Inside Blagojevich’s Run On The Apprentice | Talking Points Memo

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Rod Blagojevich had made the wrong move.

He had thrown what dwindling political capital he had behind Sinbad the comedian, a key ally in his quixotic bid to win the 2010 season of Celebrity Apprentice.

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Why?

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So, you’ve run out of shit to write about?

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I’m actually comforted by this story. It is such a waste of space that it must mean that there isn’t anything truly heinous happening.

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It’s still early.

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I think Trump was trying to change the subject last week with this pardon. Literally no one cares.

I am kind of shocked its the headline story here…

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It is a literal fact that I read an article on hagfish slime yesterday that wasn’t as nauseating as this.

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Reality Show then, Reality Show Presidency now. Nothing new here. Shameful.

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Not much.

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Which one or two or three of Dear Corrupt Leader’s family member(s) or BFFs is he protecting by setting a precedent of pardoning Blagojevich’s crimes - sweeping pay to play and influence peddling by selling Obama’s senate seat? Or is he protecting himself?

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Absolutely

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True.

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A lot of words about nothing.

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Have you seen the images of what look to be scores of troop trucks lined up in Shenzhen? Very ominous.

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Crackdown may be imminent, I fear. And Trump will likely give Xi a great big hearty kudos.

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Did Josh Kovensky actually sit down and watch old episodes of Celebrity Apprentice to get these quotes and this background?

Why would someone do that to himself? Or was it some kind of initiation ritual or workplace punishment? (I thought the TPM employees’ union would help prevent something like that.)

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And yet the protestors wave American flags. Heartbreaking. Maybe someday we can redeem ourselves a little. Volunteer, folks. Nothing else matters.

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To me this story illustrates two things:

  1. Trump will wield the pardon in any way he sees fit.
    Friend of his? Pardoned.
    Cohort in crime? Pardoned.
    Sycophant? Pardoned (maybe), but he will toy with you first, ahem Rod.
  2. The man is a psychopath and enjoys toying with people’s lives.
    In my defense, living in New York, I always knew Trump was a deadbeat real estate “tycoon” who didn’t pay his contractors, as most New Yorkers did, but I never ever watched his crappy show. Unlike him, and apparently quite a bit of America, I don’t get off on watching people being abused. So I was unaware until his Birther BS and the 2016 election, just how depraved he really is.
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I think the point is actually that Trump may be sadistically toying with this guy. Sounds like he blew a chance at parole for him already.

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More fun than hagfish slime but less fun than a Tio Wally’s Shit On Their Graves™ tour.

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