Blagojevich: 'I'm blacker than Barack Obama'

[Ghost in the Machine]

Blagojevich: 'I'm blacker than Barack Obama'
Posted: Jan 11, 2010 12:31 AM EST
Updated: Jan 11, 2010 6:31 AM EST
By DEANNA BELLANDI
Associated Press Writer

CHICAGO (AP) - Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he's "blacker than Barack Obama" and tells Esquire magazine that he was a real person in a political arena dominated by phonies.

Blagojevich, referring to the president as "this guy," says Obama was elected based simply on hope.

"What the (expletive)? Everything he's saying's on the teleprompter," Blagojevich told the magazine for a story in its February issue, which hits newsstands Jan. 19.

"I'm blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little laundromat in a black community not far from where we lived," Blagojevich said. "I saw it all growing up."

The White House refused to comment.

http://www.wrcbtv.com/global/story.asp?s=11799415

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Really has a way with words . . .

[LeftishBrit]

2. Replace the word 'blacker' with 'nuttier' and the words 'Barack Obama' with 'a fruitcake' and he

might have a point!

[Ghost in the Machine]

10. That's DUzy material right there...

:hi:

[Cetacea]

3. Well.....

He's certainly a colorful personality.

[FBaggins]

4. Has his own way with reality too.

We're well shot of him.

[Cetacea]

6. He plays the media almost as well as wolf huntress.

[ProfessorGAC]

5. Dirtier Than Mud Might Work For Me

Dumber than dirt would work too, since saying this in public is a sign of idiocy.

Geez, we're so proud of our governors in IL. Four jailbirds in the last 40 years. Pretty consistent, at least.
GAC

[Skidmore]

9. Hopefully, Blago will join them.

I grew up in IL. My daughter lives there now. Politics is a dirty ground game there. Iowa is pretty tame.

[Catshrink]

7. And he has more hair

[liberal N proud]

8. The White House refused to comment

:rofl:

What sort of comment would you expect from the White House? Oh now he's not? :rofl: