Outside the Beltway

Quote of the Day – Blagojevich Edition

In an honest system Rod Blagojevich would be living in a packing crate on Lower Wacker Drive.

James Joyner · Friday, June 25, 2010 · 2 comments

“I simply can’t listen to much of the coverage or proceedings in the Blagojevich trial without becoming physically ill. It was obvious to me long, long before he ran for governor that the man was an idiot who wouldn’t have had a chance of getting a job cleaning out restroom stalls in the courthouse without pull from from father-in-law. In an honest system he’d be living in a packing crate on Lower Wacker Drive.”  – Longtime Chicagoan Dave Schuler on his former governor