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Recently booted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich continued making the media rounds last night, and continued to do himself no favors by appearing on The Late Show with David Letterman.
The impressively coiffed Blagojevich continued to press his case that he was denied due process during his impeachment trial, that the process was a political maneuver and that once people hear his wiretapped phone calls in their entirety he'll be vindicated.
Letterman wasn't buying it, but he allowed Blagojevich to spin his tale before pouncing: "I saw you, I think, on every other show that is in production currently," Letterman cracked. "And the more you talked and the more you repeated your innocence, the more I said to myself, 'Oh, this guy is guilty.'"
I could only make it through the first segment with the ex-gov, but the Chicago Tribune's Maureen Ryan has the full blow-by-blow, along with some video and a transcript of the interview, over at The Watcher.
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Blagojevich is guilty and there are no ifs, ands, or buts. He is so full of himself.
Blago has done nothing unusual for a man in his position, he was just talking, he didn't DO anything. He is being used as a fall guy to take the heat off the bankers of Wall street who really have done something very wrong and still are. They should be going to jail, not Blago. I'm disappointed in Letterman for going along with the pack, making Blago look bad while the real crooks are still jetting around the world in private jets and $12000 rooms.
blagojevich vs. letterman....what verses these are peas in the a-hole pod
Blagojevich? Seriously how stupid is this guy that he thought he could get away with it. That's what I want to know. Seriously??????
Here's the part the governor just doesn't understand: he thinks he's been found guilty. No, he was FIRED FROM A JOB. The guilt/innocence part is yet to come. How much sympathy should he expect from hundreds of thousands of Americans who have lost their jobs because their companies are poorly run? How come the computer person who got fired from Bear Stearns doesn't get to go on national TV and whine about getting laid off? They'd certainly have more of a right to do so. Their only problem is idiotic bosses.
Interesting how most of the people talking about the "crimes of wall street" fail to mention that the credit crisis that started many of the problems was cause by worthless mortgages that were a result of laws p***ed that required a certain percentage of houses be "sold" to "underprivileged" people that couldn't afford them. They even increased the required percentage in recent years, with one of the chief supporters being none other than the messiah himself, Obama. It's amazing that wall street managed to keep this pile of crap from crashing down much sooner.
Strictly on an amusement level, I found the interview funny. I don't know what made Blagojevich think he could take on Letterman and come out in a good light on the other side. Good entertainment and nothing more. A person should be considered innocent until proved guilty, but by people like him having their faces plastered all over the TV, it makes you wonder if he's just trying to set up his next gig on a reality show.
notacow: get your facts straight. i work in that industry and laws about mortgages to underprivileged ppl had nothing to do with this mess. they'd give bad mortgages to anyone, job or no job, money or no money, law or no law. DON'T U UNDERSTAND, THEY WERE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THIS. lenders way exceeded any required amts because they got a cut of each one. bad mortgages yeah, but good for them!! take their cut and then just p*** on the hot potato to the next sucker. so notacow, who sold you that bad info you are p***ing on in this blog?