re: what is a jinker?
From the definitions: "A quick, evasive turn."
Demonstrated often on this board when I, for example, talk about economic numbers and the response is focused on Abu Ghraib.
Blagojevich did everything but hold a little dog named "Checkers" up to the news cameras. He did hold up some families he said were helped by his health programs. As far as I know, he said nothing about the actual charges.