"Motivated Seller"

From The Ryskind Sketchbook

Ryskind notes Blago's mistake:

In this climate of anti-free markets it was clearly a mistake for Blagojevich to attempt to sell a Senate seat. Had he attempted to confiscate a Senate Seat from the voters he’d be a Democrat in good standing–like Al Franken.

Indeed, let's update the rules from this post:

Selling a Senate seat: bad
Buying or Confiscating a Senate seat: just fine