Rod Blagojevich: Abraham Lincoln would've been impeached ..."

You remember former Illinois Democrat Governor Rod Blagojevich who after being impeached is currently serving a 14-year stint in federal lockup for corruption. He tried to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat when Obama ran for president but was caught on tape making the offer.

The seedy Blagojevich and his head of hair wrote in a new op-ed that today's House Democrats would have impeached Abraham Lincoln.

Blagojevich said in a Newsmax column that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), would have President Lincoln impeached as swiftly as she has President Trump.

In the column, he said he admires Abraham Lincoln, his fellow Illinoisan, and also that he served in Congress during former President Bill Clinton's impeachment proceeding.

Blagojevich noted one of House Democrats' two articles of impeachment against Trump is the alleged obstruction of Congress, [which is ridiculous on its face since there exists a separation of powers and the House never took the legal step to legally require testimony from witnesses Trump told not to testify.]

And he went on about the political moves Lincoln made by offering Robert E. Lee the command of the U.S. Army, which he turned down, and Lincoln's drafting the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, etc.

You might ask yourself, why is "Blago" appealing to the GOP and Trump. The answer might be as simple as the notion that he is looking for a commuted prison sentence from the President.

Trump said in August that he was "seriously" considering commuting Blagojevich's jail sentence -- claiming the ex-governor has been treated "unbelievably unfairly" by ex-FBI Director James Comey's "gang" "and all these sleazebags that did it."

But there is no doubt that what Blagojevich did was criminal and that he did it. Just because a bunch of sleazebags were involved in the case, doesn't make what Blago did excusable. Even a broken clock is correct twice a day.

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