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Blago Considered Oprah For the F****** Senate Seat
Gateway Pundit —
Lord knows, she had the F****** cash to pay for it. The embattled Democratic Governor of Illinois today "Good Morning America" that he considered giving Oprah the senate seat. "Good Morning America" has the video. The AP reported: The embattled governor told ABC's "Good Morning America" that the idea of nominating the talk show host came to him as he explored potential candidates for the job that federal prosecutors allege he tried to sell to the highest bidder. "She seemed to be someone ...
One celebrity deserves another?
Hot Air » Top Picks —
One celebrity deserves another? posted at 8:14 am on January 26, 2009 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly Remember when Oprah Winfrey got burned by her first foray into national electoral politics? Rod Blagojevich figured she might be up for Round Two . The impeached governor skipped his impeachment trial and appeared instead at Good Morning America, where he told America that he almost appointed the daytime queen to the Senate: Illinois’ beleaguered Gov. Rod Blagojevich said today that when he was deciding who would take President Obama’s Senate seat he considered ...
Blago Really Is Crazy: He Considered Oprah For Senate Seat
JammieWearingFool —
I now agree with all the Democrats in Illinois. Rod Blagojevich is clearly insane. Although I will note she is a political heavyweight . Illinois' beleaguered Gov. Rod Blagojevich said today that when he was deciding who would take President Obama's Senate seat he considered appointing talk show queen Oprah Winfrey. Blagojevich made the revelation to Diane Sawyer this morning on "Good Morning America" on the day his impeachment trial begins. That trial is expected to toss him out of office. The governor said that Oprah's name came up as a potential successor to Obama in the ...
Blagojevich has a way with analogies
Political Animal —
... have better luck in the court of public opinion." Perhaps, but it's hard to imagine how this will help him improve his political and legal standing. For one thing, the public still hates him. For another, after hearing the governor compare himself to Mandela, King, and Gandhi, voters will probably hate him more, not less. Post Script : Blagojevich reportedly told ABC's Diane Sawyer this morning that he considered Oprah Winfrey for the Senate vacancy, but he was worried it might " look like a gimmick ." Imagine that.— ...
TPMDC Morning Roundup
TPM Election Central —
... Rod Blagojevich told ABC News that he had considered appointing Oprah Winfrey to Barack Obama's former Senate seat. But Blago says he didn't do so because it would make too much of a commotion: "she probably wouldn't take it, and then if you offered it to her, how would you do it in a way it wasn't a gimmick to embarrass her." ...
More from the Blagorama
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
Oh, my:
In the NBC interview, portions of which aired Sunday and others to be aired today, Blagojevich said that when he was arrested on federal corruption charges last month, “I thought about Mandela, Dr. King, Gandhi, and trying to put some perspective in all of this.”1
And then let’s not leave this out: Blagojevich Says He Thought of Oprah for Senate.
He is rapidly moving into the stuff of legend with these rantings. One can only wonder what his appearance on The View with bring us.
The Chicago Sun-Times has a video embed of the NBC ...
Blago Considered Oprah for Senate
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) told ABC News "that when he was deciding who would take President Obama's Senate seat he considered appointing talk show queen Oprah Winfrey."
Said Blagojevich: "She seemed to be someone who had helped Barack Obama in a significant way to become president," adding that "she had a much broader bully pulpit than a lot of senators."
Blago: Senator Oprah?
The Latest on Air America —
Today on "Good Morning America," Governor Rod Blagojevich told Diane Sawyer that he actually considered Oprah to fill Obama's senate seat. More after the jump . llinois' beleaguered Gov. Rod Blagojevich said today that when he was deciding who would take President Obama's Senate seat he considered appointing talk show queen Oprah Winfrey. Blagojevich made the revelation to Diane Sawyer on "Good Morning America" on the day his impeachment trial is set to begin . That trial is expected to toss him out of office. The governor said that Winfrey's name came up as a potential successor to Obama in the Senate. "She seemed to be ...
Oprah for Senate
ArchPundit —
Blagojevich is now claiming he considered Oprah for Senate. One has to consider that he thought she had the deepest pockets.
In other fine moments of delusion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI4L4CnzG3I
He compares himself to Ghandi, Mandela, and MLK. This apparently makes Obama Botha. ...
Just. Go. Away.
The Reaction —
By Carl Seriously, dude, how much of an invitation did you really need? Rod Blagojevich, the absentee impeachee governor of Illinois, is in New York City today, trying ...
No More Mister Nice Blog — ... on NBC that, after he was arrested, he "thought about Mandela, Dr. King and Gandhi" is either nuts or shameless -- I vote for the latter. What he said on ABC -- that he considered Oprah Winfrey for Barack Obama's Senate seat -- isn't nuts at all, at least by American standards. ...
Geraldo chases down Blago
Michael Calderone's Blog —
It seems like anything can happen on the Blago media tour. Yesterday on NBC, Blagojevich made comparisons to Ghandi, King and Mandela. On "Good Morning America today, he talked about considering Oprah for the Illinois Senate seat. Next, he sat on "The View" couch, where Joy Behar tried to get him to do a Nixon impression: "I am not a crook!"
And as the media blitz continued, Blagojevich was supposed to sit down with Geraldo Rivera on Fox News. But that didn't happen because Blagojevich's publicist is Glenn Selig, who also represents Rivera's "arch-enemy" Drew Peterson. So Rivera was ...
Blago Considered Appointing Oprah As Illinois Senator
Patterico's Pontifications —
ABC News reports:
Illinois’ beleaguered Gov. Rod Blagojevich said today that when he was deciding who would take President Obama’s Senate seat he considered appointing talk show queen Oprah Winfrey, a suggestion that Winfrey says left her “amused.”
It makes sense to me. Who has more money than Oprah?
P.S. I heard a guy on the radio today mocking this as ridiculous. Of course, it is. But what’s more ridiculous is that, if she ran, she’d probably win.
Laugh if you like . . . but then explain to me why anyone took Caroline Kennedy seriously as a ...
