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Blagojevich burns ABC, compares himself to Mandela

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* ABC’s Good Morning America has been promoting its Monday Blagojevich interview as the governor’s first television sitdown of his new national publicity blitz. But the governor then gave NBC the scoop, and they threw a bunch of softballs and aired part of the interview this morning…

* From Sweet

Blagojevich, wearing a blue ivy league shirt, told NBC’s Amy Robach that 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 Dec. 9 unfolded, 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.”

Blagojevich is not going to participate in his defense because he says the rules are rigged against him. He will not be in Springfield for his trial; instead he will be doing nationally televised interviews.

The governor told NBC that the state Senate trial will be so unfair, he could bring in “15 angels and 20 saints led by Mother Theresa” to testify on his behalf and “it wouldn’t matter.”

This interview is exactly why I do not like to cooperate with the national media. Ugh.

posted by Rich Miller
Sunday, Jan 25, 09 @ 4:19 pm

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