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From the Associated Press:

“Orange is now my favorite color,” said Governor Rod Blagojevich, who declared April 5, 2005 to be Fighting Illini Day.

Now that he’s so hot about the Illini, do you think he’ll answer questions about the chief?

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Apr 6, 05 @ 1:25 am

Comments

1. you think if Depaul would have been in the Championship game his favorite color would have been Blue?

   Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Apr 6, 05 @ 8:06 am

2. Rumor has it the students booed him at yesterday’s pep rally.

   Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Apr 6, 05 @ 8:36 am

3. What do you mean orange is “now” your favorite color MiloRod?

   Where the heck have you been the other 46 years of your life in Illinois?

   How do you say “jump on the bandwagon” in Serbian?

   Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Apr 6, 05 @ 8:50 am

4. That jumpsuit you’ll be wearing in a few years is orange.

   Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Apr 6, 05 @ 8:59 am

5. He was booed, and it wasnt just the students, it was the residents of Champaign-Urbana that were also booing. He just looked so out of place. When he tried to show people he wasnt just jumping on the bandwagon by naming various highlights of the season you could tell that someone had just written them for him and he was not recalling events from memory. Contrary to what I am sure his people tell him, people down here arent dumb, and they can spot a phony person when they see it

   Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Apr 6, 05 @ 9:02 am

6. Blagojevich saw a positive in the season’s end. He said he now could go back to work running the state. Several fans jeered. TRIBUNE

   Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Apr 6, 05 @ 9:04 am

7. There were about 20,000 people at the rally, and I’d guess about 5,000 people applauded out of respect when Blago was introduced, and about 10,000 booed. A lot. And they weren’t students….they were voters. The booing continued while he spoke…but then trailed off. However, the biggest boos came when Blago announced that since the season was over, he could “go back to his job as Governor.” The look of suprise and embarrassment on his face was…well…classic Blagojevich. The biggest cheers came when he said he thought Illini Coach Bruce Weber would beat him if he ran for governor. Champaign County clearly seems not to be a Blagojecounty. - BKW

   Comment by Brandon K. Wright Wednesday, Apr 6, 05 @ 11:26 am

8. I was at the rally - the governor was definitely booed, easily 3 out of 4 people were booing loudly!

   Agree with the previous post - the vast majority of people booing were not students - they were local families…ofcourse the students booed as well - but not like the local residents were!

   Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Apr 6, 05 @ 12:02 pm

9. Awww, poor GRod. How will his minions spin the booing that went on? Perhaps only Blago Bashers went to the rally?

   Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Apr 6, 05 @ 1:08 pm

10. It’s unlikely that local voters, all of whom depend on the university for their livelihood, have forgotten the Governor’s incessant university bashing from his first two years in office, especially since it was accompanied by efforts to cut U of I funding.

    Voters in C-U know how to hold a grudge, especially against an out-of-towner.

    By the way, those early quotes from Rod are going to make nasty commercials juxtaposed with team pictures. Ouch.

    Comment by Yellow Dog Democrat Wednesday, Apr 6, 05 @ 1:48 pm

11. Let’s face it, that rally was nothing less than a sinister plot hatched by Capitol Fax to embarrass the greatest governor Illinois has ever seen. I can’t believe Rich Miller invited his subscribers to a U of I rally just to “boo” the governor.

    No class…

    Comment by Bradley Tusk Booster Club Wednesday, Apr 6, 05 @ 2:26 pm

12. As a student at the U. of I. and as an attendee at last night’s rally, I can confirm that students booed him.

    I really think that HotRod is out of touch with even his democratic liberal base. He was booed twice (not like the BRUUUUUUUCE chant, but actually BOOED) by the students. This is a really bad sign for Blagojevich….

    Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Apr 6, 05 @ 2:29 pm

13. As a student at the U. of I. and as an attendee at last night’s rally, I can confirm that students booed him.

    I really think that HotRod is out of touch with even his democratic liberal base. He was booed twice (not like the BRUUUUUUUCE chant, but actually BOOED) by the students. This is a really bad sign for Blagojevich….

    Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Apr 6, 05 @ 2:30 pm

14. I apologize for accidently posting a few times. Dang Blogger…

    Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Apr 6, 05 @ 2:31 pm

15. im not surprised that blago was booed in champaign. the cuts to higher ed and the pension reform has threatened the very livlihood of the lifeblood of that city. wait till those kids grow up and realize that they will be paying for their profs pensions until they die, and that the man they booed was trying to relievethem of that burden.

    Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Apr 6, 05 @ 10:12 pm

16. by the way, is this a lose-lose or what? imagine if blago didnt go to the rally? all of you would have skewered him.

    Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Apr 6, 05 @ 10:14 pm

17. Well, actually, I had never even CONSIDERED the option that he would go there. This rally was to show support for the players, the fans, the people of C-U…..not the politicos. But, when has Roddog ever thought about others- everything is a potential political event, a chance to mug for the TV, flesh to press (pun intended)? His handlers and hanger-on’s simply aren’t capable of stopping themselves at looking at EVERYTHING as a “potential for gain for Rod.”

    Comment by EvilTerry Wednesday, Apr 6, 05 @ 11:17 pm

18. Well, actually, I had never even CONSIDERED the option that he would go there. This rally was to show support for the players, the fans, the people of C-U…..not the politicos. But, when has Roddog ever thought about others- everything is a potential political event, a chance to mug for the TV, flesh to press (pun intended)? His handlers and hanger-on’s simply aren’t capable of stopping themselves at looking at EVERYTHING as a “potential for gain for Rod.”

    Comment by EvilTerry Wednesday, Apr 6, 05 @ 11:18 pm

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