{"id":630,"date":"2008-12-11T22:59:18","date_gmt":"2008-12-12T03:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=630"},"modified":"2008-12-11T22:59:18","modified_gmt":"2008-12-12T03:59:18","slug":"christmas-comes-early-for-cynics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/11\/christmas-comes-early-for-cynics\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Comes Early for Cynics!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just when the national media was hooting up the dawn of a new era of Good Government, another political hack goes down.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest of Illinois governor Blagojevich for auctioning a U.S. Senate seat is the perfect tonic to Obama-mania.<\/p>\n<p>Initial reports indicate that the feds caught Blagojevich red-handed on tape.\u00a0 If he is guilty, it will be good that he gets boarhawged big time.<\/p>\n<p>The one drawback is that some folks will presume that the feds are a force for righteousness &#8211; riding in on white horses and redeeming democracy at the state and local level.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, with the way the laws and the courts work in this country, Illinois prosecutors and investigators do not have a level playing field.<\/p>\n<p>If the state officials in Illinois could put wiretaps on the offices and homes of FBI agents, congressmen, and\u00a0 HUD\u00a0and FEMA \u00a0officials based in their territory\u00a0&#8211; how many crimes would they uncover?<\/p>\n<p>What would happen if state officials could set up the type of entrapment operations targeting federal agents that the FBI routinely conducts on local and state officials?<\/p>\n<p>If that were the case &#8211; I reckon the news would get even more entertaining.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It will be a treat to watch the details leak out about this conniving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just when the national media was hooting up the dawn of a new era of Good Government, another political hack goes down. 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