Blagojevich didn’t know how to do corruption proprely, so as not to get caught.

1 comment December 9th, 2008

The most amazing thing about Rod Blagojevich is that his quest for money was so incredibly stupid.

 You must have plausible deniability if you’re going to do corruption properly, meaning  not to get charged, tried and convicted. The official never makes the “ask.” You have people do that. You don’t know what they’re doing, you don’t want to know what they’re doing.

 Someone else, far down the food chain, has made the shake down order. If they’re nabbed, you can say you are “shocked … shocked!” that such a thing happened.

Illinois may not be ready for reform, but this governor became easy pickings for the feds because he is so incredibly unsophisticated  about how to be corrupt properly.

U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald acted quickly instead, of waiting until March or April, because Blago was going to do something else awful, perhaps name a U.S. sentor, very soon. They needed to stop that so as the senator would not be damaged goods on Capitol Hill..

I hope Blago does the right thing — I’m not holding my breath — and resigns. Illinois has  huge problems. It can’t pay its bills. Its budget is unbalanced. Blagojevich has dismantled entire state departments and done horrible damage to the fabric of Illinois government. State employee morale is below low. This once-proud state has been cut low by the most corrupt governor in state history, and that’s saying a lot. 

What was a proud day for Illinois on Nov. 4, when Barack Obama was elected president, has turned into a nightmare day on Dec. 9, when our governor was nabbed in a dawn raid at his Northside bungalow, handcuffed and taken to the Dirksen Federal Building.

Disgusting stuff. And more is coming.