Barack Hussein Obama is calling for “Hot” Rod Blagojevich’s resignation. No surprise there. Perpetually “under investigation,” Blago has been arrested for trying to sell Obama’s curiously prematurely vacant Senate seat, after all. But, aside from the apparent, yet unexplained, sense of urgency that compelled the President-elect to give up his Senate earlier than any of his predecessors, many things in this “Keystone Cops Goes Soprano” drama make no sense. Why only $4,500 bail for crimes that would make “Lincoln roll over in his grave?” Isn’t that a little low?
Blagojevich was charged with two counts: conspiracy to commit fraud, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and solicitation to commit bribery, which is punishable by up 10 years. He was released on his own recognizance.
Hmmmm…take a guy out of his house at 6:30 in the morning then let him go on his own recognizance for chump change and his passport. Okay, moving on. Nah, let’s back up. What if this whole thing is not really about Blago bullying ‘Bama’s Boyz? What if it’s about some of the other stuff mentioned in the complaint…like, say, Tony Rezko? I mean, Rezko suddenly did push for a sentencing date on Nov. 29th, after getting it delayed in early October. Why? Was he through singing? According to the Weekly Standard, Rezko’s the reason his partner in crime got arrested:
In the run-up to election day we heard a great deal about Tony Rezko, and how his criminal associations reflected poorly on Obama. Little did we suspect then that the biggest crook Rezko knows is the governor of Illinois. With the arrest of Governor Blagojevich this morning, it becomes clear that Tony Rezko played a significant role in putting him in jail. Rezko’s name appears 170 times in the criminal complaint against Blagojevich and Harris, and the FBI states early on (page 11) that he was cooperating with the investigation.
Now, we all know about Obama’s “boneheaded” house purchase with the “guy who isn’t the guy he thought he knew,” but what if that guy, and the other, Blago guy, think they know Obama pretty darned well? Could it be in their best interests to tell whatever they might know about the fella who likes to keep them at arm’s distance in return for leniency? It’s a thought.
And, oh, by the way, when Rezko was arrested for wire fraud, money laundering, bribery and attempted extortion, he was originally released on 2 million dollars bond, which was revoked. He was re-arrested, then re-released for 8 million smackers.
Maybe Patrick Fitzgerald doth protest too much.
