As he spends the week going down in flames, soon-to-be former Illinois Governor Blagojevich is becoming even more bizarre:
Illinois’ beleaguered Gov. Rod Blagojevich said today that when he was deciding who would take President Obama’s Senate seat he considered appointing talk show queen Oprah Winfrey.
Blagojevich made the revelation to Diane Sawyer on “Good Morning America” on the day his impeachment trial is set to begin. That trial is expected to toss him out of office.
The governor said that Winfrey’s name came up as a potential successor to Obama in the Senate.
“She seemed to be someone who had helped Barack Obama in a significant way to become president,” Blagojevich said. Blagojevich added that “she had a much broader bully pulpit than a lot of senators.”
His consideration of Winfrey was tempered, he suggested, by the fact that “she probably wouldn’t take it, and then if you offered it to her, how would you do it in a way it wasn’t a gimmick to embarrass her.”
(…)
Blagojevich’s appearance on “GMA” was part of the governor’s media blitz on the day that his impeachment trial is to begin in Springfield, Ill. — without him. Blagojevich has already conceded that he will probably be convicted of corruption charges, but is refusing to resign or to attend the trial to defend himself.
Instead, he is scheduled to appear on “GMA,” ABC’s “The View,” the “Today” show and “Larry King Live.”
If nothing else, Blagojevich is pretty entertaining in his insanity. I’m particularly looking forward to seeing how Larry King deals with him
