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Separated at birth: Blago and …

By David Brauer |

… disgraced ex-Strib and ex-PiPress publisher Par Ridder:

I freely admit I am doing this to suck up to several sources on both sides of the river.

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Comments (5)

  1. Submitted by Doug Hamlin on 12/11/2008 - 02:11 pm.

    It’s funny because they’re both crooks. 🙂

  2. Submitted by Chuck Olsen on 12/11/2008 - 03:13 pm.

    David Brauer, I salute you sir.
    I salute you hard.

  3. Submitted by Chris Johnson on 12/11/2008 - 03:16 pm.

    How old is Par Ridder? A Google search didn’t help, but he looks significantly younger than Rob Blagojevich’s 52 years.

    I’m working on a theory that guys who retain preternatural full heads of hair into middle age have a higher incidence of being cons, crooks and cads. Blago fits the mold perfectly. Maybe Ridder will grow into it.

  4. Submitted by Mark Gisleson on 12/11/2008 - 06:22 pm.

    What’s it say about these guys that they’re both trying to cover up their foreheads? Is this a hair-based strategy for keeping out FBI telepaths?

  5. Submitted by Thomas Swift on 12/12/2008 - 02:37 pm.

    Although they don’t look much alike, I submit Al Franken as Blago’s SAB sibling due to the similarities of their work related compensation packages.

    Children’s charities got shaken down to pay them both.

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