tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post5601917244146897833..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-14380907377214971732010-07-02T19:37:35.886-05:002010-07-02T19:37:35.886-05:00I have little doubt that Blago is guilty, but I have been taken aback by Judge Zagel&#39;s outspoken criticism of Blago&#39;s lawyers during their cross-examination of witnesses and snarky comments about matters being testified upon. The prosecution&#39;s attorneys don&#39;t even have to raise objections; Judge Zagel does it before they can even say anything. He leaves no doubt in the jurors&#39; minds that he thinks the guy is guilty.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-71639501129382070452010-07-02T15:02:55.964-05:002010-07-02T15:02:55.964-05:00Will Blago be found guilty of corruption, or just plain old hard ball politics, Illinois style?Marycatherine Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14674049191412285346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-44744661381179718032010-07-02T11:54:30.955-05:002010-07-02T11:54:30.955-05:00Dream on Gary. The only &quot;forensic&quot; the mainstream press and media want to do on President Obama is what does it take to get him reelected. The most I ever heard about the guy was from O&#39;Reilly and a Frontline documentary shared with McCain. Whether national or local media, all Chicago connections suddenly went deaf, dumb, mute, and seemingly incapable of doing investigative reporting if it required talking to someone across the Illinois state line.<br /><br />A little different than the granularity of coverage we got on Sarah Palin (living in ALASKA- no less).<br /><br />I despise George W. Bush for acting like a dogmatic dipstick, with bumbling leadership in crisis, inept appointments, and road-to-hell economics. I feel even worse about, basically, more of the same with President Obama, except he seems devoid of any belief in capitalism or the Constitution to boot.<br /><br />But, the greatest scoundrels have been our free press- willing to abdicate their implicit duty to report both sides while still clinging to their explicit Contstitutional protection. If there&#39;s a payback for what we&#39;ve done and haven&#39;t as a country, I hope our mainstream journalists are in the most searing part of it.<br /><br />Blagojevich is a minnow. The big Asian carp cruises onward....dcrutchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12856825454020971907noreply@blogger.com