# 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:** 3
**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, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/41 "2008-12-19T23:36:12Z")
Ok, I’ve never done this before, but for some reason I’m really tickled with this idea. I’m going to have to rummage through the kids action figures when I get home and see if I can find a dark haired Ken doll or something similar. At which time I will see if I can set up a little movie set and make a fake commercial for the talking Blagojevich action figure and post it on youtube. I’ll post a link if I actually get around to it. This video editing thing may be more difficult than I anticipate. I’ll consider it an extra bonus point if I can find one of the Ken dolls with an earring which I can paint or modify to look like a bluetooth headset. Enjoy, Steven ---
**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, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/42 "2008-12-19T23:58:49Z")
He should name himself as senator. Or his attorney. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/43 "2008-12-20T00:32:43Z")
“Who are you going to believe? Me or your lyin’ ears”? ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/44 "2008-12-20T00:47:59Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > It’s like having one hit point left and deciding to attack the Turbonium Dragon head-on with a +1 Dagger of Superficial Injury. Complete with a blood curdling war cry of … LEEERROOOOOYYYYYY JENNKIINNNNNNNSSSS! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/45 "2008-12-20T01:19:25Z")
> [@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.”](http://cbs2chicago.com/governor/blagojevich.media.address.2.891120.html) > > I gotta say, I love the sack on this guy. I like a guy who won’t go belly up and resign, or give a contrite apology even when he’s caught on tape committing the cimes. I love the defiance. I love the whole “Fuck you. Prove it” mentality. The entertainment value is phenomenal. This is like going for it on 4th and 50 from your own 1 yard line. Thank you, Governor Blagojevich, for going all out and giving us the best for our entertainment value. You’re going to go down in flames, but you’re going leave it all on the field and take nothing back to the locker room. That’s all we can ask of any scandal plagued politician. How are you going to feel when he pulls off the surprise play and goes all the waaaaaay ? By that I mean he withstands impeachment, and even conviction. This guy is a product of Chicago politics. There’s likely to be powerful politicians he’s compromised in the past and he could write a book you know. He goes down and everyone goes down. That’s the only way this play makes sense to me. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/46 "2008-12-20T02:02:27Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > 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. no pope, that would be the other side. patriarch, metropolitan, archbishop, bishop, priest… although i really don’t think the big hats of the church would get involved. perhaps the priest… who would have a nifty hat and brocade vestments. the others have very big shiny hats, which come to think of it could pull attention from the subject at hand… oh look! shiny! could work! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/47 "2008-12-20T02:26:14Z")
Did you hear the whole press conference? He quoted Kipling at one point! He may be crooked as hell, but he’s certainly got style. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/48 "2008-12-20T02:47:27Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I gotta say, I love the sack on this guy. I like a guy who won’t go belly up and resign, or give a contrite apology even when he’s caught on tape committing the cimes. I love the defiance. I love the whole “Fuck you. Prove it” mentality. The entertainment value is phenomenal. This is like going for it on 4th and 50 from your own 1 yard line. Thank you, Governor Blagojevich, for going all out and giving us the best for our entertainment value. You’re going to go down in flames, but you’re going leave it all on the field and take nothing back to the locker room. That’s all we can ask of any scandal plagued politician. You want cojones? > [@](#): > > At no time have I enriched myself at the expense of the publie trust. Those are the words of Spiro Agnew, the Vice President of the United States. At the time he said that, he was standing in front of a judge adter pleading no contest to a charge that he had failed to report as income kickbacks he had received while he was governor of Maryland – which he continued to receive while he was Vice President. In exchange for the no contest plea, Agnew paid a fine, was disbarred and resigned as Vice President. Years later he told an interviewer he had “let go of all the bitterness” of that time. THAT’S cojones! ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/49 "2008-12-20T04:11:21Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I think he should name Oprah. Who’s gonna dare to vote against Oprah? I would. A million times. BTW: Anyone feels like addressing your comments to Gov. Pouf like I have, go [here](http://www.illinois.gov/gov/contactthegovernor.cfm). They ask for real names and all, but it’s going to be fun if someone answers me. At the bottom where it asks what you want him to do, I said “pack. and leave” ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/50 "2008-12-20T15:48:09Z")
