How does one judge this Illinois Governor? By american standards - a probable criminal, by Illinois standards - one more in a row and by the current Indian political standards - probably an uncorrupt statesman. Compare "Blag", if we can call him, to the average Indian politician and you will see how white he is - no pun intended.
Hey -interestingly, Blag has an Indian connection to the scandal. How? - The FBI is investigating into a fundraiser hosted by an Indian businessman - Raghuveer Nayak, which was meant to raise around 1 mn dollars for Jesse Jackson's brother - Jonathan. Blag was at the event and as per a Chicago tribune report, some of the businessmen present there talked about raising the money for Jonathan to get the senate seat. This fundraiser was held at the India House restaurant in Schaumburg, three days before Blag was arrested.
Good going blag, bringing a taste of Indian politics to Illinois. Probably not - long live Bobby Jindal.
On a much more magnanimous note, apparently the other governors are giving away their paychecks or part of it for the greater good of the economy and probably notionally plug their sub billion revenue deficits. Read http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28257834/ for details. Among the noteable ones are the Kentucky Governor - Steve and good ol' Arnie.
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