roll over, Lincoln

"We were in the middle of a corruption crime spree, and we wanted to stop it," U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said, calling the charges against Blagojevich "a truly new low." He added: "The conduct would make Lincoln roll over in his grave."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/us/politics/10Illinois.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

How cool that a US Attorney says stuff like that. He might as well say, "Book 'em!" or something else hard-boiled.
I enjoy Patrick Fitzgerald immensely. Not only because he has this Takes on the Big Boys On Behalf of the Little Guys image. And not only because he's most known for giving Bush's puppeteers a good prodding over the Valerie Plame outing. But mainly because he was really cool as a guest on the show Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. If you're looking for an entertaining podcast for a slow day, I highly recommend it.


[*update* fixed link to Blagojevich story.]