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For the Blagojevich Critic and Supporter in Us All

By Chuck Sudo in News on Dec 9, 2011 7:40PM

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Image via Cafe Press.
Rod Blagojevich is a polarizing figure and, for those of you who feel he deserved every second of that 14-year prison sentence, consider expressing your opinion the American Way—by buying a cheaply made tchotchke.

The "Buck Flagojevich" Cafe Press store keeps it limited to wall clocks and bumper stickers, those last resorts of patriots everywhere. At $5 for a bumper sticker ($190 for a pack of 50) the store's owners must think these are fucking golden.

A peek at online t-shirt retailer Zazzle shows a host of t-shirts professing support for and criticism of Blago. We're partial to this one from "Illinois State Prison" that promises to "put the 'rod' in Rod Blagojevich." (Prison rape jokes neither get old nor subtle.)

Then there's this t-shirt from Skreened.com: "Rod Blagojevich bribed me." Printed on an American Apparel unisex fitted tee, we're surprised it wasn't advertised on a barely legal model on Chicagoist.