A crime is only a crime if you get caught

As the world and MSM have discovered, there is corruption in the Land of Lincoln. And in testament of moral compass, obama will lead us to salvation. blah blah blah. You wanna read some real crap? Try this feeble attempt of a corrupt politician to whitewash his crimes. It's the old "I'm not as a bad as this guy" blabber that shows no remorse. Our defender of his convicted convictions, ol' Rosty himself. He served Illinois from 1959 to 1995. He was chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.
Of course there is another chairman of that certain committee curently under investigation of the most ethical Congress of all time, Rep. Rangel. But that is a trivial matter (note sarcasm.)
Rosty defending himself,

During my career as a public official, I always tried to steer away from the minority of my colleagues who viewed public service as a potential commercial enterprise. They’ve always been there and can be found in state capitols and in Washington.

failed. Wait maybe remorse or sympathy will suffice ...

It is painful to recall my situation and, on a personal level, I can sympathize with the pain the governor’s family must feel and can uniquely understand their concerns about what comes next.

But I find his reported behavior troubling. There’s a big difference between running a sloppy office and staging a personally-beneficial auction to make policy and personnel decisions. That’s what disturbs the public. It bothers me, too.

failed.

Okay, maybe I'll admit I erred with contrite manner ... oh wait. My crimes,

Indicted for 17 counts of embezzling public and campaign funds, mail and wire fraud, conspiracy, and obstruction of justice.

+Abusing Congressional Payroll: Accused of placing on his Congressional payroll from July 1971 to July 1992 at least 14 people who did little or nor official work, but who performed a variety of personal services for him, his family, his family insurance businesses and his campaign organizations. Payments to these people exceeded $500,000.

+Trading Stamp Vouchers for Cash: Accused of taking cash on numerous occasions from 1978 to 1991 in exchange for vouchers that members of Congress use to buy stamps. Charged that he obtained at least $50,000 in cash by disguising transactions at the post office as stamp purchases.

+Misusing Office Expense Accounts: Accused of charging Congress more than $40,000 for items from the House stationery store, including hand-painted chairs, crystal sculptures, and fine china, which he gave as gifts to his friends.

+Misusing Personal Vehicles: Accused of buying seven vehicles from 1987 to 1992 for use by himself and his family and paying for them with more than $70,000 in official House funds, and $100,000 from his campaign funds.

+Obstruction of Justice: Charged that he had a House employee engrave brass plaques for him at no charge and then told the employee not to mention this to the grand jury investigating the case.

Not much of a mea culpa there Rosty. You were a criminal and typical corrupt scumbag politican. GO AWAY!

Chicago owns New Orleans

Not only have my beloved Bears knocked the Saints out of post season action three years in a row, but we surpassed the Big Easy in corruption!!!!!
How about dem apples???
Okay, so the corruption is not something to brag about and I really have nothing against the Saints.
Quick note, as the heat gets pressed on obambi's pit bull emanuel, I do have to side with him on not taking questions at his child's school function. The press should be somewhat respectful and not act as paparazzi. With that being said, once he is not around his children, you may attack at will with extreme prejudice. Nothing personal, but republicans would get the same treatment.

Kass will do

As Chicago guts out another scandal, I know there are other cities in Illinois, but we are talking about my kind of town. Kass has tried to take Royko's spot in terms if fretting out governmental corruption and incompetence. Well Christmas came early.

So though Illinois isn't surprised—this is after all the home of the Chicago Way—the national media must be shocked.

They've been clinging to the ridiculous notion that Chicago is Camelot for months now, cleaving to the idea with the willfulness of stubborn children. It must help them see Obama as some pristine creature, perhaps a gentle faun of a magic forest, unstained by our grubby politics, a bedtime story for grown-ups who insist upon fairy tales. But now the national media may finally be forced to confront reality.

Even national pundits with tingles running up their legs can't ignore the tape recordings in which Blagojevich speculated how he'd get the gold for picking Obama's successor.

"I'm going to keep this Senate option for me a real possibility, you know, and therefore I can drive a hard bargain," Blagojevich allegedly said on tape. "You hear what I'm saying? And if I don't get what I want, and I'm not satisfied with it, then I'll just take the Senate seat myself."

Obama's Senate seat, Blagojevich allegedly said, "is a [expletive] valuable thing. You don't just give it away for nothing."

Then, on Nov. 5, he allegedly said, "I've got this thing, and it's [expletive] golden and, uh, I'm just not going to give it up for [expletive] nothing. I'm not gonna do it. And I can always use it, I can parachute me there."

If a jury hears that tape, it's [expletive] over.

finally

Because this is no fairy tale. This isn't Camelot.

This is Chicago.

And a governor is on the grill.

As Kass states in the article, I agree that obama is free at the moment. But obama has been part of the Machine. Now there is speculation of his little pit bull, rahm emanuel, may be on tape. Not saying rahm is corrupt by any means, but I'm sure the bus is warming up for another person to get tossed under.
Does Meineke cover wheel alignment repair after so many friends you have run over mr. obama?
I love this from politico

One prominent Chicago Democrat close to many of those named in the indictment suggested the risk for Obama is “Whitewater-type exposure.” That was a reference to an Arkansas real estate deal that produced a series lengthy and highly intrusive investigations in the 1990s that never proved illegality by the Clintons.

What this Democrat meant with his analogy—which on the facts so far seems a bit premature—was that Obama could suffer by being in the proximity of a back-scratching and deal-making culture, even if he was mostly a bystander. “What will splatter on to Obama is he is to some degree a product of this culture, and he has never entirely stood against it,” said the Democrat, who wanted anonymity for fear of antagonizing the president-elect.

That is the point I have maintained all along. Obama may not be corrupt, but he used many people and stood by making a feeble attempt at looking innocent and staring at his feet to attain power. He never stood for anything as long as it served his purpose.
What will he do in office?