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Old 08-24-2010, 04:07 PM
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Case in point Ron Blagojevich. Today, I saw a crowd reaching out to touch him like he was the pope. He was high fiving them. He's on every morning TV show, every news interview show. He was even on that Donald Trump show.

The guy is a no good hoodlum, thief, crook. He's laughing at us behind that pasty smirk and phony hairdo.

I know it's not fair to judge a person by looks alone, but he even looks like a crook.

Aside from that I think he's an okay guy.

JLK

What were the charges against him? Someone refresh my memory. What was the outcome of the trial? Is it political when you discuss the actual facts of the case? I'm just trying to understand.