Blago off the charts

Scott at Powerline writes:

Democratic Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is a piece of work. He is vulgar like a lowlife gangster on a bad day. He is corrupt like the leader of an African satrapy. He sought higher office solely to exploit it for his personal benefit. From the moment Obama was elected president, according to Politico, he schemed “how he could make money off it or steal political leverage from it.”

The scale of his turpitude and betrayal are staggering. Rick Moran rightly distinguishes him from his corrupt Illinois forebears:

The malfeasance of Governor Rod Blagojevich is so outrageous, so brazen, so breathtaking in its scope and character that even jaded journalistic hacks whose beat has been the statehouse for years are shocked. In the long history of official Illinois corruption, the Blagojevich schemes to personally enrich himself, enrich his cronies, and use the power of his office to further his nefarious designs are unprecedented.

Scott goes on to speculate that Blago’s conduct is so extreme that he might plead not guilty by reason of insanity.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at December 10, 2008 08:05 AM | Send