Tuesday, August 17, 2010

BLAGO

The internets tell me jury hung on 23 counts, guilty verdict on 1 count of lying to FBI...


...adding that I didn't follow the case or trial very closely, but from what I did see I'm not very surprised. Blago seemed to be more guilty of being clumsy than doing anything that politicians don't do every day, just a bit more intelligently. That isn't to say it's right, but just that politics involves deals and it's difficult to criminalize anything short of a clear bribe along the lines of "transfer $50,000 to my personal Swiss bank account and I will do this for you."