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more about #rodblagojevich more comments → AzureTexan: Coiffuregate. more » momof3wildkids: As a former Chicagoan, I can add some color to this. Sam Adams is the attorney you call when you are seriously fucked. A friend of mine who worked a... more » thatgirlinnewyork: that wouldn't be a surprising occurrence in the 6100 block of south ellis. more » The Real JR: HOW CONVENIENT. more » depardoo: I am nowhere near Chicago at this moment. Best regards, G. G. Liddy more » Mymoustache: I would pay big bucks to hear Senator Burris debate Representative Bachman over whether it is "czar" or "tsar." #rolandburris more » finite_elephant: See..there's crazy, then there's "willing to suck up to Blago to add a line to your resume" crazy. #rolandburris more » sarrible: Oh my god, I completely forgot that Senator Roland Burris existed. #crazy #rolandburris more » Swifter: I'm sure Polanski's victim was depressed for years. Let him rot. more » easternsike: whaaaaaat Christina Hendricks married the shrooms guy from Super Troopers? more » TRexstasy: Kylie's less famous and less talented singer I think you meant "sister". more » pureblarney: The couple were introduced by Hendricks' "Mad Men" co-star Vincent Kartheiser. Would Joan mind introducing me to Pete? I'd like to bring in that acco... more » EhBologna: New suggestion for a reality show. Why Am I A Celebrity? Imagine all the people who could be on that. Blagojevich could host. We could just put them a... more » morninggloria: If Blago were to go to New York, I feel like a cosmic douchebag balance between Chicago and NYC will be upset, and there will be some sort of doucheba... more » unclevanya: Allow me, then, from Uptown no less: Blago, go fuck yourself. Try Jersey. more » -
#plumbers
Break-In at Blago's Lawyer's Office; Wiretap Evidence Stolen
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that computer equipment containing audio files of wiretapped conversations has been stolen from the office Rod Blagojevich's defense attorney. More » -
#heroes
Senator Roland Burris: 'This is the Meat That Caused Us Political Scientists to Even Exist'
So. What is crazy accidental Illinois Senator Roland Burris up to, these days? Oh, just Senate stuff, you know. Talking about health care. Giving speeches. Asking utterly insane questions at pointless hearings about imaginary Czars. More » -
#gossiproundup
Oprah Slammed with Mile High Lawsuit
One of Oprah's flight attendants wants monetary revenge for not having sex. Christina Hendricks got married. Jail makes Roman Polanski sad. And Blago and Trump's hair wars will be television gold. Happy Monday and welcome to your gossip roundup! More » -
#blagoplease
Blagojevich, New Yorker?
Disgraced, impeached Illinois governor and media joker Rod Blagojevich thinks he would do well in New York because no one has yet told him to go fuck himself. Not to his face, at least. [New Yorker] -
#scandal
If An Alleged Blago-Related Criminal Dies, Should We Care?
Rod Blagojevich and his alleged misdeeds have been the subject of much spilled media ink, and much of that ink was spilled by his own hand. But could that story now have spilled blood? More » -
#blagoplease
Rod Blagojevich, Media Joker
Lawmaker-turned-dancing machine Tom Delay astutely pointed out that politics is showbiz. And few politicians have mastered the fine art more than Rod Blagojevich, who at once relishes in and scorns the spotlight. He is, simply, the Joker of media gaming. More » -
#blagoplease
Exclusive: How the Press Pandered to Blagojevich after His Arrest
On the morning he was arrested on corruption charges last December, Rod Blagojevich was the nation's biggest greaseball. So obviously, the national press was willing to say anything to land an interview. And we've got their emails to prove it. More » -
#documents
Blagojevich's Post-Arrest Interview Requests
The deluge of media e-mails to Rod Blagojevich's press secretary in the wake of his arrest, obtained from the state of Illinois through the Freedom of Information Act. More » -
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#blagosphere
TV Pharisees Doubt Blago of Nazareth
These news anchors just love to laugh and chuckle and mock Rod Blagojevich's new book where he compares himself to Jesus. Guess who was also mocked, by primitive Roman "news anchors"? Jesus the first. And history repeats. -
#bloggers
New Blago Website Promises Insanity, Hilarity
In the words of his publicist, "Rod Blagojevich needed his own Website. It was time." And so it was that on Sunday, GovernorRod.com was launched. You're welcome. [GovernorRod.com] -
#howthingswork
How The Today Show Bumped Blago for Leno 'News'
On the morning the FBI arrested Rod Blagojevich, he was supposed to be doing a live exclusive interview with Matt Lauer. But Today canceled so Lauer could flack the "news" of Jay Leno's new 10 p.m. show on NBC.
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#lyingliars
Looking Back At Other Political Scandal Press Conferences
Today Mark Sanford detailed his affair with an Argentinian woman, and even though we now know that he was forced into it, it's difficult not to kinda admire his candor in comparison to the brazenness of other busted politicians. More » -
#history
Sanford's Presser: Instant Classic
Mark Sanford's press conference. Did you watch that performance? Wow. He just... he just kept going. How did it compare to some classic political meltdowns of the past? Favorably! More » -
#showbiz
Blago Attends the Theatre
Chicago's Second City comedy troupe has a show called "Rod Blagojevich Superstar." And because he is insane, the real Rod Blagojevich went to a performance of the show about how he was impeached as governor after being indicted for corruption. More » -
#everydayheshustlin
Blago's Boffo Book Bucks Blocked?
Not only was beloved former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich denied his opportunity to be a celebrity wishing to get out of here, now he won't even get his million dollars from his book deal. More » -
#iwanttobelieve
Nevada Brothel Offers Blago an Internship
Sadly, former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich cannot participate in I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here, because "here," for him, could be a penitentiary. But his reality tv dreams are not yet dead! More » -
#moments
The Worst Picture Ever Taken Is Also Sort of the Best One
Oh, hello. You wanted to see a picture of disgraced Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich standing in a fake forest with Heidi and Spencer from The Hills, right? Oh good, because we have one. More » -
#blagosphere
Hero Judge Blocks Blago's Bid to Flee the Country
Crazy-corrupt former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich can't go to Costa Rica to take part in an NBC reality show, a federal judge told the Chicago poet-crook today. But what about the children? More »
