Thank You Blago! Thank You
By NewHampster on December 31, 2008 at 2:48 PM in Chicago politics, Current Affairs
Bless you and your family. May your new year be filled with wonder, if not some jail time.
This episode has made my week and my month. The totally unexpected slap-down of yesterday’s appointment was so perfectly timed that I think Blago must have some experience working with the Second City troop.
So. Harry and PEBO want to stop this thing. Isn’t there something somewhere in the Constitution about being innocent until proven guilty? Isn’t Blago still the Governor until he either resigns or is removed?
Just because Bush ignored the law does not mean that Democrats have to follow his lead and continue the use of Executive Orders and the total ignoring of our rights as Americans. Unless of course His Highness, President in Training Obama the Glorious and Magnificent so rules.
This be America people. Blago is innocent and he is the Governor. Harry you need to just Get Over It.
Over at Partizane, Valhalla had this to say,
Ahhhh, this is hilarious.
Harry Reid is going to take a stand now? Not on the war, not on FISA, not on the corruption in his own party, not against the criminal president with the worst approval ratings since Nixon, but now, against an appointee who, although he doesn’t sound fab to me is perfectly competent?
I’m rather doubting Blago did much of anything that most Chicago politicians have done. I used to live in Chicago (granted it was a long time ago) and the political corruption watching was mostly a mildly amusing pastime. Political patronage, even as bad as what Blago has been accused of would barely have raised eyebrows.
I’m not saying that makes it right, but it does give quite the lie to all the “Shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on!” flavoring that has been poured all over this mess.
The longer this goes on and greater Blago’s chutzpah, the more I think he has to have something on Rahm or Obama.
And NCgirl had this to remind me how perfect this appointment is.
The appointment of Burris by Blagojevich was nothing less than brilliant. I mean, how can the Dems possibly deny this AA man the opportunity to take the place of BO in the senate. Blago knows exactly what he is doing. Those that are calling him “mentally unstable” are full of crap, and they know it now. The man is a low-life for sure but a very intelligent low-life. ………
Once again I just want to publicly thank the Governor for adding to my enjoyment of this show. Bravo!
UPDATE: Reader mido has named this, “As the Hot Rod Turns” or As the Rod Turns. Thank you mido for helping make the end of my year.
Happy New Year!






















