http://capitolfaxcom.disqus.com/NoneenTue, 27 Jan 2009 00:36:07 -0000http://capitolfax.com/2009/01/26/good-morning-america/#comment-18204185<p>wndycty said "I think Murphy being on GMA was an ambush...I think ALL OF THE SENATORS need to be very careful doing any press prior to the impeachment. Murphy came off as a prosecutor not a juror. For Murphy to call Rod’s statements self serving is not good in my opinion... Murphy can have his victory lap after they impeach him."</p><p>Quite observant! Is it anywonder that the GOP has Murphy out in every single news outlet and story about the impeachment. Seems that Murphy is seeking something bigger (going after the 'self-serving Stroger?) I heard today that the local Palatine (Murphy's) Township Board of Supervisors was changing a regular meeting in the near future (to attend a big republican fundraising event?) Can someone confirm that, or does it just seem coincidence....</p>northernwatersportsTue, 27 Jan 2009 00:36:07 -0000http://capitolfax.com/2009/01/26/good-morning-america/#comment-18204184<p>I, too, overwhelmingly agree that the 'Oprah for Senator' comment was a 'plant.' Another distraction. It only came out now after he hired a PR firm. But the media seems to buy this story, too.</p>pontiacstaffMon, 26 Jan 2009 18:17:57 -0000http://capitolfax.com/2009/01/26/good-morning-america/#comment-18204183<p>- I think he knows that by the time this thing goes to trial the evidence will be so stacked against him that facts won’t matter.--</p><p>Not sure what you mean there. In a criminal trial, facts will mean everything, and the feds will have to prove their case. He's already given them that he's the voice on the tapes.</p><p>If he didn't take the chance of talking before the House or Senate, why do it here? The more he yaps, the more chances he takes in helping the feds prove their case.</p>wordslingerMon, 26 Jan 2009 11:17:30 -0000http://capitolfax.com/2009/01/26/good-morning-america/#comment-18204182<p>Why is all of this attention being given to this political crook? I kept telling the media back in May of 2004 after he and his cronies took my job at IDOT that he was no good. People voted for him anyway. The Dem's backed him up, because they did not want to lose the office. It always seems like those who have been caught at their own nasty games, then run to the media to try and convince the public that they didn't do anything wrong. Blago is turning the media into a circus. I have lost all respect for talk shows that are giving this creep all of this free time. If he was being framed or really felt that he was not guilty, he should be down in Springfield right now explaining all of this to the Senate.<br>No media people are giving me a free forum to tell how the governor and his people took my job, messed up my retirement, kept me from getting another state job, caused me to lose my house, go bankrupt and wrecked my life. I never voted in a state primary and just did my job. That wasn't good enough for the gov and his cronies.</p>John GhristMon, 26 Jan 2009 11:07:41 -0000http://capitolfax.com/2009/01/26/good-morning-america/#comment-18204181<p>Word, I think he knows that by the time this thing goes to trial the evidence will be so stacked against him that facts won't matter. His own statements during this media frenzy will be the most easily discreditable by his own defense attorneys by the sheer incredulous nature of them. Comparing himself to Gandhi and Mandela seem to guarantee that.</p><p>My point is, he has chosen this misguided direction so he might as well go all out. Of course, you are correct about what he should have done, however, he is way past that option now.</p>Phineas J. WhoopeeMon, 26 Jan 2009 11:05:22 -0000http://capitolfax.com/2009/01/26/good-morning-america/#comment-18204180<p>Here we go, The View is on...</p>Watching Rod with 3-d glasses Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:01:15 -0000http://capitolfax.com/2009/01/26/good-morning-america/#comment-18204179<p>Starting next week (hopefully), an old joke will be changed from president to gov.<br>Every morning at 9AM a gentleman goes to the govs office and asks for Mr. Blago. He is told that Blago is no longer gov. This goes on for weeks. Finally the person at the desk asks if the gentleman understands and why he keeps coming back. The gentleman replies, "I just like hearing it."</p>Cranky Old ManMon, 26 Jan 2009 10:59:17 -0000http://capitolfax.com/2009/01/26/good-morning-america/#comment-18204178<p>Today, Rod Blagojevich is doing what he had hoped to be doing as a presidential candidate, enjoying a national media blitz. As a Congressman, Blagojevich became infected with Potomac Fever, and believed the timing was right for him to reach for a higher public office in 2002, in order to position himself as a Democratic candidate for president in 2008.