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Blago Celebrates Lincoln's B-Day
Feb. 12, 2009 2:05 pm
Honest Abe of Illinois is 200 today. And in his memory, modern day Illinois statesman Blago is vowing to start being really honest, real soon, about the lawmakers who done him wrong.
"I've got my crayons ready, I'm ready to write it. I'd like to tell those stories," Blagojevich said during a Wednesday interview on WLS Radio's "The Don and Roma Morning Show."
Blagojevich said he wants to point out "the phoniness and hypocrisy" of the politicians who run state government.
"A bunch of them are cheating on their spouses, a lot of them drink in excess, very few of them know what's going on, they just take their marching orders from legislative leaders," Blagojevich said.
With malice toward none, with charity for all....
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