Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff, John Harris, were arrested today by FBI agents on federal corruption charges alleging that they and others are engaging in ongoing criminal activity: conspiring to obtain personal financial benefits for Blagojevich by leveraging his sole authority to appoint a United States Senator; threatening to withhold substantial state assistance to the Tribune Company in connection with the sale of Wrigley Field to induce the firing of Chicago Tribune editorial board members sharply critical of Blagojevich; and to obtain campaign contributions in exchange for official actions -- both historically and now in a push before a new state ethics law takes effect January 1, 2009.Oddly (no, not really...), there's no mention in the CBS article of which political party the Hon. Governor Blagojevich belongs to. So I checked the Chicago Tribune's story, and whatcha' know? No mention there, either. Ditto Sun-Times. Surely the vaunted New York Times, the old gray lady, America's newspaper of record, all the news that's shit to print... surely The Times would tell me, right? No... I must therefore conclude that he is an Independent, like all criminal politicians who are not Republicans.
Ha ha! Just kidding -- he's a DEMOCRAT! Who woulda' thunk that tidbit of information would be neglected in the reporting by certain major newspapers?
Interestingly, I never had to do a Wikipedia search to find out that Ted Stevens was a Republican. Or Larry Craig. Or Vito Fossello. Or Duke Cunningham. Why, I didn't have to read past the second paragraph to find out their party affiliation. Curious, considering there is no media bias.
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