</p><p>He saw the Illinois governor's office as a stepping stone from which to lauch that White House dream. He campaigned, and continues today, to campaign as a national aspirant with his populist rhetoric concerning health care, education, anti-tax stand, and providing for the needy. He sees himself as the Ronald Reagan of Democrats. He carefully balanced his social agenda with conservative pro-family stands, such as his ill-fated violent video game legislation.</p><p>Blagojevich never thought of actually being the governor of Illinois, as much as he thought of himself as a presidential candidate. His actions, words and policies come right off of a faux-Reagan 4x8 card. His massive political warchest was created in presidential-candidacy proportions, as he raised over $2,000 per hour instead of governed so that that warchest could be filled. Blagojevich dealt with the Devil himself to accomplish this goal. He stayed in Chicago in order to keep the money tap on, and used the excuse that state capitol, Springfield, was too corrupted and tainted from which to govern.</p><p>We know today that reality awaiting the new Governor Blagojevich didn't afford his White House dreams. His plan was to squeeze the last amount of state funding from a House of Credit and like a house of cards, the spending he pursued to pad his resume created fiscal turmoil and fell apart as he waited for his Big Opportunity. Additionally, Blagojevich discovered that the job was too big for him and his White House dreams. Instead of governing, Blagojevich campaigned. This negligence resulted in consequences that derailed his presidential time schedule and he fell from political grace as the Illinois economy mauled him.</p><p>By 2005 when he wasn't rescued by Senator John Kerry from this situation, Blagojevich gambled on salvaging his White House aspirations and held onto Office. But by this time, Blagojevich was in a hole. He didn't learn his job, and like a kid who didn't do his homework discovering a test on his desk the next morning, Blagojevich wasn't prepared when his job got tougher.</p><p>But today, Rod Blagojevich is on national television. He is salvaging those White House dreams. The glow he once had, has faded to a glow similar to a squashed firefly's. Due to circumstances beyond his control, he is not prepared as a presidential candidate. Today Rod Blagojevich is making his debut on national television and his blitz includes all the Big Names. He had craved this national exposure for over a decade, now he has it - in the worst way.</p>VanillaManMon, 26 Jan 2009 10:56:25 -0000http://capitolfax.com/2009/01/26/good-morning-america/#comment-18204177<p>Hang in there folks... by this time next week, "embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich" will have become "FORMER Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich." My, that sounds a lot better doesn't it?</p>Secret SquareMon, 26 Jan 2009 10:46:43 -0000http://capitolfax.com/2009/01/26/good-morning-america/#comment-18204176<p>Somewhere in a law office Genson is sitting behind a desk laughing his *bleep* off.</p>GhostMon, 26 Jan 2009 10:44:38 -0000http://capitolfax.com/2009/01/26/good-morning-america/#comment-18204175<p>Phineas, he's got everything to lose. There's a reason why the Constitution bestows the right against self-incrimination and defense lawyers tell you to keep your mouth shut:</p><p>Everything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.</p>wordslingerMon, 26 Jan 2009 10:42:47 -0000http://capitolfax.com/2009/01/26/good-morning-america/#comment-18204174<p>Phineas is right. The Blago PR campaign is all about contaminating the jury pool. That's why he is not answering direct questions on the facts (which will continue to be his MO on the View and Larry King). Sure his criminal trial is maybe a year off (if he is ever indicted), but this is national network television. He is reaching a larger Illinois audience on earned media than he has ever reached. Something with someone might potentially stick, and when you have the opportunity to do so, unlike 99% of all the other criminal defendants, you might as well try since, as Matt Murphy said, your liberty is at stake.</p>Conservative RepublicanMon, 26 Jan 2009 10:41:14 -0000http://capitolfax.com/2009/01/26/good-morning-america/#comment-18204172<p>Continuing on the cowboy theme, my Latin teacher, Father Dempsey would tell class regularly: "I'll give you enough rope to hang yourselves". Unwittingly, thats what the PR firm and the enabler media are doing presently to Wacko.