Submit a Story!
BrightCove: Politico - Blago: Fire Rahm, Expel McCain (video)
Blago: Fire Rahm
politico.com — This blog can't really capture the long-form style of Blagojevich's swan song, but he's going down swinging, with a call to fire Rahm Emanuel for being as guilty as he -- according to a theory under which he is being impeached for fighting for ... (more) Blago: Fire Rahm
Comments
Blog Reactions

Blagojevich to Obama: 'Fire Rahm Emanuel'
Politics Daily — Filed under: Democrats, 2008 Senate, Scandal, InvestigationsStill-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich spent the waning hours of his impeachment trial calling for the resignations of several fistfuls of Governors and Senators, and for the firing of Rahm Emanuel: See, that's the steel grip on reality that's going to take this guy places. Essentially, he's like a guy on trial for jaywalking and murder. He's defending the crap out of that jaywalking charge. But what good is helpong a little old lady across the street, if you're just gonna chop her up and eat her when you get ...

Blagojevich: Obama Should Fire Rahm Emanuel (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — In his hour-long closing statement before the Illinois State Senate today, Governor Rod Blagojevich continued to traipse across the plane of outlandish comparisons. Departing from comparisons himself to renowned civil rights leaders, he chose this time to group in with Washington bigwigs. In his rambling statement, Blago culled the names of various politicians who he consider equally guilty of the state senate's allegations, including Rahm Emanuel, John McCain, Ted Kennedy, Dick Durbin, Harry Reid and Bob Menendez. Of course, as Politico's Ben Smith notes, Blago is acting as though he is "being impeached for fighting for ...

Blagojevich: Obama Should Fire Rahm Emanuel (VIDEO)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — In his hour-long closing statement before the Illinois State Senate today, Governor Rod Blagojevich continued to traipse across the plane of outlandish comparisons. Departing from comparisons between himself and renowned civil rights leaders, he chose this time to group in with Washington bigwigs. In his rambling statement, Blago culled the names of various politicians whom he considers equally guilty of the state Senate's allegations, including Rahm Emanuel, John McCain, Ted Kennedy, Dick Durbin, Harry Reid and Bob Menendez. Of course, as Politico's Ben Smith notes, Blago is acting as though he is "being ...

Related: blago comparisons
Geraldo chases down BlagoMichael 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 ...