Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter


 ANALYSIS 
6

Blago 'A Natural' in Radio Gig

Ex-gov bashes his trial, his successor; jokes about hair and lack of progress on book

Share

(Newser) – Morning drive-time radio could be the future for Rod Blagojevich, if the impeached Illinois’ governor’s fill-in stint today on Chicago’s WLS-AM is anything to go by, Jimmy Orr writes in live-blogging the show for the Christian Science Monitor. Amid Elvis theme music and complaints about his successor’s proposed tax hike, the “natural radio host” responded to jokes about his hair and the book he’s writing.

Staffers teased Blagojevich about his haircut and reputation for vanity. He brought his hairbrush, he said, but added, “I’m not governor anymore, it is a smaller brush.” In terms of setting the record straight, Blagojevich hasn’t gotten far on his book—three pages, he says—but he is lawyering up. According to the Chicago Tribune, he’s hired Terence Gillespie, a veteran defense lawyer.

Impeached former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich listens to a caller as he guest-hosts a morning talk show at the studios of WLS-AM in Chicago today.
Impeached former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich listens to a caller as he guest-hosts a morning talk show at the studios of WLS-AM in Chicago today.   (AP Photo)
Impeached former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich listens to a caller as he guest-hosts a morning talk show at the studios of WLS-AM in Chicago today.
Impeached former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich listens to a caller as he guest-hosts a morning talk show at the studios of WLS-AM in Chicago today.   (AP Photo)
Impeached former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich listens to a caller as he guest-hosts a morning talk show at the studios of WLS-AM in Chicago today.
Impeached former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich listens to a caller as he guest-hosts a morning talk show at the studios of WLS-AM in Chicago today.   (AP Photo)
« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow

Pat Quinn entered into a corrupt bargain with lawmakers. They had a sham mpeachment process. I was hijacked from office. I didn’t have a chance to prove I did nothing wrong. I wasn’t allowed to call witnesses. This was a backroom deal. - Rod Blagojevich

« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow
OFF THE GRID
11.24.09
Murdoch and Microsoft: The Mice Are Trying to Roar
11.23.09
Books Are Bad for You
6 comments
VIEWING:
 
Adapt-Overcome
Mar 25, 09 10:43 AM CDT
Of course he is, he likes to hear himself pontificate. Now, do people really want to hear what he has to say...that's a whole other story. I'm sure however, if the blow hard Rush can create a following, so can this wind bag. Reply
Vote up! Vote down!
0
Lula
Mar 25, 09 11:19 AM CDT
Just proves he is a wind bag. Reply
Vote up! Vote down!
0
northeast
Mar 25, 09 1:37 PM CDT
Buddy Cianci's show is better...he's a better host and a much, much more accomplished crook. Reply
Vote up! Vote down!
0
sache
Mar 25, 09 2:08 PM CDT
More hot air. Reply
Vote up! Vote down!
0
SPH
Mar 25, 09 4:16 PM CDT
Will he be allowed to host his show from federal prison?.... Reply
Vote up! Vote down!
0

View all 6 comments »

LEAVE A
COMMENT Comment Policy
Facebook ConnectPost this comment to Facebook?

After connecting you will have the option to post your comment on your Facebook profile.

 

Related Newser Stories

166 Stories

Ill. Dems Rally Around Plan
to Take Gitmo Prisoners 

Quinn, Durbin say detainees at empty prison would create 3,000 jobs

Nov 16, 09 9:14 AM CST
(AP) - Illinois' governor and senior senator spent yesterday feverishly trying to regain momentum on their plan to use a nearly empty maximum-security prison 150 miles from Chicago to house Gitmo detainees. With federal officials visiting Thomson Correctional Center today, local GOP lawmakers had gone on the offense Saturday, calling it a... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Guantanamo Bay • Illinois • federal prison • Dick Durbin • governor • suspected terrorists • detainees • Pat Quinn

OPINION

 Blago Memoir: 
 'I Didn't Do 
 Anything 
 Wrong' 

And he might move to New York, where no one has told him to 'F off' yet

Sep 21, 09 11:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - When it comes to political memoirs, Rod Blagojevich’s The Governor: Finally, the Truth Behind the Political Scandal That Continues to Rock the Nation “is surely unsurpassed” in the areas of “febrile self-defensiveness and look-over-there deflections and deceptions,” writes David Remnick for the New Yorker.... More »

MORE ABOUT:
corruption • Illinois • memoir • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Senate seat

Ex-Blago Aide Dead From 'Overdose'

Christopher Kelly says he spurned feds in Blagojevich case

Sep 12, 09 7:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - An important figure in the federal corruption case against Rod Blagojevich died today, the Chicago Tribune reports. Christopher Kelly, a former fundraiser and confidante to Blagojevich, died from salicylate intoxication, a county medical examiner's office said. Salicylates are found in pain relief and anti-inflammatory medications. One law enforcement source called... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • Christopher Kelly

166 Stories


Get podcast's of Blago's appearance here
WLS-AM

In last days, Blago handed out huge raises, despite budget crisis
Associated Press


Politics  •  Crime & Courts  •  Media 
TwitterFollow @NewserPolitics on Twitter

 
radio • Chicago • corruption • impeachment • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Pat Quinn • Howard Stern Grid

from our news partners