Video: Beloved public servant declares innocence, recites poem
posted at 4:18 pm on December 19, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Contain your surprise as a supreme narcissist vows not to let go of power until the “political lynch mob” persecuting him strings him up and takes it from him forcibly. Good news or bad news, do you think? On the one hand, it means the carnival in Chicago will run for weeks or even months more. On the other hand, if he’s fight fight fighting, then he’s not talk talk talking to prosecutors about what he knows about Illinois machine politics.
Only this much is certain: Every presser by a demoralized pol should include a poem. Exit question: Maybe this one for McCain if/when the next amnesty bill gets beaten back?
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What, did he watch “Rudy” before this presser?
Pasalubong on December 19, 2008 at 4:21 PM
I lost it when he started quoting Kipling.
amerpundit on December 19, 2008 at 4:23 PM
“Absolutely 100% not guilty.”
MadisonConservative on December 19, 2008 at 4:24 PM
I could not tell if this post is about Blago or Obama.
faraway on December 19, 2008 at 4:28 PM
The fact that his party hasn’t started impeachment proceedings against him yet says a lot.
Ryan Gandy on December 19, 2008 at 4:34 PM
He is not a crook
….sorry, someone had to say it.
Rogue on December 19, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Fight, Blago, FIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lance Murdock on December 19, 2008 at 4:36 PM
Ryan Gandy on December 19, 2008 at 4:34 PM
He’s gonna name names!
I hope…I hope…I hope…
kingsjester on December 19, 2008 at 4:36 PM
His last breath cant come soon enough.
Viper1 on December 19, 2008 at 4:37 PM
I could not stop laughing during this! This is going to be so much fun! He was so sure of himself. Makes me think he has some kind of plan. A man of his kind always does. What might it be? I personally can’t wait to see it unfold! Grab yourselves a bowl of popcorn, settle in and get ready for the fun.
Hurting Head on December 19, 2008 at 4:37 PM
The gift that keeps on giving. I hope Pay-Rod can keep this going for at least another 2 years.
Harpoon on December 19, 2008 at 4:37 PM
You know, Blajojevitch may be guilty, but he’s no where near down on the corrupt traitor evil politician scale as McCain.
Can I get an AMRITE?
This calls for a bonus Mark Twain quotation. Or some song lyrics, too.
wise_man on December 19, 2008 at 4:38 PM
Oh and he DOES have rights. He has a right to a fair trial, a right to a defense, etc, etc. I think all the evidence should be released. We should be able to hear it. He is a public official. We have a right to know all of it. Let’s see where the bodies are buried.
Hurting Head on December 19, 2008 at 4:39 PM
OT: wanna space shuttle for Christmas?
faraway on December 19, 2008 at 4:40 PM
He probably truly believes he is innocent of any wrongdoing.
It is Illinois/Chicago politics afterall.
TexasDude on December 19, 2008 at 4:40 PM
Go, Blago! Fight! Don’t take this lying down! Those treacherous motherfrackers in the Illinois Democratic Party need to be taught a lesson…if you’re going down, they should all go down with you!
Jim62sch on December 19, 2008 at 4:41 PM
Mr. Governor, you stated you would not leave a job the people have hired you for – how about listening to 86% of us who want you to resign?
It sickens me that Democrats are not held to the same standards as Republicans. If this were a Republican governor, EVERYONE would be talking non-stop. Just remember how Sarah Palin was trashed for EVERYTHING she did and said… I know she ran for National office, while a governor holds a state office, but it seems that Democrats are not affected by what they say or do… Just look at the new favorite son of Illinois – the holder of the “Office of the President Elect”! He was came from this same environment, even close to this disgraced governor, but first his office did not have ANY contact with the governor’s office, then it did not have any improper contact, I can hardly wait for the next soundbite….
