So yesterday former Virginia Governor Bob "Transvaginal screenings" McDonnell was sentenced to two years for being a douchebag. Oh sorry, for taking illegal donations. Same thing.

Courtesy of The New York Times:  

Bob McDonnell, the former governor of Virginia who was convicted in September on corruption charges, was sentenced to 24 months in prison on Tuesday in one of the most spectacular falls of a statewide elected official in the history of the commonwealth. 

Mr. McDonnell, 60, was given the sentence by Judge James R. Spencer of Federal District Court. He was found guilty of trading favors in return for $177,000 in loans, vacations and gifts from a wealthy family friend who was trying to promote his vitamin supplement business.

At one time this guy was quite literally one of the top choices to run for the GOP nomination.

And now he is just another Republican criminal serving time in prison, who tried to throw his wife under the bus to escape a conviction. 

Like I said, douchebag.

I can hardly wait for 2016.

Well they could always go back to Mitt.

I mean that worked out so well last time.

The best coverage of Bob McDonnell's conviction comes from MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. I know, I know, big surprise.

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Courtesy of MSNBC: 

Rachel Maddow reports on the guilty verdicts in the corruption trial of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife, and traces the declining arc of McDonnell’s pious “family values” political persona to his legal defense of scapegoating his wife.

Rachel did an incredible job of revealing the almost overwhelming hypocrisy of this scumbag and does it with her usual in depth research and gift for story telling.

This is why Rachel remains my go to source when i really want to get the facts conserning a breaking story or understand some complicated political intrigue.

Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife found guilty of multiple charges. Another GOP star bites the dust.

Courtesy of CBS News: 

Former Gov. Bob McDonnell, R-Va., and his wife, Maureen, have been found guilty on multiple counts of conspiracy, corruption and bribery. 

Bob McDonnell was found guilty on 11 different counts relating to the conspiracy charges. Maureen McDonnell was found guilty on eight of the 11 conspiracy charges as well as one charge of obstruction of official proceeding that occurred during the grand jury investigation. 

The jury reached the verdict after three days of deliberations. There was loud sobbing in the courtroom as the counts were read. 

Sentencing has been set for Jan. 6, according to news reports. The couple could face years of jail time.

Yeah I bet there was sobbing. 

I thought McDonnell staged one of the most cowardly defenses I have ever seen, where he essentially blamed everything on his wife and made sure they were never seen arriving or leaving the courthouse together.

I am not saying that his wife was without fault, but as the Governor HE is the one that was supposed to maintain the ethical standards.

Not only that but McDonnell was offered a plea deal that would have seen him convicted of only one of the charges against, him, and not the corruption one either, and allowed his wife to avoid any jail time at all, and he refused to take it. 

You may remember that McDonnell, also known as Governor Ultrasound, was once touted as a possible Republican presidential candidate in 2016.

Instead it looks like he might be spending some time behind bars where his prison husband can treat him just as shabbily as he treated his own wife.

Now let's see if we get a similar happy ending from the Rick Perry indictments. 

Indicted former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, had the opportunity to protect his wife from prosecution, but threw her under the bus instead.

As you all know former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnnell, has been indicted on charges of accepting over $140,000 in loans and gifts.

What you may NOT have heard is that he was given the opportunity of pleading guilty to one charge, that had nothing to do with corruption, to protect his wife.

He did not take it, this courtesy of CNN:  

McDonnell rejected a plea deal that would have spared his wife criminal charges, according to a source familiar with criminal case. 

The source characterized McDonnell's decision as "throwing his wife under the bus." 

The McDonnell team asserted that they did not believe the Justice Department could get a conviction against McDonnell at trial based on the evidence they had, the source added.

You know I have been writing about the GOP's War on Women, but until now I did not realize that it included their own wives as well. 

I mean come on!

The Justice Department is not going to indict somebody in Bob McDonnell's position unless they feel they have a pretty damn strong case. Which means that thanks to the ex-Governor's arrogance there is a very good chance that this decision will see both he and his wife serving concurrent prison terms.

You know I recognize that I am nothing more than a simple heathen, but unless I really hated my wife I would do just about anything to protect her, the mother of my children, from prison.

Yet this devout Roman Catholic has no problem betting his wife's fate on the incompetence of the Federal Prosecutor and on the sympathy of the jury.

The twist to this story is that his wife DID attempt to protect her husband, and face the charges on her own without including him.  But remember, HE was the Governor, and ultimately HE is the one responsible.

Did he attempt to protect HER when given the chance? No he did not.

Damn this guy is cold!