righteousmomma Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 (edited) Imagine the thoughts in Blagojevich's veins John Kass June 28, 2011 A blue vein ran along the back of Rod Blagojevich's left hand, snaking back from the base of his index finger as the former governor of Illinois took that beating in federal court Monday. Sliding across the flat of the hand, that vein turned back toward the thumb, splitting, raised, then finally running to hide inside the cuff of that fine blue suit worn by Dead Meat. He was still, hardly moving, only a few feet away as the beating rained down on him, all that prison time coming, and even with all of that, the back of his suit was perfectly flat. There was not even one wrinkle in it. He was mute, perhaps numb, but that vein of his did all the talking. His wife, Patti, wearing a white suit of a boucle knit, sobbing in her brother's arms, shaking her head "no" as she sat in the seat in front of me, the clerk reading the 17 guilty criminal verdicts, "With respect to count 12 in the indictment, we the jury find the defendant guilty. …" There was meter to the chant of his guilt, and it went on like that for some time, with the clerk tolling off the counts as if in liturgy, and Rod finally still, except for that vein pulsing away in the forgotten hand. At least he'd finally stopped acting. Dead Meat didn't have to play a part anymore. There was nobody to charm, nobody to convince. All he had to do was sit there and take it. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-met-kass-0628-20110628,0,1854477.column Edited June 28, 2011 by righteousmomma I can't get Chicago Tribune online nor direct lurl to work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Couldn't get your link to work RM. Maybe this one will. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-met-kass-0628-20110628,0,1854477.column I was going to ask you this morning if he might get another interview post-conviction, but after that article, I guess not Edited to add-my link won't work either-guess the Trib does not want to be linked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickydog Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Well, reading even just that much was fascinating. Good writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Try this link. Imagine the thoughts in Blagojevich's veins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickadee Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Try this link. Imagine the thoughts in Blagojevich's veins A friend always asks, where on earth do they get the ideas for some of the television series/episodes? I tell her, from real life. And this report is a perfect example. Corruption, politics, rags-to-riches, family feuding, arrogance, betrayal. And it's all there in this one real life saga. Very interesting reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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