Illinois is in big trouble, we could get out sooner if the governor would resign and let us get back to business, but he is too full of himself to admit that…
We fought him hard here in Illinois when he had that hair brained idea of charging all businesses a gross receipts tax! He even came to our town in downstate Illinois to make his case – brought with him 2 bus loads of union guys from Chicago who stood around the stage and applauded loudly while we, the business owners and other interested people from our community stood in the back – but no matter where we stood, we made sure he understood he was not exactly among friends. He was defeated on this one for that time. He also pushed through this All Kids insurance program – many of us were very much against this as well, but he got that one through. I am in contact with his office and our representative and senator in Springfield – by the way, THAT is our capital, not Chicago – quite a bit, I don’t get any replies from Chicago/Springfield, but I have a good relationship with our representative (Republican) and our senator (Democrat).
I am sad that our state is the laughing stock of the whole nation – we have so much to do without this….
mkosin on December 19, 2008 at 4:43 PM
Rove, you magnificent bastard!
(Hey, someone had to say it.)
irishspy on December 19, 2008 at 4:44 PM
Since this is a poetry reading, how about some Edna St. Vincent Millay? …
“I shall forget you presently, my dear,
So make the most of this,
Your little day,”
Done That on December 19, 2008 at 4:46 PM
I am with you. I think that is exactly what Blago is thinking and Obama is dreading.
Hurting Head on December 19, 2008 at 4:50 PM
I live in Chicago and would prefer that the gov’t stay out of business for a while. Generally the problems start when the gov’t tries to “fix” them.
Illinidiva on December 19, 2008 at 4:51 PM
hey, its about time this came up on HA.
I am so thrilled with blago. That was the best piece of lying I have ever seen. ever. He beats bill clinton & hussein obambi hands down.
he wants to talk so badly, doesn’t he? he has so much info to tell us! i cannot wait.
kelley in virginia on December 19, 2008 at 4:51 PM
BO better have on his kid gloves….
d1carter on December 19, 2008 at 4:56 PM
Somebody had better tell this idiot governor that money doesn’t have to be exchanged for a crime to be committed. Concealing a felony from authorities is a crime punishable up to 3 years of prison.
“Misprision of felony”” is still an offense under United States federal law after being codified in 1909 under 18 U.S.C. § 4:
byteshredder on December 19, 2008 at 4:56 PM
While we were waiting for Blah-go to speak, they kept showing a young lady on the side of the stage near the door. Wonder who she is… [just professional interest, mind you]
Mark_Tampa on December 19, 2008 at 4:57 PM
His continuance on the scene is a silent reminder to others he has incriminating information on to apply pressure to stop/ease his prosecution/punishment.
The rules have not changed.
And BHO is a player in this in some way or other. And that is what gives this Hair Club for Men candidate a prayer.
65droptop on December 19, 2008 at 4:57 PM
He’d better be careful with this “fight to his last dying breath” stuff. In the Chicago Machine, that last breath could come sooner than he thinks.
Jim-Rose on December 19, 2008 at 4:58 PM
He should insist on a pay raise……….
Seven Percent Solution on December 19, 2008 at 4:58 PM
Fight! To the death!
jennifernaz on December 19, 2008 at 4:59 PM
There once was a man from Chicago
that everyone knew as Blago.
“I will fight”, he did say,
“Not guilty” of pay-for-play.
He’s banking on a pardon from BO.
Where’s Nipsey Russell when you need him?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on December 19, 2008 at 5:00 PM
Well at least he’s not a bigoted Christian.
Esthier on December 19, 2008 at 5:03 PM
I believe him and he believes he did nothing wrong.
Fight Blago, Fight! This should be a bumper sticker!
luckybogey on December 19, 2008 at 5:06 PM
Bad poem for the speech. He should have gone with a song instead.
batterup on December 19, 2008 at 5:06 PM
“I have one powerful ally on my side, and that’s the truth……about Obama” Blago
notagool on December 19, 2008 at 5:06 PM
Why…of course he did…he mentioned Kipling, didn’t he?
uncivilized on December 19, 2008 at 5:11 PM
Keep fighting Blago!
