By Rosa Luxembourgeoise
In a blow to the precepts of laissez-faire economics and the best tradition of entrepreneurship, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested in his North-side Chicago home this morning by Federal agents, charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and solicitation of bribery.
A key allegation is that wiretap reveals that Blagojevich attempted to sell– or “monetize”– Obama’s vacant senate seat, describing it as “[expletive] golden” , and that he would not give up for “[expletive] nothing”, presumably because only Communists would do that.
US Attorney Pat Fitzgerald issued a statement in which he basically compares all of this to Glengarry Glenn Ross:
“The breadth of corruption laid out in these charges is staggering,” Mr. Fitzgerald said. “They allege that Blagojevich put a ‘for sale’ sign on the naming of a United States Senator; involved himself personally in pay-to-play schemes with the urgency of a salesman meeting his annual sales target; and corruptly used his office in an effort to trample editorial voices of criticism.”
A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Closing. Always be closing, always be closing!
[Talking Points Memo] http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/
The ledes are not weak.
@Bell: Dude, write a damn post already!
This is like an Onion story!
The Onion story would read “Illinois Politician Does Something Corrupt”.
Maybe Geraldo should try to open Blagojevich’s vault on live tv.
@Binky: I will leave that to you guys who are capable of original thought. The only original things I do are sin and recipe.
Putin was last August well on his way to hang Saakashvili by his balls. What do they do to bad leaders in Chicago?
@Zemoralist: What is this, “Ask Al Capone”?
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