convicted and imprisoned for talking about what he was wanted to do.

    I would actually argue that his imprisonment is a sign that corruption, or even the hint of corruption, is no longer tolerated in Illinois.

    Phil McCrackin

  • Phil McCrackin said...

    First of all, Blago was the governor of Illinois, not the mayor of Chicago. State politics are different than "Chicago politics".

    Second of all, he didn't actually do any of the crap he talked about doing and was arrested, tried, convicted and imprisoned for talking about what he was wanted to do.

    I would actually argue that his imprisonment is a sign that corruption, or even the hint of corruption, is no longer tolerated in Illinois.

    I think he did get kind of a bad deal with the convictions. They really didn't prove anything that they alleged. This is a case where his fame probably didn't help him. Lots of people like to argue special treatment for celebrities, but that knife cuts both ways.

    "People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care." - Mark Dantonio.

    JMSparty08

  • JMSparty08 said...

    I think he did get kind of a bad deal with the convictions. They really didn't prove anything that they alleged. This is a case where his fame probably didn't help him. Lots of people like to argue special treatment for celebrities, but that knife cuts both ways.

    Not just his fame, but his personality too.
    Blago is a self-absorbed asshole, and it came through loud and clear during the trial and all those taped phone calls.

    I'm sure that played a big role in the jury room.

    Phil McCrackin

  • Phil McCrackin said...

    First of all, Blago was the governor of Illinois, not the mayor of Chicago. State politics are different than "Chicago politics".

    Second of all, he didn't actually do any of the crap he talked about doing and was arrested, tried, convicted and imprisoned for talking about what he was wanted to do.

    I would actually argue that his imprisonment is a sign that corruption, or even the hint of corruption, is no longer tolerated in Illinois.

    Haha, Blago came up through the Chicago political machine, and continued to live in Chicago throughout his entire term as Illinois Governor.

    Wild guess here, but when he openly solicited bids to fill Obama's senate seat, this wasn't his first rodeo with "pay for play" politics.

    Michael Strahan

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