Posted on 07/08/2010 1:07:51 PM PDT by SkyPilot
CHICAGO (AP) - Rod Blagojevich hid in the bathroom, ducked into the back room and left the office early to avoid discussing complex issues with his top aides, his former deputy said Thursday at the ousted governor's corruption trial.
Former Deputy Governor Robert Greenlee portrayed Blagojevich as disengaged from daily affairs of state, saying Blagojevich spent on average about two to eight hours a week in his office when he was governor. He said that during working hours, the governor generally was at home or attending high-profile events.
Greenlee said he would confer with Blagojevich by telephone when they discussed issues and policy matters, but that he once had to go to dinner with the governor and his family at a bowling alley to get Blagojevich to focus on legislation that had to be addressed immediately.
He brought 20 bills to the bowling alley, he said, walking a reluctant governor through legislation that would have automatically become law had he taken no action. Blagojevich ended up vetoing some.
Former key aide John Filan, Greenlee testified, had to chase after the governor to get him to discuss important items.
``He would hide in the bathroom, hide in the back room or leave early,'' Greenlee said.
Greenlee said Blagojevich went to great lengths to avoid staffers whom he felt disagreed with him too often.
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Wow, this sounds like the work habits of another Chicago pol I know. Coincidence?
The former governor appeared unfazed by the past few days of testimony. He stepped off an elevator beaming on Thursday, and approached spectators waiting in line to get into his courtroom. Raising both arms high over his head, he said in a loud voice, "I've said it once and I'll say it again - innocent of all charges." Some spectators laughed, while others shook their heads.
This guy is nuts - but the Democrats who voted for him (multiple times) are just as nuts.
BigBoy is such a needledick.
Typical of the cowardly political class of unaccomplished, career bureucrats
BigBoy is such a needledick.
Typical of the cowardly political class of unaccomplished, career bureaucrats.
WHAT? Trying to make under the table deals? Good grief. The guy must think he’s the PRESIDENT!!
He is utterly worthless. They need to throw the book at him. I’ve known children who would be a better Governor.
Did Blago get nekkid with Rhambo?
*IL politics ping*
Barack Hussein Obama, M.M.M. learned well from the Guv.
That other pol that you speak of, you’re saying he actually worked?
I can believe that.
What we have in this Blagojevich guy is a first class ignoramous who was into the job for the value of the swag.
He was a thug; his wife is a thief and a thug; his friends ~ Rahm Emanuel, Barry Obama, Tony Rezko, etc. are all thugs, thieves, and ~ to an unbelievable degree, UNEDUCATED people.
They played the Democrat party like a fiddle.
The whole crowd.
These women of theirs are a case and a half ~
He only went to the bathroom to hide because he didn’t have a golf course. Geez. Give the man a break - it’s not his fault he doesn’t have that perk.
This sounds like Hussein doesn’t it.
This sounds like Hussein doesn’t it.
Throws Grandma under the bus too.
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In a phone call with Greenlee taped on Election Day 2008, Blagojevich expresses bitterness, saying he has done a lot for the people of Illinois and gotten little back.
“I gave your grandmother a free (expletive) ride on the bus,” he says, referring to a provision on public transportation for seniors.
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