Celebrating Fitzmas in Chicago
In a blog for the Chicago Tribune, columnist Eric Zorn responds to the long line of politicians proclaiming yesterday’s arrest and indictment of Gov. Rod Blagojevich to be “a sad day for Illinois”:
Oh, buck up!
Tuesday was a great day in Illinois, a thrilling day, an exciting, hopeful day . . . Perhaps it’s unseemly for a serious person in high office to pump his fist and say “Yessssss!“ as many of the rest of us did.
But look. There have been many sad days in Illinois political history. The days when governors pocketed bribes and steered contracts to big donors. The days when legislation died because its backers hadn’t ponied up. The days when unqualified truckers got commercial driver’s licenses in exchange for cash under the table. . . .
We never learn about these sad days, however, until the happy day when the law pounces and a bit of our faith in the system is restored.
Well said. Happy Fitzmas!
Stumble it!
Tags: Blagojevich, corruption, Illinois, Patrick Fitzgerald