I'm Totally Rooting for Blago at This Point

I hate to admit it: At this point I'm totally rooting for Rod Blagojevich. I want him to beat all charges. I want him to somehow stay in office until his term is up, and then I want him to get reelected by a questionable 225 votes in 2010. And then I want him to put on a too-small red Karate gi, jump aboard the shimmering two-horned unicorn he's got tied out back, and I want him to hunt down the Illinois Attorney General in an endless field of wheat so that we can continue this wacky palm-to-forehead story of American politics at its worst.

Perhaps I'm just bored, or perhaps it's because my name is still on the waiting list for a converter box coupon for my perfectly fine 1996 television and I'm about to lose "free" television, but I think this Rod Blagojevich scandal has been a really fun ride to be on. Yes, it was shameful and embarrassing in the beginning, but now it's like a Mike Tyson-meets-Tom Sizemore trainwreck that gets better and uglier every week. Before my television goes to snow, I'd like to get in as much of this as possible.

This week the governor is going on a media blitz to remind everyone that he's innocent until proven guilty, and that he's kind of like Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi. All rolled into one.

I'm not exactly proud of myself for cheering for someone up for impeachment, especially when it looks like he deserves it. I'm not proud of my hand wringing, smirks or laughter when I see that his official title remains under him on the news. The entertainment value alone is my guilty pleasure, but it could be that I'm also rooting for him because of the sheer size of his kahones that he's showing through all this, and be because he's my neighbor and I enjoy watching him run awkwardly and freely down our street.

And I know that rooting for Blago is like rooting for Gargamel to find Smurf Village. Or like hoping that your 10-year-old son discovers a cache of methamphetamine surrounded by Bic lighters and bottle rockets. I'm not proud of my Blago fandom; I'm a prisoner of it.

There's just something about rooting for the underdog, right? Even if that underdog is my corrupt governor with an ego the size of the national deficit.

Comments

[Lisette]

So, what would you do in his situation?
Mike Madigan is responsible for this.
None of it was necessary.
Madigan and his goody two shoes daughter have yet to explain
about Mike using State money to fill Lisa Madigans coffers when she was running for Atty. General.
Madigan displayed a ton of nerve, when he and his daughter are not clean by any means.
2 people in the same family don't belong in Politics together--­--------ma­ybe Mike Madigan should be impeached for collusion with the Atty General--or maybe she should be impeached.
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Blagojevich was one of the best Governor's we had!

[ChiProgressive]

Greg, thanks.

[moAb]

Hey, you got a 4 month reprieve on the digital converter box.

[Greg Boose - Huffpost Blogger]

I just read that! Sweet.

[oregonbird]

He didn't take any money... yet. Which is why he hasn't been impeached for that little scheme. But they have other corruption charges, and Blago is welcome to step up to the bar and refute them. Legally, like the rest of us have to, when we come up against the legal system.

I'd like to see him 'refuse to participate' next time he's called to court -- on criminal charges.

[Lisette]

oregon
he will show up because he will be able to present his case
the senate thing was a foregone conclusion­--couldn't you tell
when all the senators had the same answer as instructed.....
so that is why he did't show.

[Einstein44]

Hurry,hurry step right up to see the latest Blago fiasco in town.

[Chicago48]

You gotta feel sorry for the guy. He put his foot in his mouth and he's been put in his place. So he's been checkmated. The problem is with the (Dem) legislature, which didn't do ITS job and is now looking over its shoulder praying to retain seats for next election. The electorate might punish them for this little fiasco.

[bbbtmenw]

I want Blago to win. If there is an honest person who never tried to benefit from their public service in the US Congress of Illinois Congress, let them cast first stone.

BUT, all politicians lie and mislead. All get cushy jobs after leaving office by someone they "serviced" during their run in office and many don't have the "rocky mountain oysters" to stand up and fight.

Blago wouldn't even be in this if he wasn't an Illinois politician, democrat, or if Obama hadn't won the nomination.

All conservatives HATE Illionois politics because they are Democrat, Union friendly, and are unstoppable by the GOP. I would like to know what other politicians are being bugged? Is anyone else under the scrutiny that Blago and Illinois politicians are?

In the tapes, he may have been talking like he would with a buddy after a few beers, but he didn't actually sell the Senate Seat, take money from children, or get a bribe from Jackson Jr.; He may have said he wanted it, may have hoped for a cash cow, may have acted like every Republican Congressmen during this financial crisis trying to suck bribes from Dems for their vote, BUT HE DIDN'T ACTUALLY TAKE ANY MONEY ..... yet.

SO lay off and let voters keep him or get rid of him in two years.

[Twentylaws]

Bravo! I second that motion!