Rod R. Blagojevich is corrupt as fuck

I had never heard of Rod Blagojevich till today. I'm sure most of you had not either, but I am the kind of person who came 95 out of 100 U.S. Senators off the top of my head, so it was a little surprising to me that I had not.

Anyway, Rob had a pretty shitty day today apparently:

Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois was arrested by federal authorities on Tuesday morning on corruption charges, including an allegation that he conspired to effectively sell President-elect Barack Obama’s seat in the United States Senate to the highest bidder.

Mr. Blagojevich, a Democrat, called his sole authority to name Mr. Obama’s successor “golden,” and he sought to parlay it into a job as an ambassador or secretary of Health and Human Services, or a high-paying position at a nonprofit or an organization connected to labor unions, prosecutors said.

He also suggested, they said, that in exchange for the Senate appointment, his wife could be placed on corporate boards where she might earn as much as $150,000 a year, and he tried to gain promises of money for his campaign fund.

Am I the only one shocked by this? Maybe I'm just naive as shit, but it's hard for me to imagine anyone being this unscrupulous. I know, I know, it's politics, and all politicians are self-serving. I accept that. But Rob Blagojevich has taken this to a new level. His behavior is downright Nixonian.