Being a Psychopath V

In this interview with MSNBC Governor Blagojevich compares himself to Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, and Gandhi. I find the governor incredibly interesting and even more so considering that someone such as himself could even get elected as the governor of a large state. I can see, for example, how Governor Palin could get elected in Alaska. But Chicago? Surely Governor Blagojevich's irrational behavior and shady politics were displayed before he became the governor of Illinois. Who voted for this guy?

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Being a Psychopath IV

In an interview yesterday with the Associated Press disgraced Governor Blagojevich compared his arrest with Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.

"Dec. 9 to my family, to us, to me, is what Pearl Harbor Day was to the United States," said Governor Blagojevich. "It was a complete surprise, completely unexpected. And just like the United States prevailed in that, we'll prevail in this."

Paging Dr. Phil. Need more be said?

Being in "Plantation Politics"

Representative Bobbie Rush has drug up racist politics asserting that the Senate will be playing "plantation politics" if Burris is not seated in the Senate. This is one of the most ridiculous statements that I have heard lately. A USA Poll taken today across all racial divides supports Senate leadership in blocking Burris 2 to 1.

27% Seat Burris
51% Don't Seat Burris

Representative Rush should be ashamed of himself for using race in such a divisive manner and aligning it with historical issues of great national significance and import. On a national television show he compared the blocking of Burris to "standing in the doorway of school children" such as the Little Rock Nine in 1957.

Representative Rush is becoming a disgrace and he should simply not speak if he's going to spout such things. He's becoming increasingly embarrassing the more he speaks. This is not about race; it's about the disgraced Governor Blagojevich caught on tape in an obvious pay to play scheme who has chosen Burris for the Sentate.

While I do not support the seating of Burris, I think he may be seated.

Being a Psychopath III

The selection of Roland Burris by Governor Blagojevich raises the all-important question of ethics and the law. While Mr. Burris may not be guilty of any wrongdoing ascribed to the governor, there is this question of the law and ethics, not to mention that past attempts to be elected have failed.

Although there may not be a legal justification for not seating Mr. Burris, there is certainly an ethical one caused by Governor Blagojevich. Is the law ever unethical and who decides when the law has become such? History shows that laws can be unjust and unethical, as it is we ourselves who write and implement them. We are not infalliable.

My gut reaction in the Blagojevich/Burris case is that Mr. Burris should not be seated. This is not something that should be litigated. I am not only concerned here about the letter of the law but the spirit of the law too. Ethically, Mr. Burris perhaps should not have even accepted such an invitation by disgraced Governor Blagojevich. But I shutter to think of what may happen if we disregard the law in favor of politics or opinions.

What do you think?

Being a Psychopath II

Governor Blagojevich has done something that no one thought that he would do: appoint a senator to fulfill President-elect Obama's vacant seat. I guess it doesn't matter really as Senator Reid has said the senate will not seat anyone Governor Blagojevich chooses. He really is a psychopath, eh? The governor seemed like a caged animal during the press conference.

What a circus this press conference was. If Blagojevich's chutzpah and actions were not enough, Representative Bobby Rush's asinine impromptu speech said it all. In essence, he openly declared that if the seat is not given to an African American that the seated senators will be viewed as racists. He also threatened to go before various African American organizations thereby making it difficult for them to govern. No disrespect, but he seemed totally out of touch, quite idiotic frankly.

The whole press conference was a mess, perhaps truly indicative of Governor Blagojevich himself. I do not know Roland Burris, but the mere fact that he has agreed to serve as the junior senator upon being asked by such a disgraced Governor questions his very judgment and ambition. Burris seemed to want to escape the heat of the moment. But calling on Representative Rush, even giving him a platform from which to evoke horrific images such as which lynching and castigation, did not bring clarity to the issue at all. It made it worse. I absolutely denounce using race as a threatening tool. It was shameful.

Governor Blagojevich is seeming more and more like a real psychopath. Or, is he crazy like a fox, one who is thinking about avoiding a lesser prison term by choosing some one who by all accounts is blameless? Naw, even if this is so this governor seems totally whacked.

Being a Psychopath

By all appearances and the very words of Governor Blagojevich he seems like a psychopath. Why else would he, knowingly being wiretaped, still speak such things? Why else would he say with such righteous indignation: "I will fight...I will fight...I will fight until I take my last breath. I have done nothing wrong?"

The 76-page-criminal complaint, which includes dialogue from wire taps, reveals that Governor Blagojevich has most certainly done a great many things wrong. He called his indictment a "political lynch mob." Governor Blagojevich may not serve any prison time; he may go straight to the mental health ward indefinitely.

Being a Corrupt Government Official

Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) was arrested today on corruption charges to gain favor in appointing a Senator to fill President-elect Obama's vacant seat. In essence, the charge is that he sought to sell the vacated Senate seat to the highest bidder. Through wire taps and bugs the Governor is reported to have asked for, among other things, campaign funding large amounts of money by year's end and a seat for his wife on a corporate board that could garner large fees yearly. (No wonder these boards don't have the interest of the shareholder or the worker at heart; the members have not a clue. Many of these people on these big boards may know nothing! Look at how these positions appear to be attained.) Governor Blagojevich is quoted in the affidavit as saying, "I want the money." Well, work for it legally like the rest of us! And to think that Blagojevich was elected to clean up the mess the former governor left who is now serving time in prison.

Governor Blagojevich will propably join the other corrupt government officials as convicted felons if the complaints are true. Other corrupt officials include the former governor of Illinois Governor George Ryan (R), who is serving a 6-year prison sentence, and the former 85-year-old Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska (R) who should be on a tether and under house arrest, if not locked up behind bars himself. (Think about it, the former senator Ted Stevens has 7 felony convictions!) I'm really trying to be nice here, considering Ted Stevens advanced years. But I'm sure others may think that he deserves prison time. After all, the lack of ethics probably did not begin recently. You don't just happen upon 7 convicted felonies after a lifetime of ethical behavior--highly unlikely! Ted Stevens 40 years in the Senate was probably riffed with unethical conduct as a matter of simply doing things. Remember how defiant he was upon being charged and how righteous he was even after being convicted? Disgusting! He is 85 years old! What is he telling his great-grandchildren?

What's the matter with these people? Had they no lessons in ethics at home at all?