* He compared himself to the Japanese tsunami victims but claims others are cynical scoundrels? Sheesh…

Rod Blagojevich got behind the mic at WLS-890 AM Wednesday morning during which he compared his ousting as governor to the tragedy in Japan, calling it a “tsunami that happened to me” and called Springfield lawmakers “cynical scoundrels.”

* And he still claims he was “highjacked” from office so that the remaining Democrats could pass a tax increase…

Blagojevich set his sights on political life and former colleagues, namely who he called the “unholy trinity of Democrats”: Gov. Pat Quinn, House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate Pres. John Cullerton.

“What’s on my mind today are things like the taxes, the Illinois taxes,” Blagojevich said at the start of his 5-9 a.m. stint filling in for Don and Roma on the “Don Wade and Roma Show.”

“I was hijacked from office. Pat Quinn got there, and he made a deal with [Madigan and Cullerton] that he was going to sock it to the people and solve the problems of government on the backs of the hard-working people of Illinois … not by making government more efficient.”

Yeah. His impeachment had nothing whatsoever to do with his arrest. Right.

How WLS could give this convicted doofus a microphone is just beyond me.

* Meanwhile, could Fitz be leaving? He’s apparently on a prestigious short list…

U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald is reportedly on the short list of candidates being eyed to replace outgoing FBI Director Robert S. Mueller.

Citing sources, both the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday included Fitzgerald on the list of top candidates. […]

The leading candidate is reportedly another Chicago native, Michael Mason. Mason is a former top official at the FBI’s Washington field office currently serving as Verizon Communications’ top security chief.