WTF?: Rod Blagojevich @ Wizard World Chicago Comic Con

[Star Puffs]

So I am on the Wizard email list and this was in my in box:

HOT TICKET ROD BLAGOJEVICH TO ATTEND CHICAGO COMIC CON

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich will appear at Wizard World Chicago Comic Con on Saturday at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill. Blagojevich will sign autographs, pose for pictures and meet fans at the pop culture convention. Read More...

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WTF?!? Of all the bizarre public figures to attend a comic con and to have the pretence of him being a draw worthy of a special email. Can anyone explain this to me or is this just madness of our times?

Although maybe someone could go dressed up as Boss Tweed and get their photo taken with him.

[BTW I am very liberal, so this is not about partisan politics.]

 

[Solidus]

I'm conservative, but I believe that Blagojevich is one of those rare individuals, who has the ability to transcend politics, and unite everyone regardless of political ideology. Unite everyone under the "Blago sucks" flag, that is .

He's probably starting his own comic book line . If any of you are attending the convention, definitely try to get Blago's autograph, and post a pic for us to see!

 

[villainsfan42]

shouldn't this shmuck be in jail?

...wasn't this shmuck in jail?

 

[Devil_666]

Rod Blagojevich > Stan Lee

 

[Vader AL]

shouldn't this shmuck be in jail?

...wasn't this shmuck in jail?

He's not because one juror not voting guilty.

 

[villainsfan42]

He's not because one juror not voting guilty.

*cough* bribed *cough*

 

[Darth Madden]

Well, he is a joke so might as well be at a comic con.

 

[Solidus]

Rod Blagojevich > Stan Lee

You rock, Devil!

 

[karamazov80]

That guy will do anything for money. This doesn't surprise me.

 

[Star Puffs]

I'm conservative, but I believe that Blagojevich is one of those rare individuals, who has the ability to transcend politics, and unite everyone regardless of political ideology. Unite everyone under the "Blago sucks" flag, that is .

Depressing that political corruption is the one thing we are all universally against and yet elected officials always are corrupt to some degree no matter who we elect.

Although smaller, more socialistic countries tend to be the least corrupt:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index

 

[devilof76]

Although smaller, more socialistic countries tend to be the least corrupt:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index

Were we reading the same chart? Australia is socialist? Africa/South America/Asia/Middle East are not socialist? I must have hallucinated all those Marxist-Leninist groups from the 70's through the 90's...

 

[karamazov80]

Ideology has nothing to do with corruption. Institutional structure facilitates or constrains corruption, irrespective of who the politicians are. Where there is no structure to speak of, or where one does not allow for accountability (Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, large chunks of Asia and South America), corruption is the name of the game. U.S. ain't perfect, but relatively speaking it is pretty dang good. The kinds of corruption we see here are nothing like what you see in the "developing" world. I've seen it first hand.

 

[devilof76]

Actually, ideology has everything to do with corruption. If you restrict a government to writing law constrained by a founding document (which establishes an absolute fundamental law), enforcing said laws, and defending the borders and the country's foreign interests, there will not be power enough available to make the investment into corruption worth the trouble. If, on the other hand, you give government the power to play Providence, the spoils of corruption are limitless. What separates the two types of political practice are the respective ideologies that give rise to them.

 

[Mesa]

Depressing that political corruption is the one thing we are all universally against and yet elected officials always are corrupt to some degree no matter who we elect.

Although smaller, more socialistic countries tend to be the least corrupt:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index

then you should be very happy with the path The United State is headed down. good for you.



https://www.amazon.com/Crimes-Against-Liberty-Indictment-President/dp/1596986247/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1282747986&sr=1-1

 

[karamazov80]

Actually, ideology has everything to do with corruption. If you restrict a government to writing law constrained by a founding document (which establishes an absolute fundamental law), enforcing said laws, and defending the borders and the country's foreign interests, there will not be power enough available to make the investment into corruption worth the trouble. If, on the other hand, you give government the power to play Providence, the spoils of corruption are limitless. What separates the two types of political practice are the respective ideologies that give rise to them.

You aren't disagreeing with me. Of course, institutions that are designed by despots for despots are going to breed cronyism and corruption. But once "the stage is set," the context and rules dictate behavior far more strongly than does ideology. In the U.S., politicians are just trying to get re-elected. They pander to the people who can help them to do that, and in the process, take as much as they can in the pursuit of power and wealth. But there are limits to that. I don't care if you are Ralph Nader, Charles Manson, or Rush Limbaugh, institutional constraints dictate what you can or can't do in the political domain. Elections, the media, and opposing interests provide a check that promotes accountability. . .which limits corruption.

 

[devilof76]

Or promotes it, depending whose side they're on.

 

[Adoptedscot]

I wondered how long it would take for the Political talk to take hold.

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