Matt Yglesias

24 Responses to “Blago’s Metaphor”

1. unf Says:
   January 23rd, 2009 at 3:27 pm

   How many hundreds of posts will we see here before MY starts referring to Gov. Blago as ROD (his actual name), and not RON?

2. Midwest Product Says:
   January 23rd, 2009 at 3:36 pm

   @unf: I believe the over/under is 146.

3. Comrade Stuck Says:
   January 23rd, 2009 at 3:36 pm

   Blago just did the Mongo and knocked that horse out.

4. Max B. Says:
   January 23rd, 2009 at 3:38 pm

   rod blagojevich is john wayne.

   out in illinois, a man solves his own problems.

5. dannity Says:
   January 23rd, 2009 at 3:38 pm

   Blago is blatantly and openly courting Republican support right now. He’s doing everything but outright say, “Republicans, support me, and I’ll demagogue Illinois Democrats and Democratic wedge issues right to the bitter end”.

   Can’t say that they guy doesn’t have chutzpa.

6. Comrade Stuck Says:
   January 23rd, 2009 at 3:42 pm

   Can’t say that they guy doesn’t have chutzpa.

   Mayor Daley today used the term “KooKuu” to describe Blago chutzpa.

7. Cryptic Ned Says:
   January 23rd, 2009 at 3:44 pm

   Rod, not Ron.

   Or just say Milorad, that sounds cooler.

8. mark Says:
   January 23rd, 2009 at 4:11 pm

   “Ron Blagojevich” summons to mind the image of Ron Popeil pitching a Senate seat (”NOW how much would you pay?!?”).

9. kafka Says:
   January 23rd, 2009 at 4:43 pm

   Blah, blah, blah, but he still got to appoint Obama’s successor to the Senate.

10. anonymiss Says:
    January 23rd, 2009 at 4:45 pm

    It is worth noting that as Blago becomes more and more divorced from reality, he’s adopting more and more of Grover Norquist’s platform.

    Draw from that what you will.

11. pseudonymous in nc Says:
    January 23rd, 2009 at 4:56 pm

    The press treatment of Blago is also a kind of transference after eight years of being Bush’s eunuchs.

12. nolaboyd Says:
    January 23rd, 2009 at 5:10 pm

    @unf: I believe the over/under is 146.

    I will so take the under on that. Well before 100, he will misremember Rod as Ron, but will then mistype it as Rod. Easy money.

13. Andrew Fly Says:
    January 23rd, 2009 at 5:21 pm

    I think Matt is confusing Rod Blagojevich with Ron Burgundy. Both are blowhards.

    Stay classy, Chicago

14. Reality Man Says:
    January 23rd, 2009 at 9:15 pm

    When a Democrat like Blago-whatever commits a crime, liberals treat him like an embarrassing punchline and want him to go to jail. When Republicans commit war crimes, conservatives start defending war crimes as patriotic.

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