Then again, it wasn’t much of an interview … for over two hours, Blagojevich regaled us with tales of America’s Founding Fathers, especially his favorite, Alexander Hamilton. Blago saw himself in Hamilton’s story — born to immigrant parents without wealth, Hamilton built a political career and a tidy personal fortune. In Blago’s eyes, Hamilton was evidence that crony capitalism works.
He asked me a few things about working for Mayor Daley, then exclaimed “that’s the way I want to govern — just like Daley.” Of course, Daley on his worst day would never be so dumb as to hatch a Coen Brothers like plot to sell to a U.S. Senate seat, but I couldn’t know then just what Blago had in mind.
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