The Republicans don't have a complete monopoly on corruption, as we find out once again.
As you surely know by now if you haven't spent the past week living in isolation, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is in hot water.
He was caught on tape talking about his plans to sell Obama's vacant Senate seat to the highest bidder. The Senate seat, he says on tape, "is a f***ing valuable thing, you just don't give it away for nothing." Et cetera.
And, as a result of this and other misdeeds, Blago could face some serious jail time.
So what does he do? He ignores the numerous calls for his resignation and continues to go to work each day. This reminds me of George W. Bush, who goes to work each day acting like everything is normal and fine, despite eight years of misleading the people of this nation, causing the needless deaths of thousands of our troops and countless innocent Iraqis, and systematically dismantling the U.S. Consitution.
Blago's arrogance is unfair to the people of Illinois, just as Bush's arrogance is unfair to the people of the U.S. and the world.
But, unlike Bush, it appears that Blago will soon be held accountable under the law.
In the meantime, though, how can he expect to do his job effectively under these these circumstances?
And how can his staff expect to do their jobs effectively with that dark cloud surrounding his presence?
Even Richard Nixon had the good sense to resign when the Watergate scandal pointed straight at him.
Blago should do the same.
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