Comments on: Today’s Tosser http://archpundit.com/blog/2008/12/08/todays-tosser-14/ Illinois, From Misery Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:34:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: deadly earnest http://archpundit.com/blog/2008/12/08/todays-tosser-14/comment-page-1/#comment-18656 deadly earnest Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:50:20 +0000 http://archpundit.com/blog/?p=10864#comment-18656 I've often wondered why, with the storied history of Chicago journalism, our papers suck so badly today, and let our governments get away with so much. Today, it all comes together through the person of Gov. Thompson, who got away as merely a patsy when former Sun-Times owner Conrad Black was convicted. Well, Blagojevich's indictment is for offering Sam Zell $100 million of Thompson's money at the Sports Facilities Authority in return for Trib Editor John McCormick's head! Blagojevich is gone! Zell won't be prosecuted, because the timing of the Senate announcement meant that Fitzgerald couldn't wait long enough to see if Zell actually moved on this. And Thompson is merely the eminence gris, but it's clear he knows a hell of a lot about suborning newspaper owners. Wow! Just fucking wow! I’ve often wondered why, with the storied history of Chicago journalism, our papers suck so badly today, and let our governments get away with so much.

Today, it all comes together through the person of Gov. Thompson, who got away as merely a patsy when former Sun-Times owner Conrad Black was convicted.

Well, Blagojevich’s indictment is for offering Sam Zell $100 million of Thompson’s money at the Sports Facilities Authority in return for Trib Editor John McCormick’s head!

Blagojevich is gone! Zell won’t be prosecuted, because the timing of the Senate announcement meant that Fitzgerald couldn’t wait long enough to see if Zell actually moved on this. And Thompson is merely the eminence gris, but it’s clear he knows a hell of a lot about suborning newspaper owners. Wow! Just fucking wow!

]]> By: Rob_N http://archpundit.com/blog/2008/12/08/todays-tosser-14/comment-page-1/#comment-18653 Rob_N Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:08:42 +0000 http://archpundit.com/blog/?p=10864#comment-18653 Still nowhere near as bad as Quentin breaking his own wrist "out of frustration". Still nowhere near as bad as Quentin breaking his own wrist “out of frustration”.

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