Disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has signed a six figure contract with Phoenix Books to write a book exploring "the dark side of politics that he witnessed in both the state and national level."If by witnessed, you mean created, then yeah. Illinois state representative Jack Franks moved to preempt Blagojevich's effort cash in on his infamy by introducing a bill that would require politicians convicted of corruption charges to turn over the proceeds from any related book or movie deals to the state.
"The governor chose to go with a large independent company because he wanted to tell his story without any restrictions over content that might've come with a major publishing house," publicist Glenn Selig said in a press release. "He simply did not want to accept constraints or conditions on what he could say in this book."
Either that or, with Judith Regan having been ousted in the wake of O.J. Simpson's book detailing how he might have killed his ex-wife and her friend, there weren't any mainstream publishers left who were shameless enough to publish the memoir of a man who made a mockery of democracy.
The question of whether Phoenix Books made a good investment is an interesting one. For those who subscribe to the "Does the Eagle know what's in the pit, or wilt thou ask the mole?" philosophy of studying corruption, this book might just be a must-read.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
3-03-2009 @ 11:46PM
patchy said...
IF BLOGO WOULD TELL THE TRUTH WHICH IS QUESTIONABLE IT WOULD
BE INTERESTING READING. I WOULD
BE MOST INTERESTED IN THE SMUT
OF OTHER POLITICIANS WHO KNOWS
WHAT MIGHT BE BROUGHT TO THE
FOREFRONT.
4-20-2009 @ 1:00PM
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