Blago Chicago Tribune

From The Room: This Week in Cheating

December 17, 2008 - What a fantastic week for cheating. Let's start with the big boys... Bernard Madoff was arrested for running a Ponzi scheme which wiped out over $50 billion from Austria to West Palm Beach. (Hey, West Palm remember when you voted for Buchanan? Paybacks a byatch). Taking advantage of the...

Poll: Is Blago gonna resign or what?

December 16, 2008 - What exactly is Rod Blagojevich planning here? The Governor returned to work on Monday and signed a new bill not two hours after the legislature announced they were looking into impeachment proceedings...

Blago's "Football"

December 15, 2008 - It's official. Rod Blagojevich has rendered all efforts to satirize his behavior redundant. His time as governor was spent writing all the punchlines himself before anyone else could get the chance. Today we learn that...

Thought Process Flowchart:
Rod Blagojevich

December 12, 2008 - As the political career of Gov Blago comes crashing to the ground in an explosion of profanity and Pantene Pro-V Conditioner for Full and Thick Hair, we can only sift through the debris to figure out just w...

How to get through a Blagversation: 9 things to say about Blago

December 11, 2008 - The Rod Blagojevich -- it was the greatest thing ever! For two days. And now? Now we're tired of it. At least the Republican scandals involved closeted gay sex. Maybe it'll come out that Blagojevich and Fitzgerald are having an affair. Hey, we can dream, can't we? But...

Absolute Blago hair corrupts absolutely

December 10, 2008 - The question on everyone's blog is, "what was Blago thinking?" He knew he was under investigation, assumed he was being wiretapped and still tried to make money of a senate seat. We blame his hair. It's impossible to take your responsibilities seriously when you're sportin' the Blago...

If They IM'd: Rod Blagojevich and his cronies

December 10, 2008 - By now, you're probably knee-deep in the salacious details of the arrest of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Despite already being the subject of investigation, Blago held phone calls in which he discussed plans to auction off Barack Obama's senate seat and his desire to oust unfriendly members...

Chat live with Rod Blagojevich! Cash only!

December 11, 2008 - Wondering what could have been going through Gov. Blago's head during his insatiable bribery binge? Wonder no more because we've got the Governor himself waiting to chat live with you today. Go ahead ask...

Blago's last shakedown: "How much for an untainted senate seat?"

December 10, 2008 - What's got two thumbs and is still governor of Illinois? That's right, Blago! He went back to work today like it was just another day (except his coat pocket will be far lighter without all those white envelopes full of hundreds), and if he wanted...

Who's the worst governor of 2008- Blago or Spitzer?

December 10, 2008 - What the hell's going on with our country's Governors? Back in March it seemed pretty certain that Eliot Spitzer had the Worst Governor of the Year award locked down. Then along comes Rod Bl...