# Go, Blago, go! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 19, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974 "2008-12-19T20:55:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/21 "2008-12-19T21:41:50Z")
On top of everything else, I heard Blagojevich has just hired a new [PR man](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Saeed_al-Sahhaf). 😉 ---
**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/22 "2008-12-19T21:45:11Z")
Blago is quickly becoming one of my favorite political criminals. I want an action figure. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/23 "2008-12-19T21:45:43Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > It’s like being down to your last flying monkey and explaining your dastardly plan to the hero whilst his sidekicks finish loading their ammo clips. 😕 What the hell are you talking about? You NEVER explain your plans to the hero. You explain your plans to the hero’s CORPSE. Actually you explain your plan to the hero’s decapitated head as it is being mounted on the wall. The only time you even look like you’re explaining your plan is when you’re a Judas Iscariot Lieutenant manipulating the hero into killing your ostensible boss so you can take over, and even then you always say “And you’ll have only 30 seconds to get out of the Dark Tower before the protoplasm dissolver turns everyone inside into goo” when you know that they’ll only have 10 seconds to get out. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/24 "2008-12-19T21:49:53Z")
> [@fifty-six](#): > > I want an action figure. With interchangable hair. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/25 "2008-12-19T21:53:01Z")
I think he’ll declare himself an alcoholic and check into treatment. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/26 "2008-12-19T21:54:42Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > He’ll resign slightly ahead of the descent of the headsman’s axe. Then he’ll be all apologetic. We might even get to see a press conference involving him, his wife, and, probably, his preacher. Blagojevich is Serbian Orthodox, so I don’t think he has a preacher. (I think the term would be pope.) For some reason, the mental picture of Blago giving a press conference with his stupid hair and a guy in brocade vestments and a big hat behind him is cracking me up. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/27 "2008-12-19T21:56:20Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > 😕 > > What the hell are you talking about? You NEVER explain your plans to the hero. You explain your plans to the hero’s CORPSE. Actually you explain your plan to the hero’s decapitated head as it is being mounted on the wall. The only time you even look like you’re explaining your plan is when you’re a Judas Iscariot Lieutenant manipulating the hero into killing your ostensible boss so you can take over, and even then you always say “And you’ll have only 30 seconds to get out of the Dark Tower before the protoplasm dissolver turns everyone inside into goo” when you know that they’ll only have 10 seconds to get out. See, this is why \*you’re \*not under indictment. You understand these things. Blago is not nearly the Evil Overlord you are. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/28 "2008-12-19T22:02:39Z")
I’m guessing he’ll be using some variation on the [Chewbacca Defense.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chef_Aid#Chewbacca_defense) > [@](#): > > Here, look at the monkey. Look at the silly monkey! BTW, **Inigo** , congratulations on your impending nuptials! ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/29 "2008-12-19T22:02:49Z")
> [@bup](#): > > English: It’s like an Englishman thinking he’ll win a nicest-smile contest. > > Italian: It’s like picking a fight with the mafia because hey, you’ve got a pocketknife to defend yourself. > > Chess: It’s like putting on a revival of \*Chess \* because you’ve always wanted to win a Tony. Game, set, match! ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/30 "2008-12-19T22:02:57Z")
Everytime he lies his hair gets stupidier. ---
**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/31 "2008-12-19T22:04:18Z")
Can he just name someone ridiculous to the senate seat right now before he gets kicked out? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/32 "2008-12-19T22:07:53Z")
> [@fifty-six](#): > > Can he just name someone ridiculous to the senate seat right now before he gets kicked out? Only a fool would take the seat. What he SHOULD do is name someone he hates but who is a credible candidate, just to be a jerk. What I don’t understand, of course, is why rich persons who commit such crimes–and I’m thinking Madoff as well–don’t take the elementary precaution of having extra passports & whatnot prepared. That’s covered in the Legion of Doom orientation. It’s not so much that Luthor advises you to that as it is that you don’t get in if you haven’t done it already. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/33 "2008-12-19T22:08:55Z")
> [@fifty-six](#): > > Can he just name someone ridiculous to the senate seat right now before he gets kicked out? Oh yeaf - and it wouldn’t such to actually face the prospect of having 2 sitting senators… What a state! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/34 "2008-12-19T22:11:38Z")
> [@fifty-six](#): > > Can he just name someone ridiculous to the senate seat right now before he gets kicked out? That’s what I’m hoping. I don’t think Dennis Rodman is doing anything. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/35 "2008-12-19T22:19:30Z")
I recall a scene from the 1967 comedy [_A Guide for the Married Man,_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Guide_for_the_Married_Man) where Robert Morse gives Walter Matthau lessons in getting away with adultery. One important rule: “Deny, deny, deny!” We see a wife **walking in** on her husband and some floozy. She’s astonished and he keeps calmly saying, “What?” She keeps protesting and he keeps saying, “What?” Like, “What are you talking about?” 😕 This continues while the floozy gets dressed, he kisses her goodbye and she leaves. Husband settles into his easy chair and starts to read the paper. Wife say, “But I just saw you and her . . .” “What?” Finally, with an utterly baffled look on her face, she says, “Harry?” “What?” “What would you like for dinner?” Almost never works, I’m sure, but it sounds just like the angle Blago is playing. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/36 "2008-12-19T22:36:25Z")
You have to admire his tenacity but I seriously doubt he is going to score points with Bad Horse on this caper. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/37 "2008-12-19T22:48:26Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > “I’m here to tell you right off the bat that I am not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing, that I intend to stay on the job, and I will fight this thing every step of the way. I will fight, I will fight, I will fight until I take my last breath…I have done nothing wrong.” “I am not a crook.” ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/38 "2008-12-19T23:17:09Z")
> [@fifty-six](#): > > Blago is quickly becoming one of my favorite political criminals. > > I want an action figure. Ooh! A talking Blagojevich action figure. Says phrases like[ul][li]If I don’t get what I want and I’m not satisfied with it, then I’ll just take the Senate seat myself.[_]I’ve got this thing and it’s fuckin’ golden, and, uh, uh, I’m just not giving it up for fuckin’ nothing.[_]I want to make money[_]I do not want to be governor for the next two years[_]They’re not willing to give me anything except appreciation. Fuck them.[_]I want to thank you again for your support and friendship, and we are going to do everything we can to get that capital bill[_]Our recommendation is fire all those fucking people, get ’em the fuck out of there and get us some editorial support[/ul]It’s the hot toy this season![/li] Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/39 "2008-12-19T23:29:23Z")
Dude. The screenplay practically writes itself… ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/40 "2008-12-19T23:33:44Z")
> [@fifty-six](#): > > Can he just name someone ridiculous to the senate seat right now before he gets kicked out? I think he should name Oprah. Who’s gonna dare to vote against Oprah? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974.md?page=3)