Going Like Sixty
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Blagojevich isn’t the only person selling U.S. Senate seats. Brad Pettet learned from Illinois Governor Blagojevich that selling Senate seats has potential to be very lucrative, so the jeweler whipped up some Blagojevich Senate Seat charms and is asking for “donations” to the Al Pettet Retirement Fund (which is his pocket.) The charms are 3/4 inch replicas of actual Senate seats. Blagojevich tried to sell one senate seat, now Pettet would like to sell thousands. They come in sterling, gold, even platinum. $35 to $175 and up depending on market prices. Pettet is philosophical about Blagojevich. “After I crossed into Illinois a few days ago, recurring signs mounted to overpasses every few miles stated something to the effect of, ‘Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich Welcomes You to Illinois.’ At that point, I sighed, took a sip of something that was either warm soda or cold coffee, and said, ‘Goodbye Rod.’” But since, every scandal has a silver lining - literally in this case, Pettet is going for the gold. I’m sure he’s hoping that Blagojevich has more than his 15 minutes of fame.  "The whole point of this is to have a little bit of fun," Pettet said Tuesday about the governor's scandal. "People say they are embarrassed to be from Illinois. I'm not embarrassed. It's Chicago politics. You ought to be used to it by now."
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