I distinctly remember reading a blurb on Hotline after the elections back in 2002 about Rod Blagojevich and his plans to run for president in 2008. He hadn't even been sworn in as Governor, yet was pushing himself as a presidential candidate.
Fast forward to 2008 and we do have a president from Illinois -- not Blagojevich. He's turned out to be a major disappointment. And, yes, he's innocent until proven guilty, but this criminal complaint is pretty damn damning. Just watched the news conference with prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald who has put together the case against the Illinois Governor.
Blago wanted a deal with the Obama team for the Senate seat, but he didn't get one. And, he didn't love Obama as Jonathan Martin reports:
[Blagojevich] also appears to think little of the president-elect, whom he calls a "motherf***er" at one point.What a dick.
“F**k him,” Blagjoveich says of Obama during a lengthy call with top aides and his wife recorded on November 10th, “For nothing? F**k him.”
In another section of the complaint, Blagojevich expresses exasperation that Obama and his team aren't willing to offer him an inducement in exchange for appointing an aide, apparently Valerie Jarrett, to the Senate.
Blagojevich "said he knows that the President-elect wants Senate Candidate 1 for the Senate seat but 'they’re not willing to give me anything except appreciation. F**k them,'" says the complaint.
