Blago taint

A toast to Blago - Thanks for giving us a scandal we could really laugh at

January 1, 2009 - We'd like to propose a toast. To Gov. Rod Blagojevich. At a time when the country is in tatters and Americans are watching every new bank or industry failure to find out which will be the straw to break the camel's back, you popped up out of nowhere...

TAINT WATCH: Appointer dares the Senate to not seat an African-American appointee

December 30, 2008 - Senator-appointee Roland Burris struggled through a press conference where the word "taint" was spoken three times, once by Gov. Rod Blagojevich in his introduction. The seventy one year-old Burris seemed confused, and was unclear on how much his office donated to the Governor's re-election campaign...

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...

Dickipedia: Rod Blagojevich

December 15, 2008 - Milorad "Rod" R. Blagojevich (born December 10, 1956) is a politician, currently clinging to one last toehold as chief executive of Illinois, and a dick...

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...

23/6 Video: Blago- In a Minute

December 12, 2008 - Sixty seconds of Blago, as seen through the eyes of the "Small Three": FoxNews, CNN and MSNBC...

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...

7 Blago Questions for Obama

December 12, 2008 - What didn't Obama know and how recently did he not know it? That's the general tone of the "7 Blago Questions for Obama" that Politico ran today. For instance, the first one is "1 - "Did you communicate directly or in...

Poll: How's this all gonna hurt Obama?

December 11, 2008 - The image of Chicago politics that's coming to light thanks to the Blagojevich scandal makes you think the TV show "The Wire" was set in the wrong city. Since Obama's career was built in this corrupt environment, the big question is how...

Stop tainting the taint: a guest editorial from a taint fetishist

December 10, 2008 - The real tragedy of the unfolding Rod Blagojevich scandal is the horrible damage is it doing to innocent victims -- people who were leading lawful, productive lives until the headlines threatened to turn their world upside down. For example, this, from...