Five ways dumb

#1 Blago was under investigation for at least three years and he couldn’t stop. The idea that new ethics laws were going into effect January 1 was a more powerful draw than reports that he was under surveillance.

#2 You can’t outsmart Patrick Fitzgerald. He’s gone up against the mob in New York and the White House…and won.

#3 A Children’s Hospital? Come on. And Rezko was involved with the hospital board and convicted for tampering with it. So many reasons NOT to shake down a hospital.

#4 Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel. Every reporter in town will now hang you out to dry for going after a newspaper editorial writer.

#5 Other people do your dirty work for you. Never, ever do it yourself.