Blago!
December 19th, 2008 by Nick SaintBlagojevich just knocked it out of the park. He’s a pretty terrific speaker, as it turns out. He has opted to go all-out, repeatedly asserting that he had done nothing wrong. He did a good job portraying himself as a victim, getting quite emotional as he admitted that “it’s pretty lonely right now” and thanked those who had shown him support. He did not, of course, take any questions or provide any substantive defense, but he did his best to cover for that by arguing that the appropriate place to make his defense was in court. Nonsense, of course, but it also gave him the opportunity to criticize his attackers for making their accusations publicly.
This is probably the only strategy open to him, as he is obviously very, very guilty. But he gets an A for execution. Less clear is what he possibly hopes to get out of all this. Actually, I suspect that he is a crazy person, and hopes to be fully vindicated and restored to the ranks of presidential hopefuls. And really, why shouldn’t he try to get back on that track? That kind of stature is a valuable fucking thing, you don’t just give it away.
