Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich Says's "He's Blacker Than Barack Obama".
source: http://www.sphere.com/politics/article/im-blacker-than-obama-blagojevich-tells-esquire/19311530
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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."
Paul Beaty, AP
Rod Blagojevich, the former Democratic governor of Illinois, told Esquire magazine, "I'm blacker than Barack Obama."
The White House refused to comment.
The twice-elected Democrat was impeached and removed from office last year after federal prosecutors arrested him on corruption charges that included trying to sell Obama's old U.S. Senate seat. He has pleaded not guilty.
Blagojevich continues to accuse prosecutors of persecuting him for routine political deals.
One of those deals, he said, was the possibility of naming Attorney General Lisa Madigan to Obama's Senate seat in exchange for cooperation on important programs from her powerful father, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
He used an infamously coarse word to refer to the attorney general.
"If I can get this, how much do I love the people of Illinois to make that (expletive) senator?'" Blagojevich said.
Blagojevich is appearing on NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice" this spring and his trial is expected to start later this year.
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samthesixth
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He's a bigger douche bag.
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samthesixth
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ryan8566
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does he have any 'birthers' on call to prove this?
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ryan8566
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masterzip
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I think he meant, he is more "ghetto" than Obama, which would not paint a much better picture, this would mean that he grew up much poorer, and that poor experience is what the black experience is all about,..... which does not paint a good picture for any politician.
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masterzip
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Varex_Sythe
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masterzip:
Ghetto... you mean like Eminem?
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Varex_Sythe
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courage
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no story about the racist harry reid no follow up on Bird being in the KKK democrats fought for slavery and against civil rights then somehow the minorities in the country volunteered to be parasitic vote slaves for them hehe gotta admit thats kinda funny in a sad way hell the dems killed Martin Luther King because he wouldnt roll over for the hidden master
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courage
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Varex_Sythe
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Riiiiiight...
Methinks that this guy might be whiter than I am. - 2 years ago
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Varex_Sythe
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Davidod
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True, if the color of dye used on one's hair-piece counted...
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Davidod
