Deck the Halls With Boughs of Blago

It's so perfect that the scandal surrounding Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has arrived just in time for Christmas. Hell, just reading the uncut, uncensored version of the charges surrounding Blago is a big enough enough present for those who love to wallow in sleaze. (Just the fact that the transcripts of the tapes had Blago calling Barack Obama a "motherfucker" should be enough to convince most people that President-Elect Obama had very little to do with the Blago scandal.)

This whole scandal has put Blago in perfect company with three Christmas icons. Here is how one person shares features of these three Christmas icons.

Santa Claus: Usually December tends to be a slow period in the news business. That's because most people are busy with holiday shopping, planning and attending holiday parties, and visiting each other. In addition, we have a lame duck president in the White House and a new president-elect who won't take office until January 20. Well, thanks to Blago's indictment, the news media and the bloggers have something to discuss and it'll result in rising television ratings/readers during a traditional slow time. Blago provided the perfect gift for those people just as Santa provides the perfect gift for children.

Ebenezer Scrooge: Selling Obama's vacated Senate seat to the highest bidder sounds like something that money-grubbing Scrooge would've approved of.

The Grinch: Remember when the Grinch tried to stop Christmas by stealing everything, including children's toys? Well, Blago even threatened to revoke millions in funding for a Chicago children's hospital if its CEO did not pay his campaign a $50,000 tribute. Unlike the Grinch, Blago didn't have a Cindy Lou Who to question him on why he did what he did.