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
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Monday, January 26, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009
We'll say this much: Blago has a great self image, compares self to Gandhi, King and Mandela
Lynn Sweet in her Sun-Times blog reports on Blago's interview that appeared on NBC's TODAY SHOW this morning:
Blagojevich in NBC interview compares himself to Gandhi, King and Mandela
By
Lynn Sweet
on January 25, 2009 7:51 AM
Impeached Gov. Blagojevich, on the first leg of his media blitz timed to the start of his impeachment trial, in an NBC interview broadcast on The Today Show Sunday compared himself to human rights heros Nelson Mandela, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gahdhi.
On the press offensive, Blagojevich has lined up national interviews--NBC, ABC, "The View" to run as his impeachment trail starts Monday before the Illinois state senate in Springfield.
Blagojevich, wearing a blue ivy league shirt, told NBC he has not prepared mentally for possibly going to prison. The impeachment was triggered by Blagojevich's Dec. 9 arrest on criminal charges, including trying to auction off President Obama's vacant senate seat.
As he was taken from his home by federal agents on Dec. 9, Blagojevich told NBC, "I thought about Mandela, Dr. King and Gandhi and tried to put some perspective to all this and that is what I am doing now."
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Blagojevich in NBC interview compares himself to Gandhi, King and Mandela
By
Lynn Sweet
on January 25, 2009 7:51 AM
Impeached Gov. Blagojevich, on the first leg of his media blitz timed to the start of his impeachment trial, in an NBC interview broadcast on The Today Show Sunday compared himself to human rights heros Nelson Mandela, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gahdhi.
On the press offensive, Blagojevich has lined up national interviews--NBC, ABC, "The View" to run as his impeachment trail starts Monday before the Illinois state senate in Springfield.
Blagojevich, wearing a blue ivy league shirt, told NBC he has not prepared mentally for possibly going to prison. The impeachment was triggered by Blagojevich's Dec. 9 arrest on criminal charges, including trying to auction off President Obama's vacant senate seat.
As he was taken from his home by federal agents on Dec. 9, Blagojevich told NBC, "I thought about Mandela, Dr. King and Gandhi and tried to put some perspective to all this and that is what I am doing now."
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