03-14-2012, 07:47 PM
he's a scumbag. and his wife should be going with him.
it's a shame we probably won't get to see him in cuffs tomorrow.
i hope it's not the usual country club prison that dirty pols get to attend.
Chicago (CNN) -- Crowded by sign-wielding supporters, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich made what's expected to his final speech before he heads to Colorado to start a 14-year prison sentence on a corruption conviction.
"This is the hardest thing I've ever had to do," he told the crowd. "But this is the law and we follow the law." when it suits us or we have no choice.
Blagojevich was convicted of corruption in June 2011 after a jury returned 17 guilty verdicts against him. Among other allegations, he was accused of trying to profit as he considered whom to appoint to take Barack Obama's open Senate seat.
Blagojevich called his impending prison stint a "dark and hard journey," and said he should have been more humble.
"We are so grateful and will never ever forget your kindness to us," he told the crowd, which occasionally chanted slogans such as "Free our Governor."
"We are so grateful and will never ever forget your kindness to us."
His wife, Patti, remained cinched under his arm, squeezing back tears as the former governor spoke outside his Chicago home.
"This, as bad as it is, is part of a long and hard journey that will only get worse before it gets better," Blagojevich said, telling his wife that he loved her.
His prison stint begins Thursday.
it's a shame we probably won't get to see him in cuffs tomorrow.
i hope it's not the usual country club prison that dirty pols get to attend.
Chicago (CNN) -- Crowded by sign-wielding supporters, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich made what's expected to his final speech before he heads to Colorado to start a 14-year prison sentence on a corruption conviction.
"This is the hardest thing I've ever had to do," he told the crowd. "But this is the law and we follow the law." when it suits us or we have no choice.
Blagojevich was convicted of corruption in June 2011 after a jury returned 17 guilty verdicts against him. Among other allegations, he was accused of trying to profit as he considered whom to appoint to take Barack Obama's open Senate seat.
Blagojevich called his impending prison stint a "dark and hard journey," and said he should have been more humble.
"We are so grateful and will never ever forget your kindness to us," he told the crowd, which occasionally chanted slogans such as "Free our Governor."
"We are so grateful and will never ever forget your kindness to us."
His wife, Patti, remained cinched under his arm, squeezing back tears as the former governor spoke outside his Chicago home.
"This, as bad as it is, is part of a long and hard journey that will only get worse before it gets better," Blagojevich said, telling his wife that he loved her.
His prison stint begins Thursday.