We’re behind you (well, a few miles behind you)
rbj on December 19, 2008 at 5:14 PM
Did he say “merry fitzmas” before he left?
the_nile on December 19, 2008 at 5:14 PM
We can only pray. Real hard.
Perhaps he’s holding out for a Presidential Elect Pardon?
Badger40 on December 19, 2008 at 5:15 PM
I especially liked the end where he pretended there are people ethat support him.
DamnCat on December 19, 2008 at 5:18 PM
There once was a man from Nantucket…
Blake on December 19, 2008 at 5:23 PM
Being a law abiding citizen, having never been in a courtroom, I have a question.
Does the Blago legal team know what’s in all the tapes yet?
Or, are they just stalling, and holding out for a plea deal, if he tells all.
Janna on December 19, 2008 at 5:24 PM
Surely if he gets off, someone can still prosecute him for that hairdo, right?
Sgt. Hartman on December 19, 2008 at 5:26 PM
Well, you are not exactly alone. I live in MN. What does that tell you?
cjs1943 on December 19, 2008 at 5:27 PM
I wish I still had hair banes like him!
luckybogey on December 19, 2008 at 5:28 PM
Took me a minute. The hee!
hawkdriver on December 19, 2008 at 5:32 PM
“If the people only knew
If they could visualize
Just open their eyes
Even stop to think about
If they could open their minds
They could get beyond
The world’s a funny place you know
Most of what goes on
Is rarely funny
Rarely funny at all
Could the people understand
In only whispered screams
And colorless dreams
Could they finally comprehend
If they could suddenly see
And suddenly feel
The world’s a funny place you know
Most of what goes on
Is rarely funny
Rarely funny at all”
Chicago, “Poem for the People”
Snowed In on December 19, 2008 at 5:32 PM
Where are all of our troll friends to defend him and Rahmster?
hawkdriver on December 19, 2008 at 5:33 PM
I feel for you, cjs 1943 – what a joke in MN as well…
I believe we must start at the bottom – in our towns and counties – and take this government back! It has gone way over the top! But we (maybe not a few of us, but the sad majority) kept saying “it can’t get that bad…” and see where we are! It is apalling to me how many people don’t know anything about our government, or the people that are running it! Today I talked with a client of our office, and he said – and I wholeheartedly agree – we should have a test before we get our ballots! I am from another country, and when I had to take citizenship classes, I knew more about American government than my teacher! But you can’t talk about politics in the workplace, especially if you are the owner of the business! I make sure my employees know both sides of all stories – yes, that takes lots of time, but it IS worth it, because my dream depends on it, and so does their livelyhood!
mkosin on December 19, 2008 at 5:34 PM
It’s okay. He is just climbing further out on his branch. Let’s see how far he can go before falling or the branch breaking.
On the plus side, at least he isn’t afraid of the PC police. He wished everyone a Merry Christmas! :-)
Mallard T. Drake on December 19, 2008 at 5:36 PM
I believe there’s still a Palin article on the front page.
Snowed In on December 19, 2008 at 5:37 PM
DAMMIT!!! Every time something makes me want to give up on the US and throw in the towel, a first generation patriot slaps me back into reality. Thanks mkosin, I really needed that. Seriously!
hawkdriver on December 19, 2008 at 5:37 PM
Pfft. No where near as convincing as John Edwards.
Ronnie on December 19, 2008 at 5:38 PM
Ahhh!!!! Check!
hawkdriver on December 19, 2008 at 5:38 PM
DSM Criteria for Narcisstic Personality Disorder
A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:[1]
1. has a grandiose sense of self-importance
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. believes that he or she is “special” and unique
4. requires excessive admiration
5. has a sense of entitlement
6. is interpersonally exploitative
7. lacks empathy
8. is often envious of others or believes others are envious of him or her
9. shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes
alex342 on December 19, 2008 at 5:38 PM
Hair’s not as good, either.
Snowed In on December 19, 2008 at 5:39 PM
And you can make book on that!
hoosiermama on December 19, 2008 at 5:41 PM
He couldn’t afford a John Edwards haircut. Blago never got to the payoff part.
hawkdriver on December 19, 2008 at 5:41 PM
10. has run for president on the Democratic ticket in the past twenty years
Snowed In on December 19, 2008 at 5:41 PM
Whatever you think of Blago, the man has brass balls. He has hired Ed Genson and is seemingly willing to duke it out in court.
Genson doesn’t tend to pick losers and for all the spin, I’ll be interested to see what plays out in court if it makes it that far.
Ares on December 19, 2008 at 5:41 PM
Priceless. Watching him twitch and jerk around like a spastic puppet was worth the price of listening to his idiotic speech.
Jaibones on December 19, 2008 at 5:42 PM
He’s so convinced of his innocence…it means he has a card or two to play. This will be fun.
Baphomet on December 19, 2008 at 5:45 PM
If my younger brother had gone into politics this is EXACTLY the kind of politician he would be.
Instead he went into drugs and who knows what alley he’s sleeping in tonight.
It’s a fine line, methinks.
Bob's Kid on December 19, 2008 at 5:49 PM
You’re welcome, hawkdriver! I tell people all the time that I became an American voluntarily – didn’t have to! My mom still tells me that I wrote a 7 page letter home when I made the decision – you see, I was raised to PARTICIPATE and not just let things happen….
mkosin on December 19, 2008 at 5:49 PM
He’ll talk eventually. It’s just going to stretch all this out longer. You’re going to need lots of popcorn, and you’re in luck: You can stock up on those big tubs of popcorn they sell at the department stores this time of year.
+1
meltenn on December 19, 2008 at 5:52 PM
No way. There’d be a groundswell of support for him from all of us who envy that mop. Heck, I’m his age and I don’t think I ever had a hunk of hair like that. Must be a Serbian heritage thing….
Red State State of Mind on December 19, 2008 at 5:55 PM
Blech. Ayn Rand had this read at her husband’s and her own funeral. This little man ruins a good thing, not that anyone has exclusivity for a poem. They can all have illusions.
Therein is much beauty.
Entelechy on December 19, 2008 at 6:01 PM
How can Rahm be a CoS if you can’t find him? No matter how long Blago drags it out, Obama has some timelines to meet and decisions to make. I’m hopin’ he’ll replace Rahm with Michelle.
a capella on December 19, 2008 at 6:07 PM
Trochilus on December 19, 2008 at 6:09 PM
Oy Vey – now I am all farklempt ;)
iam7545 on December 19, 2008 at 6:13 PM
2009 will be the year of the missing-gates.
p.s. where the heck is John Kerry?
Entelechy on December 19, 2008 at 6:14 PM
he’s brushing up on his foreign capitols…just in case….
Red State State of Mind on December 19, 2008 at 6:27 PM
Cool. Did he look a little nervous?
Requisite poem stanza:
I like Kipling, too. :)
Venusian Visitor on December 19, 2008 at 6:30 PM
or windsurfing . . .
Trochilus on December 19, 2008 at 6:33 PM
This is getting to be fun!
PattyJ on December 19, 2008 at 6:37 PM
Go, Blago! Fight! Don’t take this lying down! Those treacherous motherfrackers in the Illinois Democratic Party need to be taught a lesson…if you’re going down, they should all go down with you!
Jim62sch
Get them all, especially BHO. Check this out.
http://decalogosintl.org/documents/Soetoro_Divorce.pdf
infidelgranny on December 19, 2008 at 6:41 PM
This is a no brainer. Blago seems to be holding some good cards. Everybody knows he needs and wants big money. Since Blago wouldn’t just roll over and quit, Obama and the Chicago machine have to figure out how to get him some cold, hard cash in exchange for his bowing out. I mean, resigning the governorship is for sure “f%#king worth something.” Then, and only then, will Obama and the Machine be safe from all Blago can “sing” about them.
Pass. The. Chips… Guacamole too.
marybel on December 19, 2008 at 7:04 PM
It’s Obama’s fault.
