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  2. Call me jaded, but “corrupt politician” is an oxymoron. So I agree the coincidence in timing is stunning, but if the allegations are true then the Gov was wrong. If the charges are bogus, it don’t matter cuz the damage has been done. Was Blagojevich “Spitzered”? Probably. Does this indicate that TPTB have the goods on pretty much everyone and are just waiting to pull the rug? Maybe. Regardless, I don’t have a new-found confidence in “the system” … rather, just more disgust.

  3. This is not a Capitalist country, it is a country of organized crime–purposely hidden by a thin veneer of civility, among other covers and distractions. Will enough people see past the superficial and have enough common sense and courage to organize themselves?

  4. most politicians are in place BECAUSE of their propensities for corruption, infidelity, and other idiosyncracies that make them both exploitable and, because of dossiers on them from time-immemorial, expendable under the right circumstances. It’s just a question of enforcement, which stays lax, until the opportune moment.

    I would argue this is a spitzer-esque moment, and it’s the rule rather than the exception. It’s a time-tested tactic and employed often by the power-hungry and addicted.

  5. Catherine-

    Today was the first day of former Alabama Governor Don Seigelman’s appeal for his persecution and imprisonment. My guess is that Rove & Co. would do anything to take the focus off of that appeal, hence today’s “dramatic” announcements in Chicago.

  6. Hi Catherine,

    while I agree with what Gov. Blagojevich said, from what I’ve read his reasons for saying it were entirely self-serving (because he was angling for a union position). He doesn’t appear to be genuinely anti-BOA. I’ve been following the story over at talkingpointsmemo.com, and Chicago’s own Buzzflash.com, and it really does seem like this guy was corrupt to the hilt. (If you think he’s being played here, I’d love to read your opinion of how.) This doesn’t seem to be a Spitzer-like case at all to me. While I’d agree that his threats against BOA would be enough to take him out, even if, and especially if, he were a “white hat” kind of governor, it looks like he’s been building a case for himself for quite a while. It was only a matter of time, and it happened to coincide with his remarks about Bank of America.

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