The Holiday Season's Three Wise Men

December 9th: Illinois Governor, Rob Blagojevich (pictured middle), was arrested by the FBI on conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud as well as solicitation of bribery. Blagojevich was caught on tape (with the same inflection Alec Baldwin uses to talk to his own daughter) talking about what he wanted in exchange for President-Elect Obama's Illinois Senatorial seat. In the best interest for himself and himself, he has decided to not resign.

Blagojevich Gets Warm and Fuzzy this Time of Year: During a wiretapped phone call, a frustrated and financially strapped Blagojevich referred to Obama as a "motherfucker" and said that he would not appoint an ally of the President-elect to the Senate vacancy if "I don't get anything." Referring to Obama, Blagojevich exclaimed, "Fuck him. For nothing? Fuck him." *thesmoking gun.com

December 11th: Bernard Madoff (top) arrested for securities fraud, in the simplest terms, he was running a 50 billion dollar Ponzi Scheme. Give me a $100 bucks in 30 days I'll give you a $150--tell your friends and eventually I'll use the money that your friends are giving me to give to you, etc....this from the Mike Damone, "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", School of Finances.

Holiday Cheer from Madoff (regarding his now defunct business): "It was all one big lie". New York Magazine

December 30th: Former Tennessee GOP Chairman, Chip Saltsman (pictured bottom), was in a competitive race for the national party chairmanship until he sent GOP committee members a Christmas CD that contained the parody song "Barack the Magic Negro."

Holiday Good Tidings from Saltsman: "Is anyone interested in David Alan Coe tickets"? Read more!