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Blago Gets Lost on Way to Prison

DO NOT GO GENTLE

Then gets fast food.

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The former Illinois governor, about to commence a 14-year sentence for corruption charges, was not going to go down without a fight. Rod Blagojevich’s black SUV missed the entrance to the Denver prison that he will soon call home. Was it a sudden attempt to thwart the legal system and escape? Not according to Blago’s lawyer, who said that they just got lost and then went to get lunch. The scene: A Freddy’s steak burger fast food joint. The situation: A final meal for a free man. The final thing someone said to him in the parking lot: “You’re the guy from The Apprentice.”

Read it at MSNBC