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Originally Posted by meatfanforlife
ex governor of the state of illinois. He is/was accused of trying to sell President Obama's senate seat, among other allegations.
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That was bad enough, but the absolute lowest for me was when he tried to shake down a children's hospital by refusing to give them State funds unless they gave him a campaign contribution.
I already couldn't stand him for other reasons, so I felt absolutely no pity for him when he went down. And then the arrogance he's shown since it all happened just disgusts me.
They put him on trial, which lasted for months (he declined to testify on his own behalf, probably a smart thing, because he would have dug himself a hole, and I'm sure his lawyers knew it), and then the jury only managed to convict him on one count (after deliberating for I don't know how long), and were hung on the rest due to one holdout. So, now we get to do the whole thing over again.
Only this time, the judge said he can't have his high-paid lawyers anymore. I can't imagine he has anything left to pay them with, anyway. The only ones I feel for are his two young daughters (his wife's involved in some shady dealings as well). Amazingly, he still maintains his innocence, and even made claims that he's going to run for office again.
I think the only reason he did The Apprentice was to try to garner some sympathy from the public. It didn't work with me, anyway. It was clear on the show that certain of his teammates didn't care much for him, either. I mean, the dude couldn't send an e-mail, and his excuse was that as Governor, he had thousands of people working for him, and he didn't need to know how to do that? Give me break!
He sure knew how to work a telephone, though!
