Saturday, December 13, 2008

Turning political scandal into literary gold

OK, I don't know if it's literary gold, but Salon's imagination of the Blago scandal is entertaining. Combine FBI-recorded conversations with some David Mamet and you get Glengarry Rod Blagojevich:

ROD BLAGOJEVICH, AKA BLAGO, the governor of Illinois, is at his tacky Ravenswood home, on the phone. His wife is sprawled on the couch behind him, petting a fur coat made entirely of hundreds of white kittens. Blago waves a copy of the Chicago Tribune as he speaks.

Read the whole thing on Salon here.

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