He was not railroaded. He was so blatant not even being a Democrat could help him. Would you just like to make it illegal for any Democrat to be convicted?
Just hope that Blago fades into oblivion. Sentence was excessive, but he's from the same mold as Stone - flamboyant, know-it-all.
In an interview with Esquire in January 2010, Blagojevich said about President Obama, "Everything he's saying's on the teleprompter. I'm blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little laundromat in a black community not far from where he lived. I saw it all growing up." He soon backpedaled from the term "blacker than", saying that he chose his words poorly, but he stood by his message that "the frustration is real, and the frustration is still, today, average, ordinary people aren't getting a fair shake."As governor Blagojevich had the power to appoint someone to the Senate seat vacated by Barack Hussein O. My recollection is that BHO had someone in mind for that seat who was not the guy Blagojevich selected; and then Chicago politics took over.
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Yeah, Blago was just a moron. I mean, everyone in Illinois is corrupt, but only Blago was stupid enough to openly talk about pay for play on his phone, in his office, etc, while he knew he was under an active federal corruption investigation.