Rod Blagojevich defends himself at his impeachment trial [popcorn alert]

The Chicago Tribune ^ | 2009-01-29 | Ray Long & Rick Pearson

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Alternately praising and upbraiding those who will decide his political fate, Gov. Rod Blagojevich today urged the Illinois Senate not to remove him from office, saying he has "done absolutely nothing wrong" and "never, ever intended to violate the law."

"There hasn't been a single piece of information that proves any wrongdoing," Blagojevich said to senators who were mostly stoic. "How can you throw a governor out of office with insufficient and incomplete evidence?"

The governor's dramatic, 47-minute closing argument unfolded as the Senate prepares to take a historic vote on whether to make Blagojevich the first Illinois governor dumped from office.

Blagojevich warned senators against setting a "dangerous precedent" that would overturn an electorate that twice elected him.

"Imagine what future governors will face if I'm thrown out of office for this," Blagojevich said.

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Blago on importing prescription drugs:

While we're at it, Blagojevich said, they should "reach into the United States Senate and remove John McCain and Ted Kennedy" because they supported the idea at the time.

Wtf.

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While we're at it, Blagojevich said, they should "reach into the United States Senate and remove John McCain and Ted Kennedy" because they supported the idea at the time.

??????

[OB1kNOb]

Don't stop him he's on a roll."

[mlizzy]

As Chicago's Mayor Daley said, Blago is "cuckoo."

[Badeye]

Thats a perfect description of this lunatic.

[Star Traveler]

I hope they fail by one vote, to convict him...., then I start popping the popcorn... LOL...

[SweetCaroline]

While we're at it, Blagojevich said, they should "reach into the United States Senate and remove John McCain and Ted Kennedy" because they supported the idea at the time.

Blagojevich also said the Senate should demand that President Obama fire his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, because Emanuel "gave me the idea" when he was a congressman from Illinois' 5th District.

[Mom MD]

I don’t follow his logic, but it works for me!

[Dr. Sivana]

While we're at it, Blagojevich said, they should "reach into the United States Senate and remove John McCain and Ted Kennedy" because they supported the idea at the time.

Blagojevich also said the Senate should demand that President Obama fire his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, because Emanuel "gave me the idea" when he was a congressman from Illinois' 5th District.

I live in Illinois, and can't stand Blago. However, McCain, Kennedy AND Emmanuel ... sounds like a deal!

[OB1kNOb]

"Blagojevich also said the Senate should demand that President Obama fire his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, because Emanuel "gave me the idea" when he was a congressman from Illinois' 5th District. "

If this yahoo is saying stuff like this, we're gonna have to get a transcript of this guy's speech to forward to Rush, Hannity, Beck, etc. There's a lot of hay to make from this that can turn up the heat on the Chicago mob running the White House.

[GovernmentShrinker]

Blagojevich warned senators against setting a "dangerous precedent" that would overturn an electorate that twice elected him.

I think the senators are a tad more concerned about the setting the dangerous precedent of doing something so stupid (i.e. letting Blag stay in office) that it would guarantee that the electorate would turn every single senator out of office at the next election.

[TADSLOS]

While we're at it, Blagojevich said, they should "reach into the United States Senate and remove John McCain and Ted Kennedy" because they supported the idea at the time.

Works for me, Blago. You crazy bastard.