Arrogant and combative have become servile and obsequious.
That’s all I could think when I read Rod Blagojevich’s latest mash note to Donald Trump.
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Arrogant and combative have become servile and obsequious.
That’s all I could think when I read Rod Blagojevich’s latest mash note to Donald Trump.
As most everyone knows, the former Illinois governor is locked up in a federal prison for multiple counts of corruption and wants the president to pardon him. Based on the tone of his essay this month in NewsMax, he must really, really want out.
Despite holding a history degree from Northwestern, Blagojevich’s composition shows him to be lacking in historical perspective and void of shame.
“He was always like a boxer ready to go out and fight. With Blagojevich, it was never like he was seeking a meeting of the minds to get something accomplished,” said former state Sen. Denny Jacobs of East Moline.
I dealt with the Blagojevich administration daily for his entire time in office. I’m still amazed by what I witnessed.
During a formal meeting in the governor’s office, Blagojevich got in a shouting match with then-Sen. Mike Jacobs in which he is alleged to have repeatedly called the senator a two-word obscenity that inferred he was unnaturally close to his mother.
During legislative sessions he wouldn’t deign to sleep in Springfield; he flew in the state jet back to Chicago each night.
He called the Illinois General Assembly into special session 36 times, which is about half of the total number of special sessions called since 1970. The sessions disrupted lawmakers’ time off, accomplished little and Blagojevich himself refused to attend.
So, are you getting the picture? He was arrogant and always at war with somebody.
The tone he took in his essay last week is quite different.