Ill. gov tells AP that strain is like Pearl Harbor

[Starbucks Anarchist]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090123/ap_on_re_us/illinois_governor

CHICAGO – Illinois' embattled but defiant governor turned to the history books to describe the emotional strain on him and his family, comparing his arrest last month to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.

"Dec. 9 to my family, to us, to me, is what Pearl Harbor Day was to the United States," Gov. Rod Blagojevich told The Associated Press in an interview Thursday. "It was a complete surprise, completely unexpected. And just like the United States prevailed in that, we'll prevail in this."

The two-term Democrat, speaking on a snowy sidewalk outside the office of one of his attorneys, said there was no chance he would resign before the start of his impeachment trial in the state Senate next week.

"I'm going to fight this to the very end," he said.

[tammywammy]

1. .

:spray:

[BattyDem]

2. Ok, it's official: he's a lunatic

No more doubts, no more excuses, no more polite attempts to classify him as "eccentric" ... the man is a freakin' lunatic! :spray: :rofl:

[AlCzervik]

3. kudos to him for not calling it his own 9/11.

what a tool.

[Enrique]

4. he didn't know he was being investigated?

what newspapers do you read, Governor?

[TZ]

5. Why does this not surprise me.

If one wanted to see the definition of the phrase "over-the-top" one would only have to show Blago's pic..:eyes:

[Freddie Stubbs]

6. Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

;)

[IDemo]

7. A day which will live in hyperbole......

[PVnRT]

8. Shut. The. Fuck. Up. Blago.

[rcrush]

9. Man I love this guy.

He's so fuckin entertaining.

[Javaman]

10. "those freaking torpedoes are totally destroying my family!!!"

he's the dem version of palin.