How could anyone take this idea seriously?
The night before Rob Blagojevich was sworn in for State Representative was my last night as State Rep.
Political analyst Russ Stewart’s take:
“For the much-maligned former governor and ex-con Rod Blagojevich the number is 0, which represents his chances of getting elected IL senator next year as a pro-Trump Republican. Blago has become a regular Trump-booster and Democrat-basher on FOX News and his hair is again dyed, so you know something is percolating inside his egotistical, narcissistic 68-year old skull…
“BLAGO IS BACK: Politics is all about quid pro quo – one gives (like money) and one gets (like favors or contracts). Blagojevich was boneheaded enough to think he could extort money for a U.S. Senate appointment, got himself recorded on tape, got convicted in 2012 on 17 counts, spent 10 of his 12-year sentence in the slammer and got pardoned by Trump in Feb. 2020.
“As for such ethics-challenged luminaries as Ed Burke, Mike Madigan, Ed Vrdolyak, Jesse Jackson Jr. and Luis Arroyo, Democrats pretend they never existed.
“But Blago does.
“There are 2 kinds of politicians:
- Useful and
- non-useful.
“For Republicans, Blago is very useful as he will make Democrats spend and waste money in IL which otherwise would be used in senate races in NC, MI, OH, FL and GA.
“Blago has near 100 percent name recognition but he should not confuse notoriety with popularity.
“Blago is even more despised and reviled than Trump in IL, but the ex-gov will still get 40 percent, because voters are funny like that.
“He will be the nominee ff Trump endorses him.
“Just for the hell of it, I’m going to vote for the guy.
“I admire his resilience in the face of his self-inflicted adversity.
“Some dumb politicians deserve a second chance.”
The entire Illinois Republican congressional delegation urged Donald Trump not to pardon the crook.
He did it anyway.
The biggest connection Blagojevich has to the Republican Party is his father’s having been a Goldwater Republican
