http://archpundit.com/blog/2008/12/09/the-thing-no-one-has-covered-yet/ Illinois, From Misery Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:48:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://archpundit.com/blog/2008/12/09/the-thing-no-one-has-covered-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-18707 blahedo Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:51:21 +0000 http://archpundit.com/blog/?p=10936#comment-18707 Here's the thing I noticed when reading the indictment that I haven't seen pointed out anywhere: there are two targets of the action, Blago and John Harris, whose names are consistently given in all caps while most everyone else is referred to indirectly ("Senate Candidate 5", "ROD BLAGOJEVICH's wife", etc). But starting on p46, where Harris shows up again, his name is usually abbreviated to just HARRIS, while Blago's name includes his first name every single time. I admit I don't read a lot of indictments, but the variation in style within the single document implies to me that a simple BLAGOJEVICH would be ambiguous at some point—ie that they're already planning to go after his wife. Here’s the thing I noticed when reading the indictment that I haven’t seen pointed out anywhere: there are two targets of the action, Blago and John Harris, whose names are consistently given in all caps while most everyone else is referred to indirectly (“Senate Candidate 5″, “ROD BLAGOJEVICH’s wife”, etc). But starting on p46, where Harris shows up again, his name is usually abbreviated to just HARRIS, while Blago’s name includes his first name every single time. I admit I don’t read a lot of indictments, but the variation in style within the single document implies to me that a simple BLAGOJEVICH would be ambiguous at some point—ie that they’re already planning to go after his wife.

]]> http://archpundit.com/blog/2008/12/09/the-thing-no-one-has-covered-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-18689 Joe in WaState Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:12:23 +0000 http://archpundit.com/blog/?p=10936#comment-18689 Insightful post. I'm bookmarking your page. Insightful post. I’m bookmarking your page.

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