Blagojevich ...

A lot of attention has been given to the corruption of Rod Blagojevich, Governor of Illinois. Quite frankly, it is unimportant and uninteresting. First, he is the governor of Illinois, meaning the state in which Chicago exists. That's just the way they do things there. It is the way they always have done things there. Is anyone actually surprised? He keeps saying he did not do anything wrong, he probably does not even realize he did, LOL. I mean, frankly, this is the same governor who refuses to live in Springfield, the capital of his state, and commutes from Chicago by helicopter. He asked for a bribe. Second, there is so much corruption in this country right now that a bribe is the least of its worries. I mean, voter fraud, press censorship, free speech violations, voter intimidation, people deliberately damaging the economy ... It does not even register on the same scale as these things. Quite frankly, the issues surrounding this senate seat make Blagojevich's actions pretty much irrelevant, too. People are calling for it to necessarily go to a black candidate, whether or not he is qualified, or for this, or for that, but nowhere does qualification for the job come into play. At the point where the most qualified candidate is not necessarily getting the job, why does it matter if the guy who gets it gets it because of his money or his race? Jesse Jackson's son won the bid, anyway, so everyone should be happy.

Is bribery and corruption something to laugh at? I guess not, but it is CHICAGO! and Chicago machine politics are seeping into the politics of the rest of the country. Bribery is the least of everybody's worries, or should be!