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Blagojevich was convicted of virtually every account.\u00a0 That is understandable, since it was pretty obvious that he was guilty.\u00a0 But the real question is whether it ends here.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the main stream media is likely to just move on, ignoring the obvious and repeated connections with Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel and even Jesse Jackson, Jr.<\/p>\n

It is hard to predict what Blagojevich will do.\u00a0 Personally, he has little left to lose, but that is not true of his family.\u00a0 He will almost certainly be encouraged to keep his mouth shut and do his time.\u00a0 Since there is a tradition in Illinois of Governors being convicted of felonies, we already know what to expect.\u00a0 Governor Ryan was sentenced to six-and-a-half years.\u00a0 He has already served three years of his sentence.\u00a0 He is trying to get an early release because his wife is terminally ill.\u00a0 Ryan is a guest of the Federal Correction Institute in Terra Haute, Indiana.\u00a0 My guess is that Rod Blagojevich will be his new neighbor.<\/p>\n

It would appear that Governor Ryan\u2019s corruption was much more serious than that of Blagojevich\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,192019,00.html<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Blagojevich was convicted of attempting to commit a crime while Ryan had actually done the deed.\u00a0 That would seem to indicate a shorter sentence.\u00a0 However, Blagojevich has been a pretty high profile case, so he may get a tougher sentence.<\/p>\n

Perhaps I am wrong, but it just seemed like the prosecutor went out of his way to avoid involving either Obama or Emanuel.\u00a0 This is the same guy who spent a fortune pursuing Gordon Libby for perjury.\u00a0 No one even accused Libby of lying about Valerie Plame.\u00a0 He was accused of perjury because he said that Tim Russert told him about Valerie Plame and Russert said he didn\u2019t.\u00a0 [Note: Andrea Mitchell said that everyone at NBC knew about Valerie Plame, which would have included Russert.]\u00a0 Russert testified that he took no notes regarding the conversation with Libby.\u00a0 Libby was the top aid to Dick Cheney.\u00a0 Seems hard to believe an experienced newsman like Russert would have had a conversation with him without taking any notes.\u00a0 Later, when Andrea Mitchell realized her comments made Russert look like a liar, she changed her tune.\u00a0<\/p>\n

http:\/\/newsbusters.org\/node\/10771<\/a><\/p>\n

She was not allowed to testify at the Libby trial:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/jeralyn-merritt\/libby-trial-live-andrea-m_b_41121.html<\/a><\/p>\n

It sure seems like Mr. Fitzgerald is quite selective on who he targets.<\/p>\n

Blagojevich was guilty as sin, but he just wasn\u2019t the brightest bulb in the bunch.\u00a0 He must have been either really desperate or really dumb to carry on these types of conversations over the phone.\u00a0 In any event, Blagojevich is now a convicted felon.\u00a0 He probably deserves his fate, but it is unlikely that he was the only fish swimming in this cesspool of corruption.\u00a0 My guess is that the big fish are the ones who got away.\u00a0<\/p>\n

TDM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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