Criminal Activity is OK if it's From A Politician?!?

Ok... so I was reading the New York Times' article on the Blagojevich trials.  Something struck me as a serious what the fuck...

Some of the jurors suggested that Mr. Blagojevich and his aides had been “just doing a lot of talking,” he said, but not actually committing crimes, while others felt that the government was too eager to “take him down,” or that his behavior might not be all that different from that of other politicians. Others expressed concern that some witnesses who testified against him had plea agreements or other deals with the government, deals these jurors said made their testimony suspect.

Here's what gets me... Is the jury saying that if he's a politician, there are different standards!?!?

This is a lot like the police... they should be held to a HIGHER standard not a lower one.

I'm very thankful that this was a mistrial, but also scares me to consider the juries in other trials for things of similar importance.  Will the ruling of morons claiming "well, everyone else does it" be the controlling factor?  Wow I could get away with so much using the new Blagojevich defense.

"But you stabbed someone!"   "I did not, but if I did, I was just doing what the other guy did last year across the street."