"Blowdry Bob" McDonnell Sentenced

Former Republican Golden Boy and Virginia Governor "Blowdry Bob" McDonnell was sentenced to prison today for public corruption:

Virginia Ex-Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison for public corruption. 

A jury found McDonnell guilty on 11 counts of corruption in early September. Prosecutors had recommended that U.S. District Judge James Spencer sentence the former governor to at least 10 years in prison. 

But the Washington Post reported that on Tuesday, Spencer revised that recommendation down to a maximum of eight years because he agreed with the defense that McDonnell did not obstruct justice and that the value of the bribes he accepted did not total more than $121,000. [Ed. note:  Aww.  Give him a cookie!]

McDonnell is expected to serve his sentence at one of the country club low-security Federal prisons and could get time reduced for good behavior.  His wife Maureen, whom McDonnell and his lawyers threw under the bus during the trial, is expected to be sentenced for her role in the tawdriness later in February.  Before his career blew up in his face, McDonnell was a rising star in the Republican/ New Confederate/ Stupid/ White Supremacist Party and was rumored to be on a short list as a running mate for Willard "Millionaire Mitt" Romney.  The unrepentant McDonnell already signaled that he's going to appeal the conviction in his desperate quest to avoid jail time.

(Photo:  They probably have blow-dryers where you're going, but don't forget to pack the soap-on-a-rope, Bob.)