Ethics

Blago's Incredibly Ridiculous Defense

By Ed Brayton

You can argue all you want about how unfair the impeachment of Blago was and whether it subverted the presumption of innocence, but I don't think anyone could seriously suggest that Blago is not one of the most delightfully absurd politicians to come along in quite some time. And it isn't just the hair. There seems to be no bottom to how ridiculous the man can be.

I could not stop laughing for several minutes after seeing him declare on several TV interviews that the profanity heard on those wiretapped phone conversations was something he would never do in any other setting and he made sure to point out that there were no women listening in. Yes governor, it's the salty language that is the problem, not the fact that you tried to sell the Senate seat.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on January 31, 2009 (boomark / email).