Pictures of Blagojevich: A crook or a fool?
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CHICAGO -- Was Rod Blagojevich a crook? Or was he merely a bumbler, a goof - naive, trusting and played for a fool by cynical campaign fundraisers and political fixers? Some who know him will have trouble swallowing the idea of Blagojevich, a veteran state lawmaker and congressman who was elected Illinois governor twice, as the all-American chump. He spent years climbing the political ladder, guided by his father-in-law, Richard Mell, an old-school Democratic who goes back to the Chicago Machine.
