WTF? So da Gov. Blago was gonna appoint Oprah to the Senate?

[kevinbgoode]

whoa. . .is there no end to the circus in my home state?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28843378/?GT1=43001

"He told ABC that he considered appointing Oprah Winfrey to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama.

He told "Good Morning America" that the idea of nominating the talk show host came to him as he explored potential candidates for the job that federal prosecutors allege he tried to sell to the highest bidder.

Blagojevich said "she was obviously someone with a much broader bully pulpit than other senators."

The governor said he worried that appointing Winfrey might come across as a gimmick and the talk show host was unlikely to accept."

I'm beginning to think the entire Illinois state government has become a "gimmick."

[boobooday]

1. I just heard him comparing himself to . . . Mandela!

:rofl:

It just gets absurder and absurder.

[cali]

2. two words: psychotic break.

[blue_onyx]

3. Apparently he was upset

that he's wasn't getting as much attention from the media in recent weeks. I doubt he even considered her. He just knew if he said he did that it would get the media talking.

[spanone]

4. this guy needs to go on the road with palin.....like the old hope & crosby road movies

[Ian David]

5. Damn. I was hoping he was gonna appoint Roger Ebert. n/t