The why's of this world

are you talking rules? or laws?

Carrol Hubbard, his wife's name was also Carol. LOL!!!
After he pleaded guilty to violations of federal campaign finance laws, Hubbard served two years in prison from 1995 to 1997. His wife, Carol Brown Hubbard, was also convicted of using his congressional aides to work on her failed campaign for Congress and was sentenced to five years probation

A token conviction to give the illusion of parity. They probably went through the rolodex and found who was most likely to be up on charges in the next year and Blagojevich drew the short straw on that one.

my favorite democrat!!!!
In April 1978, Richmond was arrested in Washington for soliciting sex from a 16-year-old boy. In 1982 Richmond was convicted on federal corruption charges, which included possession of marijuana and payment of an illegal gratuity to a Brooklyn Navy Yard employee. As part of a plea bargain he was forced to resign from office. This was not Richmond's first brush with the law. Despite the seriousness of this crime Richmond referred to it as "an isolated incident" in his next re-election campaign. Soon after he was returned to Congress by a large majority of his constituents.

its legalized crime.