***** Blagojevich Press Conference Live Thread *****

[WeDidIt]

Thankfully a better live feed:

http://www.wgntv.com/

And the original Fox feed I found

http://media.myfoxchicago.com/live

[PeaceNikki]

1. ewww... fox?

[WeDidIt]

4. Sorry, only link I could find for a stream. n/t

[PeaceNikki]

10. cnn

http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream3

[WeDidIt]

2. Looks like B-Rod is running late...

[brooklynite]

3. Also available at WGN

http://www.wgntv.com/

[brooklynite]

5. "No Questions"...

[Juneboarder]

6. So far...

just a bunch of talking heads. Who cares what they think at Fox News!?! Sheesh!!

[WeDidIt]

7. Local Fox affiliate

not nearly as bad as the real deal.

It's a Chicago news station.

[Juneboarder]

38. Yes, I'm aware...

any of those "affiliates" are just as bad... spewing talking points that avoid the matters at hand. Phooey on them!!

[terrya]

8. This should be good. Apparently, he's been "dying" to talk to us.

Right now, the only words I want to hear from him is "I'm resigning the governorship"

[PeaceNikki]

13. Fucker.

x(

[WeDidIt]

9. Two minute warning. n/t

[WeDidIt]

11. And nothing...

[WeDidIt]

12. Governor Seventies-hair steps up to the podium...

[WeDidIt]

14. "I am not guilty of any criminal wrong doing

will stay on the job

"I will fight, I will fight, I will fight"

He's going all Nixon on us.

[WeDidIt]

15. He's basically saying that he's not saying anything. n/t

[WeDidIt]

16. Quotes Kipling, he's fucking toast.

[brooklynite]

20. Why do I have the feeling he's never READ Kipling...?

[PeaceNikki]

18. No, not basically - actually.

Repeatedly.

[terrya]

33. Weren't you just "dying" to hear that?

I want that 10 minutes of my life back.

[PeaceNikki]

35. No, I was dying to hear him quit. Or, failing that, at least throw a "fuck" or 2 in there.

Color me disappointed.

[terrya]

37. Yeah...I was hoping for some of that wonderfully colorful language our governor seems to enjoy.

I was actually expecting him to resign.

Instead of that nothing we just heard.

[southern_dem]

17. Fight, fight, fight

I feel sorry for the good people of Illinois...

[WeDidIt]

19. HE won't step down temporarily, so I guarnatee the legislature will impeach

He's toast.

[WeDidIt]

21. Held a press conference to say he wouldn't say anything and he wouldn't quit

He's going down and he's going down hard.

[terrya]

28. Hey, if he wants an impeachment, he'll get one.

Because that's what's going to happen.

Of course, the business of the state will be paralyzed and nothing will get done, but as long as he's "vindicated", that's all that matters, I guess.

[terrya]

22. "I am not a crook"

That was...positively Nixonian.

[WeDidIt]

26. Yep, he's guilty as they come.

He's dead, Jim.

[brooklynite]

23. Lawyers will take some questions...

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

24. CNN on the Kipling Poem

"That was "If" by Rudyard Kipling. Most of us read that in late elementary school or early junior high school."

Why was he quoting that?

[ComtesseDeSpair]

25. That's it?

His statement was as pathetic as I expected.

[WeDidIt]

27. His aide is now ansering questions

Can't hear the questions.

[tritsofme]

29. Say hello to Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL)

Fucking asshole.

[WeDidIt]

30. Un less they impeach his fool ass

Everybody stepped back when they realized the cost of a special election would be about $50 million.

[WeDidIt]

32. As an Illinoisian who voted for Blagojevich

this just pisses me off more at the little fucktwit.

[terrya]

31. And a Republican governor in 2010.

[tritsofme]

39. Eh, I don't think this will impede Lisa Madigan's journey to the Governor's mansion.

The only viable statewide candidate they have is Mark Kirk.

[WeDidIt]

34. I never would've believed I'd say what I'm about to say

I wish I would have voted for Judy Baar-Topinka after this bullshit "press conference".

[janethussein]

36. That Guy Is Seriously On Something -

jerky lurkey ! Nose candy? :wow: