As obnoxious as Blago is, it's too bad he's doing his time so far from his family

[SoCalDem]

It's going to be all but impossible for his wife & daughter to even visit him.

I know he's a creep, but even creeps can benefit from being able to see their families

[Lint Head]

1. But he has his hair to keep him company.

[RZM]

2. That's how it goes with federal charges n/t

[elehhhhna]

3. where is he? GITMO?

why can't his coconspirators...er, family...visit him?

[GodlessBiker]

4. No, it's not too bad. He cared nothing for his family when he committed the crime.

Being far away also gives his family an excuse not to have to see him.

[EFerrari]

5. I'm out of the loop. Where are they and where will he be?

[SoCalDem]

8. Colorado n/t

[Comrade Grumpy]

9. They're in Chicago; he will be imprisoned in Colorado.

A thousand miles away. Meanwhile, there are at least three federal prisons in Illinois.

[EFerrari]

11. I wonder if there isn't some security rationale for taking him

out of his stomping grounds.

My father and his wife used to go from MO to FL once a month to visit one of his former bosses in the pen. It was a strain on them but they made that trip for years until he passed away in prison.

[Ikonoklast]

6. Shouldn't have broke the law, and get then get caught.

Any burdens placed upon his family was done BY HIM.

No tears from me.

[leftyohiolib]

12. yes, thats something he should have thought about before becoming a criminal. remember what he said

on the tape. im sitting on a gold mine (obama's old seat) and im not gonna just give it away. it was something like that and then that wife of his let loose with the swearing. he was using our democracy like a condom. i hope he become the belle of the ball.

[Comrade Grumpy]

7. Yes, and he is by no means alone. Hundreds of thousands of prisoners share that fate.

Of the 118 federal prison facilities--stop and ponder that for a moment!--at least three are in Illinois. Why are prisoners incarcerated hundreds or thousands of miles from loved ones? Does anyone have a good answer for that?

[Moondog]

10. It gives the government something

to dangle in front of the inmate as "a reward" for cooperating in making cases against others.

[Taverner]

13. I think his sentence was unfair

[w4rma]

14. It feels like he's being made an example of, but for the wrong reasons.

I can't place my finger on it. Something is off.

[bigtree]

16. .

[Tveil]

17. If he murdered or raped someone he would have received less time. nt

[former9thward]

15. Almost all Chicago politicians are sent to 'Club Fed' in Oxford, Wisconsin.

It is a minimum security facility that has seen dozens of Chicago and Illinois politicians. I suspect Blago will end up there sooner or later.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. It struck us as odd too