Blagojevich Blames Chicago Corruption For Chicago Corruption

In an interesting, but not-at-all unexpected maneuver, former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has chosen to blame his misfortune on his former political allies and colleagues. During a morning interview on Chicago’s The Don and Roma Morning Show, Blago announces:

[H]e wants to point out ‘the phoniness and hypocrisy’ of the politicians who run state government.

“A bunch of them are cheating on their spouses, a lot of them drink in excess, very few of them know what’s going on, they just take their marching orders from legislative leaders.”

Phoniness? Hypocrisy? Hi pot, meet kettle. Blagojevich continues, “I’ve got my crayons ready, I’m ready to write it. I’d like to tell those stories.” Could this be? We may have an unabridged encyclopedia of Chicago politics in our midst. Maybe we can envision a pleasing foreword written by George Ryan.

I look forwards to the likely hilarity that will ensue in the coming months. In one sense, I’d like to see such a book serve as a wake up call to all of the Chicago voters that continue to elect these corrupt, hypocritical idiots who overshadow the politics of an otherwise conservative state. 

From a practical standpoint, however, I expect to see nothing more than what we already know: Chicago politics is corrupt because it always has been. Each politician who claims to break the cycle of corruption and straighten up Chicago ends up being worse than the thieves who preceded them. This occurs over and over again in one huge comical cycle.

So Blagojevich, blame on! Let’s see what you got!