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suntimes.com - 1/23/2009
Blagojevich on WLS-AM: The 'fix is in' :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Gov. Blagojevich
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Gov. Blagojevich continued to hammer away at the rules governing his upcoming impeachment trial this morning, saying the "fix is in in" and Illinoisans would be socked with massive tax increases should he be kicked out of office. "They want to get me out fast so they could put a huge income-tax ...
Blago Says He Thought of Oprah for Senate
abcnews.go.com - 1/26/2009
Blago Says He Thought of Oprah for Senate
— abcnews.go.com — 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 ... (more) Blago Says He Thought of Oprah for Senate

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google.com - 1/23/2009
The Associated Press: Ill. gov tells AP that strain is like Pearl Harbor
— google.com — 5 hours ago CHICAGO (AP) Illinois' embattled but defiant governor turned to the history books to describe... the emotional strain on him and his family, comparing his arrest last month to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. "Dec. 9 to my family, to us, to ... (more) The Associated Press: Ill. gov tells AP that strain is ...

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foxnews.com - 1/23/2009
Gov. Blagojevich Compares His Arrest to Attack on Pearl Harbor - Presidential Politics | ...
— foxnews.com — CHICAGO -- Illinois' embattled but defiant governor, so fond of reciting poetry as he defends himself against... federal corruption allegations, has turned instead to the history books to describe the emotional strain his arrest put on him and his ... (more) Gov. Blagojevich Compares His Arrest to Attack on Pearl ...

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ArchPundit:  It’s About A Tax Increase

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It’s About A Tax Increase
ArchPundit — Hysterical: Gov. Blagojevich continued to hammer away at the rules governing his upcoming impeachment trial this morning, saying the “fix is in in” and Illinoisans would be socked with massive tax increases should he be kicked out of office. “They want to get me out fast so they could put a huge income-tax increase on the people of Illinois,” the governor said in a 43-minute interview this morning on WLS-AM 890’s Don Wade & Roma show. “And they want to raise the sales tax on gas. . . . If I’m out of the way, they can ...

Cowboy Rod Blagojevich To Beat His Dead Horse All Over TV
Politics Daily — ... Governor is now taking his cowboy routine to the airwaves, having already made a Today show appearance where he embarassingly compared himself to Gandhi, Mandela and Martin Luther King. (None of whom were cowboys per se, but neither is anyone else we've mentioned in this article.) Blago's blitz continues today with scheduled appearances on Good Morning America, The View and Larry King Live. And he's also doing radio, starting with last week's spot on Chicago's WLS-AM. Ommitted from the PR circuit: Interviews with syndicated radio ...

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