- The Cat
MirCat on December 19, 2008 at 7:14 PM
Blago is not guilty. Musing is not a crime.
The prosecutor was afraid to see what the One might say to Blago (sort of like all those people, like Morrisey, who are afraid to look at the long form document). This is a case of a premature prosecution to protect a putative president.
Further this case is unprecedented. Those who think Blago is guilty, should ber in mind that an American Governor has never solicited a bribe from a Kenyan born President-elect.
Basilsbest on December 19, 2008 at 7:15 PM
If the gov quotes English lit, you must acquit.
Mark1971 on December 19, 2008 at 7:21 PM
Basilsbest, I think you are so very prescient! Just talking about wanting to sell the senate seat, like dickering with a prostitute, isn’t a crime. It’s the cash exchange that is, as my young friends would say, “money.”
I love your line about “premature prosecution to protect…” Fitzgeral knows “what side his bread is buttered on,” and has acted accordingly. Fitz, to save Obama, gave Blago his big break, which he is gladly exploiting. No moolah, no crime.
marybel on December 19, 2008 at 7:24 PM
But first, show me the money!
— Hot Rod
Trochilus on December 19, 2008 at 7:37 PM
Wow I watched it! I couldnt figure out the wierd dark hairdo before. Watching I realized he was trying to do a J.F.K.
Not the kind of threat to make to a mafia Don
Not the kind of threat to make to a mafia Don
Spoken like a mafia Don
Blago needs more poetry, like this
Little John Blago
Sat down at Spago
To cut him a a piece of the Pie
He stuck in his thumb
And pulled out the One
And said what a good Tool am I
how about this one
Rahm be nimble
Rahm be quick
Rahm don’t let the wire tap stick
Or we could tarnish Tennyson by turning his ode to Honor into an ode to Chicago
‘Forward, the Light Brigade!’
Was there a man dismay’d?
Not tho’ the soldiers knew
Some one had blunder’d:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
RodeSeeking thesix hundredone who blundered.Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volley’d and thunder’d;
Storm’d at with shot and shell,
While horse and
herocushy goverment job fell,They that had
foughtlied so wellCame thro’ the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundredminus the one who blundered.entagor on December 19, 2008 at 7:40 PM
Allah,
Your headlines are among the funniest :-) LMAO !! and that’s even before I saw the convincing act put up by Blackguardovich !
If Blago beats the rap, he can be a Shakespearean theater actor – he seems to have great potential.
Living in Chicago, i am now expecting even more drama – can this guy get on Oprah? heck, even a Jay Leno appearance should be fun !
Blago for Macbeth !
nagee76 on December 19, 2008 at 7:43 PM
Win this one for the Gipper, Blago!
Jim - PRS on December 19, 2008 at 7:55 PM
He’s either a really good liar, or…
Aronne on December 19, 2008 at 8:43 PM
Two words for the gov: cement shoes.
jbh45 on December 19, 2008 at 8:46 PM
he’s a democRAT, they can’t do anything wrong!!
they care and thats what really counts…suckers…
right4life on December 19, 2008 at 9:51 PM
I almost feel guilty for how much fun this is gonna be…
Little Boomer on December 19, 2008 at 10:01 PM
It is ALWAYS the same thing with each and every politician no matter how unequivocally guilty they are.
FlatFoot on December 19, 2008 at 10:10 PM
In this Season of Giving, I want to thank Guv Blago for this rally, really great gift!
Go Blago Go!
Don’t let the bastards get you down!
Bruno Strozek on December 19, 2008 at 10:37 PM
Poem Schmoem.
Nobody else is reminded of the Jim Jones speech?
Tanya on December 20, 2008 at 12:04 AM
He is guilty of BAD Hair! He is a strange looking man. He is a gifted liar as well. Wonder what he is going to say??? Guess the Feds have been investigating a lot of certain people lately as well. He is convinced he did nothing wrong.
sheebe on December 20, 2008 at 12:08 AM
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