Blagojevich: A Senate Seat Is "A F*cking Valuable Thing"
The complaint against Gov. Rod Blagojevich is chock full of shocking details. For a sitting governor, already under investigation, to talk so openly, so brazenly of using Barack Obama's Senate seat for personal gain indicates either a sheer ignorance of his own vulnerability or colossal arrogance. Maybe both.
A snippet:
On November 3, 2008, ROD BLAGOJEVICH talked with Deputy Governor A. This discussion occurred the day before the United States Presidential election. ROD BLAGOJEVICH and Deputy Governor A discussed the potential Senate seat vacancy. During the conversation, ROD BLAGOJEVICH told Deputy Governor A that if he is not going to get anything of value for the open Senate seat, then ROD BLAGOJEVICH will take the Senate seat himself: “if . . . they’re not going to offer anything of any value, then I might just take it.”
Later on November 3, 2008, ROD BLAGOJEVICH spoke with Advisor A. By this time, media reports indicated that Senate Candidate 1, an advisor to the Presidentelect, was interested in the Senate seat if it became vacant, and was likely to be supported by the President-elect. During the call, ROD BLAGOJEVICH stated, “unless I get something real good for [Senate Candidate 1], sh*t, I’ll just send myself, you know what I’m saying.”
ROD BLAGOJEVICH later stated, “I’m going to keep this Senate option for me a real possibility, you know, and therefore I can drive a hard bargain. You hear what I’m saying. And if I don’t get what I want and I’m not satisfied with it, then I’ll just take the Senate seat myself.”
Later, ROD BLAGOJEVICH stated that the Senate seat “is a f*cking valuable thing, you just don’t give it away for nothing.”
Little wanker needs to be sent to Cook Co. instead of being out on such a low bail.
Did someone take away his passport, I wonder?