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What should Blagojevich tell his daughters?
Chicago Tribune ^
| Jan.28, 2009
| Mary Schmich
Posted on 01/28/2009 11:24:52 PM PST by malkee
A man's children are his highest court.
Even Rod Blagojevich, the strange and tragicomic governor of Illinois, seems to know this. Being condemned by your children, failing in their eyes, is the greatest fall from power.
"I'll fight to the very end, first and foremost, and most importantly," Blagojevich said on "Larry King Live" the other night, "because my children need to know that their father is not the person that some of these people are trying to say that I am."
"These people" is almost everybody in Illinois these days. Blagojevich, these people say, is a criminal. A clown. A governor who's gotta go. But whatever you call him, he's also the father of two girls, ages 5 and 12, and his disgrace is sad for them and him, together.
Blagojevich invoked his daughters several times this week during his talking tour of the New York media.
He told Larry King that his 5-year-old had been sleeping in her parents' bed when the feds came for him in December.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blago; blagojevich; bleepgate; kids
I am interested in children's perceptions of Blago. One poster said her four-year-old asked who he was. She said "a bad guy." The next day, he asked "How could a bad guy be so handsome?" She then explained how looks don't determine character.
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posted on
01/28/2009 11:24:52 PM PST
by
malkee
To: malkee
“Daddy has to take a fall for the president”
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posted on
01/28/2009 11:26:22 PM PST
by
nickcarraway
(Are the Good Times Really Over?)
To: malkee
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posted on
01/28/2009 11:30:12 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(This fiasco brought to you by the failed Obama administration.)
To: nickcarraway; All
“Daddy has to take a fall for the president”
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posted on
01/28/2009 11:33:26 PM PST
by
musicman
(Until I see a REAL C.O.L.B. BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: malkee
Tell them that visiting hours are from 8 to 5 on Saturdays, and to be sure to bring shampoo and a hair dryer when they come to visit.
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posted on
01/28/2009 11:35:11 PM PST
by
NRA2BFree
To: malkee
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"What should Blagojevich tell his daughters" To respond to any questions from investigators by saying that their father's hair is much more manly than is John Edwards' hair.
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To: I see my hands
But it's really rather sad.
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posted on
01/28/2009 11:41:00 PM PST
by
malkee
(Actually I'm an ex-smoker--two and a half years-- But I think about it every day.)
To: musicman
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posted on
01/28/2009 11:43:07 PM PST
by
nickcarraway
(Are the Good Times Really Over?)
To: nickcarraway
It was funny. And also sad,but true.
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posted on
01/28/2009 11:44:07 PM PST
by
malkee
(Actually I'm an ex-smoker--two and a half years-- But I think about it every day.)
To: malkee
He doesn’t give a damn about his family. Sociopaths never do. Witness Bill Clinton. Classic case. Blagoff is the same. Pure sociopath.
To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free
Bill Clinton was definitely a sociopath. I’m not so sure about Blago. I am inclined to think he is high-functioning bipolar.
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posted on
01/28/2009 11:49:00 PM PST
by
malkee
(Actually I'm an ex-smoker--two and a half years-- But I think about it every day.)
To: malkee
I really don’t care what he tells them, just hope he protects them cause they will hear ugly things about their father. Poor Kids...
To: malkee
What should Blagojevich tell his daughters? When they're older he can say, "Girls, I was a TRUE Democrat. I pissed in the punchbowl until they threw me out of the party."
To: malkee
What should Blagojevich tell his daughters?
“I expect the cash by the end of the year”?
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posted on
01/29/2009 12:29:48 AM PST
by
tdscpa
To: malkee
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posted on
01/29/2009 1:03:14 AM PST
by
happygrl
(BORG: Barack 0bama Resistance Group: we will not be assimilated)
To: happygrl
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posted on
01/29/2009 1:12:46 AM PST
by
malkee
(Actually I'm an ex-smoker--two and a half years-- But I think about it every day.)
To: malkee
What should Blagojevich tell his daughters? Stay out of his mousse?
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posted on
01/29/2009 2:42:48 AM PST
by
LRS
(Just contracts; just laws; just a constitution...)
To: malkee
Blago got lost on his way to the bottom of the bus.
To: malkee
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posted on
01/29/2009 4:24:13 AM PST
by
Hardastarboard
(The Fairness Doctrine isn't about "Fairness" - it's about Doctrine.)
To: malkee
“Stay away from that Clinton guy!”
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