While you were impeaching me
Rod Blagojevich chooses media over impeachment, and comes up with this
Scott Olson
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Between his press conference on Jan. 23 and his recent media blitz—appearances on The View, Larry King Live, The Today Show, and ABC News—(for now) Governor Rod Blagojevich has flooded the national media with all sorts of well-reasoned arguments against his impeachment. Or maybe not. Either way, Decider has compiled a round-up of video clips to highlight the best of the governor—his taste in film and his attention to grooming. Last chance to enjoy if Blago gets the ol' boot; and hear what all the fuss is about over at the Illinois General Assembly site. At this rate, it's hard to say whether he'll still be in office by the time Second City's new Blago-themed show opens next week.
January 26, Today Show:
"You can conceivably bring in 15 angels and 20 saints, led by Mother Teresa, to come in and testify to my good character and my integrity and all the rest; it wouldn't matter. There's no chance whatsoever to have a fair hearing because they won't give me a chance to bring witnesses to prove my innocence or even challenge the charges."
"You can conceivably bring in 15 angels and 20 saints, led by Mother Teresa, to come in and testify to my good character and my integrity and all the rest; it wouldn't matter. There's no chance whatsoever to have a fair hearing because they won't give me a chance to bring witnesses to prove my innocence or even challenge the charges."
and…
"I think the whole story will tell a story of a governor who's on the side of the people, who takes on powerful interests, expresses frustration, and uses some language that frankly, had I known somebody was listening, I wouldn't use. And I'll point out that when some of that language was used, there were no women on the phone."
January 26, Good Morning America:
"'I've got this thing and it's [bleeping] golden, and...I'm just not giving it up for [bleep]in' nothing. And, and I can always use it. It can parachute me there.' ... Did you say this?"
"Well, I can't get into the specifics of the case."
"'I've got this thing and it's [bleeping] golden, and...I'm just not giving it up for [bleep]in' nothing. And, and I can always use it. It can parachute me there.' ... Did you say this?"
"Well, I can't get into the specifics of the case."
January 26, ABC News:
"[Patricia Mell Blagojevich] is unfortunately depicted in a light that obviously is not her. You know there's a phrase from a poem by Rudyard Kipling that says 'If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, or see the things you gave your life to broken, and stoop, and build them up with worn-out tools.' Again, you take a private conversation with calls from home that are being secretly taped, and you take something like that out of context you can twist it, and make somebody look like someone you're not."
"[Patricia Mell Blagojevich] is unfortunately depicted in a light that obviously is not her. You know there's a phrase from a poem by Rudyard Kipling that says 'If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, or see the things you gave your life to broken, and stoop, and build them up with worn-out tools.' Again, you take a private conversation with calls from home that are being secretly taped, and you take something like that out of context you can twist it, and make somebody look like someone you're not."
January 24, CNN:
"Now, I like old movies and I like old cowboy movies, and I want to explain how these rules work in a more understandable way. There was an old saying in the Old West: There was a cowboy who was charged with stealing a horse in town and some of the other cowboys, especially the guy whose horse was stolen, were very unhappy with that guy. One of the cowboys said 'Let's hang him.' And the other cowboys said, 'Hold on. Before we hang him, let's first give him a fair trial, then we'll hang him.' Under these rules, I'm not even getting a fair trial; they're just hanging me."