> [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](#): > > How are you going to feel when he pulls off the surprise play and goes all the waaaaaay ? > > * * * Sorry, I’m having trouble with the idea of someone who’s Orthodox throwing a Hail Mary Pass. The explanations of that line will add at least two pages to this thread. Gawd. We’ve really gotta start requiring psychological screening of all folks who run for public office. I suspect _DSM-V_ will have a picture of this clown under the Narcissistic Personality Disorder entry. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/51 "2008-12-20T15:54:51Z")
> [@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. > > -Joe I’m banking on a stint in rehab for a coke problem. There’s just no way anybody could have this much self-centered gall without being a cokehead. One other possibility is that Blag knows something we don’t… like maybe he’s got a blackmail line on someone powerful enough to make this go away (Obama, for instance). It’s highly dubious, but then again it beggars belief that someone would bluff so mightily while holding no cards whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/52 "2008-12-20T16:01:11Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I gotta say, I love the sack on this guy. His balls are almost as big as his boobs. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/53 "2008-12-20T16:04:05Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Chess: It’s like putting on a revival of \*Chess \* because you’ve always wanted to win a Tony. I’m torn between defending the merits of the show, admitting the practical reality of the claim, and laughing hard enough to burst a blood vessel. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/54 "2008-12-20T16:27:37Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > What the hell are you talking about? You NEVER explain your plans to the hero. Tell that to _every_ one of Bond’s villains. Or in the words of Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez: _“When it’s time to shoot, shoot. Don’t talk.”_ And for the record, the problem I have with the football analogy is that it’s theoretically possible. My guess, prescription meds - you heard it here first. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/55 "2008-12-20T17:39:56Z")
Here’s the thing: I like his hair. I hate the current fashion in hair, where it has to be so close to the guy’s head that it might as well be a crew-cut; I think most people look better with a little framing around their face. That being said, the guy sets new standards in stupidly ballsy corruption. Or at least I hope he does. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/56 "2008-12-20T17:46:23Z")
> [@fifty-six](#): > > Blago is quickly becoming one of my favorite political criminals. > > I want an action figure. They already make 'em. [Here you go](http://ripplesofimprovement.com/wp-content/images/mindset/bond.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/57 "2008-12-20T17:51:44Z")
I saw him on TV. Apparently we are wrong. He is innocent and will prove it in court. So now we can all back down and allow him to continue his fine stewardship of the state. Quite a relief to find out he is pure. ---
**Author:** ![Wiggie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/0ea827/32.png) [@Wiggie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wiggie)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/58 "2008-12-20T21:56:00Z")
> [@Oy](#): > > Here’s the thing: I like his hair. I hate the current fashion in hair, where it has to be so close to the guy’s head that it might as well be a crew-cut; I think most people look better with a little framing around their face. I can appreciate (although I don’t agree with) your taste in a framed face, but THAT hair? He looks like all the 13 and 14 year old boys did when I was in junior high school back in 1972! That baby face of his doesn’t help the effect, either. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/59 "2008-12-21T18:14:25Z")
I liked the hairstyles of 1972. I’d like men to wear their hair between the bottom of the ear and chin-length. I think that style is the most becoming for most male faces, especially younger ones. Obviously (or maybe not), this does not apply to men who have lost all or most of the hair on the tops of their heads, having what my dad calls “a wide part.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974/60 "2008-12-21T19:12:20Z")
> [@Cosmic Relief](#): > > I’m banking on a stint in rehab for a coke problem. There’s just no way anybody could have this much self-centered gall without being a cokehead. Why not? I’m sure Nixon wasn’t. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-blago-go/477974.md?page=4)