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Blagojevich Sorry He Said 'I'm Blacker' Than Obama

CHICAGO (Jan. 11) - Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Monday that it was stupid for him to tell Esquire magazine that he's "blacker than Barack Obama" and that he doesn't believe it anyway. In an interview on WLS Radio in Chicago, Blagojevich explained he was speaking metaphorically to the reporter whose story...

2009's Top 10 Scandals

(Dec. 28) -- Corrupt politicians, cheaters, hypocrites, creeps, con artists and publicity hounds. That reads like any other year's roster of people behaving badly. A beauty pageant, a state dinner, the Appalachian Trail, a golf club, a funny-looking balloon -- plus a bunch of kids. All of that sounds downright wholesome....

Blago Also Gives Managerial Advice

Earlier this week former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich appeared in a Chicago courtroom to plead not guilty to 16 different criminal counts, which for some reason did not include a horrible haircut. As anybody in Illinois is already aware of, besides being a criminal, Blagojevich is also a huge Cubs fan.After all, one...

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Patti Visits Rod In 'The Saddest Place On Earth'

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, center, walks with attorneys as he arrives at the Federal Correctional Institution Englewood in Littleton, Colo., on Thursday, March 15, 2012, where he began serving his 14-year sentence for corruption.

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05/24/12 Illinois House Votes to Slash Health Care for the Poor Source: KMOX 1120 - St. Louis MO SPRINGFIELD, Ill. The Illinois House has approved budget cuts that would slash health care for hundreds of thousands of people around the state.
05/24/12 Fitzgerald regrets 'Lincoln' Blagojevich comment Source: Northwest Herald - Crystal Lake IL The outgoing U.S. attorney in Chicago says he should have thought twice about making sharp comments about Rod Blagojevich immediately after the former Illinois governor's arrest in 2008.
05/15/12 Patti Blagojevich, daughters make prison visit to... Source: Chicago Sun-Times - Chicago IL Patti Blagojevich visited ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich in a Colorado prison, calling it "one of the saddest places on earth."
05/07/12 Prison double standard: Hair dye for 9/11 mastermind... Source: Jihad Watch "At a Hearing, 9/11 Detainees Show Defiance," by Charlie Savage for the New York Times , May 5 (thanks to Anne Crockett): GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed fingered his long, henna-dyed beard and stared down in silence Saturday, pointedly ignoring a military commissions judge asking whether the self-described architect of the Sept. 11 attacks understood what was being said and whether he was willing to be represented by his defense lawyers....
04/30/12 Report: Blagojevich program squandered funds on... Source: St Louis Post-Dispatch - St Louis MO An Illinois program used $7 million in state road funds to put at-risk youth to work on roads, but instead had them rearranging furniture, working at golf courses, learning "conflict resolution," or doing nothing, according to a new report.