Josh Marshall captures the general reaction to the Blago story: sheer astonishment at the man's brazenness/stupidity. He was under investigation for past misdemeanors, some of his associates had already been arrested, everyone knew that prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald (who put away Scooter Libby) was out to get him. And yet, and yet...
Even setting aside the primordial level of corruption of trying to sell the senate seat of the President-elect of the United States, I never fail to be amazed at the brazenness and stupidity of some political crooks. I mean, I think everyone involved in politics or interested in political corruption in the country had to know that Blagojevich's phones were tapped and probably his offices were bugged, and that Pat Fitzgerald had him under the craziest level of scrutiny. And he tries to sell the senate seat with that hanging over his head? That's simply amazing.
It's almost admirable.
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