Another Political "Genius"

I always admire people who don't give up without a fight, but there are times when one should "throw in the towel", especially if that one was caught doing illegal activities and arrested for said activities. Not that I am referring to anyone in particular, Governor Rod Blagojevich, or anything like that. Not at all.

I remember Governor Blagojevich from when we lived in Indiana and I didn't like him then. But you have to admit that he has a fun name to say. As long as you get the "Bl" and "vich" in there you can add whatever letters you want in the middle and people will think you know his name. It's great. Try it!

But I digress. Blagojevich had a promising career. He was young and charismatic. People liked him. But the poor governor was lacking one thing, brains. Now I am not saying all politicians are smart, but those who are corrupt at least know to practice some discretion in their dealings. Not Gov. Blagojevich. Maybe he missed that training course, "How to Cheat and get away with it 101" taught by the Daley family, held in Chicago for all shady politicians. He was recently charged and arrested for trying to sell President-Elect Obama's Senate seat to the highest bidder,not to mention all the other illegal activities the Feds found him involved with.

Now here is where Blagojevich genius' shines through. He knew the Feds were tracking his calls and trying to catch him in the act. But he still did his wheelin' and
dealin' when it came to the Senate seat. He was blatantly obvious about it. Not the sharpest tool in the shed. Some critics wonder if they man is sane or just really really stupid. What was he thinking? That he wouldn't get caught? And he was only asking for $300,000 for the seat, which is another mind blower. Dude, if you're going to try to sell something like a Senate seat and risk getting caught, demand more money. It's baffling. Is there anyone awake upstairs in that man's head? Not to mention his refusal now to step down from power. Yes, that's right, people are trying to disassociate themselves from Blagojevich at the speed of light and avoid being linked to his political suicide, but the man refuses to step down as Governor. No, it's much better to pretend that nothing happened and go on with business as usual. Yeah, see how that one works out for you Rod.

The bottom line is he got caught and he needs to come to a little place I call reality and deal with his stupidity. Ignoring the problem won't make it go away. It would be much wiser to quietly step down from office and admit defeat. This is one of those times when fighting to the bitter end isn't going to work. Dude, you were caught. Everyone knows what you did. But hey, just think how much more interesting it'll be now that he's decided to hang on to his power. What new level of genius will Gov. Blagojevich unveil to the country? One can only wait to see!