Thursday, January 29, 2009

The Blago Divorce

There was a Hollywood movie that came out in 1967 titled, Guide For The Married Man. It starred a number of comedic people and was a humorous attempt to show the philandering ways of despicable men. Once again, the human brain is rather complex, or maybe it's only me. The memory of this movie came to me as I was thinking of Governor Rod Blagojevich and his appearance before the Illinois legislature proclaiming his innocence in the "pay to play" scandal. In the movie, there is a scene with either Robert Morse or Joey Bishop. I can't remember who and it makes no difference. One of these guys is in bed with a comely, buxom, beautiful lady; not his wife. All of a sudden the man's spouse enters the bedroom. Without saying a word, both of the adulterer's get out of bed and begin putting on their clothes. The wife is insane, yelling and screaming. The two culprits, still quiet, finish dressing and eventually the seductress leaves the room. Her husband keeps saying, "what are you talking about?, nothings going on. There wasn't a woman in here. You're seeing things". Finally, the wife is convinced that she made the whole thing up even though the tryst was right in front of her.
This is the Blago scenario. The adulterous affair, or rape, if you prefer, involves the citizens of the Illini state. The guv is attempting to convince the people of Illinois that nothing happened; that no illicit sex occurred. The spouse of Illinois is the Democrat Party so it is she (they) who will decide whether or not the philanderer can get up and walk out without being served divorce papers.

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