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Showing posts with label Impeachment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Impeachment. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Blago's NYC Media Tour 2.0
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has decided to return to NYC to run back into the limelight. He started his day with a visit to the TODAY SHOW and will continue throughout the day and ending on the Late Show with David Letterman Show. Here is appearance from the the TODAY SHOW:
Friday, January 30, 2009
"He doesn't seem like a total douche,'' the teen remarked after the former governor passed.
Chicago Sun-Times: THE FINAL HOURS : From 'lonely place' to a throng of adoring fans "'He doesn't seem like a total douche,' the teen remarked after the former governor passed."
New York Times audio slide show: One Final Day in Office
State Journal Register: Crowds come to watch impeachment trial
Check out Ricky Hendon from yesterday
New York Times audio slide show: One Final Day in Office
State Journal Register: Crowds come to watch impeachment trial
Check out Ricky Hendon from yesterday
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
Countdown with Keith Olbermann: The Blatherings of Blago
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Rolling Stone on the Blago debacle
Rolling Stone: Blago's Revenge
On the eve of Obama's historic inauguration, the Democrats allowed themselves to be outfoxed by a craven scum eater
MATT TAIBBI Posted Feb 05, 2009 9:02 AM
God knows if any of thisis the president's fault, but in their handling of the preposterous scandal surrounding Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, the Democratic Party leaders under Barack Obama have brought us all hurtling back to the
nightmarish prevarication of the Clinton years — those horrifying days when the party's enduring inability to act decisively allowed Barnum-esque con men like Ken Starr to hold all of America hostage.
For almost two decades now, the Democrats have blazed up every joint in sight, only to freeze at the crucial moment of inhalation. Clinton kicked off two excruciating terms of Solomon-esque waffling by splitting gays in the military right down the middle and ended by only half-admitting to being swallowed whole by an intern named Monica Lewinsky. Then came history's first three-base balk in Florida (with James Baker waving Bush around to score), followed by a senseless war in Iraq that Democrats thought to oppose only once it became inexpedient to support.
All this bullshit, we hoped, might end with Barack Obama. But then came Blagojevich, a sleazeball whose massively publicized success in scheming a way to drop turd in the new president's inaugural punch bowl is a gate-crashing leap above station on the order of Paris Hilton screwing her way into a speaking role in Gandhi or Amadeus. It's a political disaster that happened only after Democrats once again froze in the headlights at the crucial moment, trying to flee in two different directions at once while a third-rate bookie in a tracksuit seized control of the U.S. Senate.
The irony is, before the curtain on his act got pulled back by the FBI, Blagojevich somehow got himself elected as an Obama-style reformer, railing against corruption and entrenched power. In fact, Obama himself helped craft Blagojevich's first campaign in 2002 against the "business as usual" administration of his Republican predecessor, George Ryan, serving as a key adviser along with current Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.
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On the eve of Obama's historic inauguration, the Democrats allowed themselves to be outfoxed by a craven scum eater
MATT TAIBBI Posted Feb 05, 2009 9:02 AM
God knows if any of thisis the president's fault, but in their handling of the preposterous scandal surrounding Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, the Democratic Party leaders under Barack Obama have brought us all hurtling back to the
nightmarish prevarication of the Clinton years — those horrifying days when the party's enduring inability to act decisively allowed Barnum-esque con men like Ken Starr to hold all of America hostage.For almost two decades now, the Democrats have blazed up every joint in sight, only to freeze at the crucial moment of inhalation. Clinton kicked off two excruciating terms of Solomon-esque waffling by splitting gays in the military right down the middle and ended by only half-admitting to being swallowed whole by an intern named Monica Lewinsky. Then came history's first three-base balk in Florida (with James Baker waving Bush around to score), followed by a senseless war in Iraq that Democrats thought to oppose only once it became inexpedient to support.
All this bullshit, we hoped, might end with Barack Obama. But then came Blagojevich, a sleazeball whose massively publicized success in scheming a way to drop turd in the new president's inaugural punch bowl is a gate-crashing leap above station on the order of Paris Hilton screwing her way into a speaking role in Gandhi or Amadeus. It's a political disaster that happened only after Democrats once again froze in the headlights at the crucial moment, trying to flee in two different directions at once while a third-rate bookie in a tracksuit seized control of the U.S. Senate.
