One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest: The Blagojevich Years.

It would make for a great TV show if it weren’t tragically already reality. The cast of the real-life “I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here” was retitled this week by federal-court judge James Zagel with a new title “You’re a criminal and an impeached governor-you’ve got to stay.”

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The new national past-time (kicking people when they’re down)

While kicking celebrities and politicians when they’re down might make for media ratings and great newspaper fodder for the purpose of selling advertising space, it does not serve society well when we as a society stoop so low as to kick a person when they’re down. It’s petty, mean, and beneath us as Americans.

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“Wise guy, eh?”

It’s a weak case which I’m sure Blago and his army of legal-begals will have no problem getting tossed. One of the reaons the Feds come up with 70 or 100 different charges these ays against an individual is the “old shit sticks to the wall” theory. That is, if you throw enough shit against the wall some of it is bound to stick. This is how our top law enforcement officials are doing business these days. Instead of building a solid case with just one charge which would bring a long stint in the pokey, they throw as many darts at the dartboard as they can hoping one of them will stick. It is a theory that does not work for the most part, as juries, overwhelmed with 70 or 100 different charges are confused by the myriad of charges and evidence and do one of three things, throw it out, can;t decide on a unanimous verdict and come in “deadlocked” or convict on one or two of the lesser charges. A sharp criminal like formerGovernor George Ryan, who was convicted on one or two lesser charges and only given three years in the Crossroads Motel, know this, as do most mobsters, drug cartels, and etc. who keep onretainer an army of sharp lawyers.

But, it makes good headlines. Legal begal Fitzgerald gets to see his photo in the paper, a lot both when he indicts and when the case is summarily dismissed. This is not justice, this is not what we pay our law enforcement officials to do. We pay them to uphold the law, not run their own private little beauty pageant. If the Feds really had anything onBlago- if he was as corrupt, arroognat and stupid as they claim, do you really think they would allow him to return to the Govenor’s office. They are sworn to protect and serve. To protect the public, that’s us, from corrupt officials like the Govenator.

“Wise guy, eh? Why I oughta …………

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