Very interesting, and amusing article here about Blagojevich, Obama, and Jesse Jackson Jr.
I've long since come to the conclusion that Rod Blagojevich is clearly the stupidest governor in all of our 50 states, and he may be the stupidest governor I've had occasion to write about in the four decades when I've been co-author of The Almanac of American Politics. And a stupid man (or woman) in high political office can be very dangerous to all concerned. I have long said that as a political operative I would prefer a smart opponent to a stupid opponent. If you're pretty smart yourself, you should be able to figure out what another pretty smart person will do. But whether you're smart or stupid, it's hard to figure out what a stupid person will do. That's even more true when the stupid politician is your political ally. Stupid people do all sorts of things that are against their own interests. Like tell the press on Monday that you wouldn't mind being taped, even when (as we learned on Tuesday) that you've been saying all kinds of things that you should have known could easily send you to the slammer.
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Wow, great article. I knew Chicago had a history of shady politics, but that was an informative rundown of recent dealings.
Wonder if Blagojevich will get impeached?
There was a good article on msn the other day about which state had a bigger history of corruption, Louisiana or Illinois. Sad.
Evidently Alaska and one of the Dakotas are the most corrupt states. I couldn't imagine Blagojevich is more stupid than Texas' Rick Perry, but the evidence seems to prove it.
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