The irony is, before the curtain on his act got pulled back by the FBI, Blagojevich somehow got himself elected as an Obama-style reformer, railing against corruption and entrenched power. In fact, Obama himself helped craft Blagojevich's first campaign in 2002 against the "business as usual" administration of his Republican predecessor, George Ryan, serving as a key adviser along with current Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.
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Monday, January 26, 2009
Blago early reports from Lynn Sweet watching on the east coast
Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times is live blogging:
1) Blago tells GMA he wanted to appoint Oprah to Obama's seat but doubted she would take it
2) Blago tells THE TODAY SHOW he expects to be removed from office, quotes a gospel song
3) GMA has split screen with Blago and State Sen. Murphy
UPDATE: GMA video is here
1) Blago tells GMA he wanted to appoint Oprah to Obama's seat but doubted she would take it
2) Blago tells THE TODAY SHOW he expects to be removed from office, quotes a gospel song
3) GMA has split screen with Blago and State Sen. Murphy
UPDATE: GMA video is here
Friday, January 23, 2009
SNEED: Blago wants to do THE VIEW
Chicago Sun-Times: Sighting 'The View' A Blago blitz?
January 23, 2009
BY MICHAEL SNEED Sun-Times Columnist
Is beleaguered Gov. Blagojevich showing his feminine side?
Sneed hears Blagojevich, who is weighing the possibility of a major media blitz, is keen on appearing on Barbara Walters' hit ABC-TV show "The View" with its all-woman panel.
• • Translation: Word is Gov. Blago, who is being probed by the feds, impeached by the Illinois House and awaiting trial in the state Senate, is considering launching an all-out media attack.
• • The fear: It could backfire. Putting the poetry-spouting governor out to explain "Y" and having it interpreted as "X" could be disastrous.
• • The upshot: "It would be Rod's decision," a source said. "It's his deal."
• • The backshot: "The governor is weighing offers from multiple media sources -- and if he did appear on 'The View,' it would probably be in tandem [contingent?] with an interview on 'Good Morning America,' which is also on ABC-TV and has expressed interest in him appearing on the show," a top source said. "He is weighing his offers."
• • The flipside: A call to ABC-TV "The View" spokesman Karl Nilsson netted this response: "Per our executive producer, we don't discuss our bookings."
• • Translation: Sneed hears there may be a personal reason Blagojevich favors an appearance on the show, which sports an all-female panel monitored by actress/comedian Whoopi Goldberg and includes Elisabeth Hasselbeck, comedian Joy Behar and Sherri Shepherd.
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January 23, 2009
BY MICHAEL SNEED Sun-Times Columnist
Is beleaguered Gov. Blagojevich showing his feminine side?
Sneed hears Blagojevich, who is weighing the possibility of a major media blitz, is keen on appearing on Barbara Walters' hit ABC-TV show "The View" with its all-woman panel.
• • Translation: Word is Gov. Blago, who is being probed by the feds, impeached by the Illinois House and awaiting trial in the state Senate, is considering launching an all-out media attack.
• • The fear: It could backfire. Putting the poetry-spouting governor out to explain "Y" and having it interpreted as "X" could be disastrous.
• • The upshot: "It would be Rod's decision," a source said. "It's his deal."
• • The backshot: "The governor is weighing offers from multiple media sources -- and if he did appear on 'The View,' it would probably be in tandem [contingent?] with an interview on 'Good Morning America,' which is also on ABC-TV and has expressed interest in him appearing on the show," a top source said. "He is weighing his offers."
• • The flipside: A call to ABC-TV "The View" spokesman Karl Nilsson netted this response: "Per our executive producer, we don't discuss our bookings."
• • Translation: Sneed hears there may be a personal reason Blagojevich favors an appearance on the show, which sports an all-female panel monitored by actress/comedian Whoopi Goldberg and includes Elisabeth Hasselbeck, comedian Joy Behar and Sherri Shepherd.
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