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Patti Blagojevich's Family Rallies to Her Defense
Fox News ^ | 12/11/08 | Associated Press

Posted on 12/11/2008 6:07:03 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts

Patti Blagojevich's father, sister and brother are refuting the foul-mouthed portrait that's been drawn of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's wife since his arrest, saying the first lady has been living in a pressure cooker.

Chicago Alderman Dick Mell, state Representative-elect Deborah Mell and Rich Mell told the Chicago Sun-Times and NBC5 in an exclusive interview Wednesday that profanity-laced comments recorded by federal prosecutors don't reflect who Patti Blagojevich really is.

"That is absolutely not my sister," Deborah Mell said. "Patti is a mother, a sister and a devoted wife.

"She is particularly protective of her family."

In a complaint released Tuesday, prosecutors say the 52-year-old Blagojevich plotted to sell President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat. In the criminal complaint against him, his 43-year-old wife emerges in recorded phone conversations as a scheming woman who tried to punish those who got in her way.

According to the complaint, Patti Blagojevich was the voice in the background spewing an ugly suggestion to "just fire" some newspaper editors if the Tribune Co. hoped for state assistance to sell Wrigley Field, the storied home of the Chicago Cubs.

"Hold up that (expletive) Cubs (expletive)," she says as her husband is talking on the telephone. "(Expletive) them."

Patti Blagojevich's family acknowledged the harsh language contained on the recordings but said those words were uttered at a stressful time as both she and her husband were under federal scrutiny.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: blagojevich; bleepgate; governor; illinois; obama; obamatransitionfile; pattyblagojevich
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Patti Blagojevich's father, sister and brother are refuting the foul-mouthed portrait that's been drawn of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's wife since his arrest, saying the first lady has been living in a pressure cooker.

Ahhh....So that makes it all ok. It's someone else's fault.
Page One from the Liberal Rules Handbook.

Searched on this story and didn't see it posted.

1 posted on 12/11/2008 6:07:05 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
http://www.chicagomag.com/Radar/Deal-Estate/March-2007/Sale-of-the-Week-University-Village-home/

That's not the Patti that Tony Rezko associated with in real estate deals.

2 posted on 12/11/2008 6:10:20 AM PST by Paladin2 (No, pundits strongly believe that the proper solution is more dilution.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts


3 posted on 12/11/2008 6:11:27 AM PST by vietvet67
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To: vietvet67

4 posted on 12/11/2008 6:13:58 AM PST by WakeUpAndVote (Proud member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy!)
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To: Toddsterpatriot
OMGLOL
I had forgotten that Patti was Dick Mell's daughter.
5 posted on 12/11/2008 6:14:16 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Buh-bye, Patti.


6 posted on 12/11/2008 6:14:38 AM PST by Senator Goldwater
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

it’s so stressful living on a salary of $180,000 with all the perks of being governor’s wife. Mansion? Cook? Servants? Drivers? Personal secretary?

oh, the stress. She did it for her faaaamily.

Plus did we mention her Mom died 2 years ago?

blah blah blah


7 posted on 12/11/2008 6:15:31 AM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: Senator Goldwater

I dont think the Mells will let their own go down, taking the rap in return for the “appreciation” of Obummer and his sleaze team


8 posted on 12/11/2008 6:16:57 AM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: Paladin2

That’s not the obama residence, is it?


9 posted on 12/11/2008 6:17:31 AM PST by Need4Truth
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To: vietvet67

"Hold up that (expletive) Cubs (expletive), (Expletive) them."

After matching the words to the face, she isn't very pretty anymore, in fact, she is downright ugly and disgusting to look at!

10 posted on 12/11/2008 6:19:25 AM PST by TexGuy (If it has the slimmest of chances of being considered sarcasm ... IT IS!)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

yeah, toots, we feel REAL sorry fer ya!

where was all your sympathy when you and dear old hubby was raking in the dirty money, eh?

wah!wah!wah!

there’s soem old sayiong that I seem to recall - something about heat and kitchens, and where you should stay...

and yes babe, them pants DO make you look fat!


11 posted on 12/11/2008 6:19:30 AM PST by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Patti Blagojevich's father, sister and brother are refuting the foul-mouthed portrait that's been drawn of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's wife since his arrest, saying the first lady has been living in a pressure cooker.

In a statement, her father said, "She's a really sweet f_________ girl. She didn't use no f___________ foul language and if she did, so f_________ what? If you don't stop printing these f______ stories about her, I'll be f_______ sure that you f_____________ pay." [just kidding . . . ]

12 posted on 12/11/2008 6:19:51 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard
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To: camle

When asked to comment,Potty Mouth Patty said-”F-—em”


13 posted on 12/11/2008 6:21:00 AM PST by Dr. Ursus (( commander of the simian host))
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To: vietvet67

Not Guilty. Sorry.


14 posted on 12/11/2008 6:21:22 AM PST by Hardastarboard (Why do I find the Toyota "Saved by Zero" ads so ironic?)
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To: Dr. Ursus

she kinda looks like a woodchuck with them budding jowls... before she gets much older, she’ll be mistaken for a St. Bernard...


15 posted on 12/11/2008 6:22:51 AM PST by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: Paladin2

I bet here kids can swear like Marines.


16 posted on 12/11/2008 6:23:37 AM PST by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

please ignore what you’ve heard and consider our intentions.


17 posted on 12/11/2008 6:30:26 AM PST by WoodstockCat (General Honore: "The storm gets a vote... We're not stuck on stupid.")
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Quite the contrary to this article, I think she has her husband under her spell. She’s got the Chicago machine in her blood. I would venture to say SHE corrupted HIM (Blago).

Blago is just plain dopey - no one that stupid could be so pre-meditatively corrupt. She made him with the indispensible help of daddy, and I’m guessing she’s the brains behind this pile.


18 posted on 12/11/2008 6:31:27 AM PST by Rutles4Ever (Ubi Petrus, ibi ecclesia, et ubi ecclesia vita eterna!)
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To: 1rudeboy
I have a funny Patti Mell story I'll tell you sometime.
19 posted on 12/11/2008 6:35:14 AM PST by Toddsterpatriot (The enemy is in your heart, self respect robbed by self pity)
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To: Hardastarboard

Not guilty at all. I’ll bet Lady MacBeth was hot, too.


20 posted on 12/11/2008 6:38:04 AM PST by joe.fralick
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