</p>You Go BoyMon, 26 Jan 2009 10:41:12 -0000http://capitolfax.com/2009/01/26/good-morning-america/#comment-18204171<p>In my opinion the Oprah angle is a sham...she was never in contention...or we would all know about it from the affidavit or the recorded conversations. It's all a headline grabber &amp; just more of Blago being Blago.</p>scootMon, 26 Jan 2009 10:38:56 -0000http://capitolfax.com/2009/01/26/good-morning-america/#comment-18204170<p>Blago as Gary Cooper...(quick, hand me the stomach distress bag!) At "High Noon", Cooper went out to the street to face his adversaries...where does Rod go? To The View...(with the 'football' at the ready). At CAN and WILL get worse, I guarantee.</p>You Go BoyMon, 26 Jan 2009 10:38:47 -0000http://capitolfax.com/2009/01/26/good-morning-america/#comment-18204169<p>Two phrases Rod used repeatedly, phrases which struck me as highly ironic:</p><p>He was trying to "leverage a result" in choosing a new senator...Can't you imagine John Gotti using that phrase proudly, sounding all sophisticated when discussing his crimes. Love those euphemisms!</p><p>"The fix is in" -- in reference to the strong likelihood that the senate will convict him. Funny how he doesn't appreciate that most Illinois residents DO believe that impeachment is a good fix for a foolish, arrogant, corrupt governor who just won't quit. Yes, governor, many of us are hoping that the "fix" will soon be implemented.</p>SteveMon, 26 Jan 2009 10:31:14 -0000http://capitolfax.com/2009/01/26/good-morning-america/#comment-18204168<p>Hopefully, the networks paid for his transportation and hotel room. I think that would be normal.</p><p>I used to drink. I always had the most "remarkable" ideas during that time period. (not). But, for the life of me, I never would have thought of Oprah for senate.</p><p>Governor, are you high?</p>PPHSMon, 26 Jan 2009 10:31:02 -0000http://capitolfax.com/2009/01/26/good-morning-america/#comment-18204167<p>I like how he blames "politicians"...like he isn't one himself. I know, I know, this has worked for him in the past, but don't the people see through that now? God, I hope so.</p>Concerned ObserverMon, 26 Jan 2009 10:30:01 -0000http://capitolfax.com/2009/01/26/good-morning-america/#comment-18204166<p>The look on Diane's face is priceless:</p><p><a href="http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/01/blagojevich-takes-case-to-good-morning-america.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/01/blagojevich-takes-case-to-good-morning-america.html">http://www.chicagobreakingn...</a></p>Anonymous CowardMon, 26 Jan 2009 10:29:52 -0000http://capitolfax.com/2009/01/26/good-morning-america/#comment-18204165<p>Well, it's official. The new, dynamic, charismatic president is from Illinois and I couldn't be more embarrassed to be from this state. This guy made a complete ass of himself on national television...as usual. For the next week and a half to two weeks, however long the senate takes, I am officially from nebraska if asked. And Kipling has got to be rolling in his grave</p>Beyond EmbarrassedMon, 26 Jan 2009 10:28:04 -0000http://capitolfax.com/2009/01/26/good-morning-america/#comment-18204164<p>Rich, you're right about the O question being planted, or at least about it seeming that way.</p>Concerned ObserverMon, 26 Jan 2009 10:25:37 -0000http://capitolfax.com/2009/01/26/good-morning-america/#comment-18204163<p>Blago is one smart man. Look he is on Good Morning America, The View, and Larry King. He is getting all kinds of media coverage. He is playing the "poor me" card and doing it on national TV.</p>StayathomemomMon, 26 Jan 2009 10:16:24 -0000http://capitolfax.com/2009/01/26/good-morning-america/#comment-18204162<p>I'm wondering if he'll start trying to out others that have gotten their hands dirty when he begins realizing that he's going down and looking at hard prison time. Seems like a squealer to me, and mix in his ego and I don't see him going away without trying to pull lots of others down with him. Should be an interesting ride, once all this smokescreen B.S. is over with.</p>BigDogMon, 26 Jan 2009 10:15:57 -0000http://capitolfax.com/2009/01/26/good-morning-america/#comment-18204161<p>Word, this is only the beginning. He will be on the air every chance he gets from now till the fed trial. Probably doing his own radio show, ect. I see he is trying to get on Oprah. At this point he has nothing to lose. I guess a better response is he is trying to sway public opinion. Of course, by the time the federal trial comes along he will have made so many misstatements he will have convicted himself, but really, what does he have to lose?</p>Phineas J. WhoopeeMon, 26 Jan 2009 10:10:41 -0000http://capitolfax.com/2009/01/26/good-morning-america/#comment-18204160<p>Over. Nothing new.</p>Cranky Old ManMon, 26 Jan 2009 10:07:39 -0000