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please welcome to the program governor rod blagojevich!u are a charming dude with the best set of hair i've ever [bleep] seen. [audience laughter] so i want this to be real. got some challenges ahead, but, uh, i'm gonna trust in the truth and as it says in the bible, "the truth shall set you free." rod blagojevich just...kept...talking. how are you? you wanna get on tv? come on in. i think he was able to warm himself a little bit with the public. better to be seen as a klutz than a crook. sure, everyone loves a good laugh, but oversaturating the talk show circuit may have had unintended consequences, as david letterman told rod when he appeared on the "late show" in 2009. the more you talked and the more you repeated your innocence, the more i said to myself, "oh, this guy's guilty." [laughter] so during the period from your impeachment to your trial and your sentencing, you did a lot of media appearances. what was the strategy behind that? my feeling was like, "look, i didn't do any of that stuff," and what does somebody do who's being li
please welcome to the program governor rod blagojevich!u are a charming dude with the best set of hair i've ever [bleep] seen. [audience laughter] so i want this to be real. got some challenges ahead, but, uh, i'm gonna trust in the truth and as it says in the bible, "the truth shall set you free." rod blagojevich just...kept...talking. how are you? you wanna get on tv? come on in. i think he was able to warm himself a little bit with the public. better to be seen as a klutz than a...
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rod blagojevich goins is not to explain. op-ed in the old school way of chicago backroom politics, obama was the conductor of the vendor successfully orchestrated the removal of a presidential candidate chosen by millions of democratic primary voters. what's the chicago way? >> the chicago way is things that happened in the back room by the political busses. in the old school chicago way the bosses look different than obama and pelosi who really are today's bosses international democratic party. obama and i came up together in chicago politics, i know him since 1995, he's learned his lessons well, he's a lot slicker got more impressive then the old traditional bosses but they make the decision in the back rooms outside of the view of the people and they're the ones who pull the strings, they manipulate and they move things around so that they can get the candidate they're looking for around. they prop the biden all these years, lie to us about him being offered as a fiddle filled with them, vigor and vitality. which he never
rod blagojevich goins is not to explain. op-ed in the old school way of chicago backroom politics, obama was the conductor of the vendor successfully orchestrated the removal of a presidential candidate chosen by millions of democratic primary voters. what's the chicago way? >> the chicago way is things that happened in the back room by the political busses. in the old school chicago way the bosses look different than obama and pelosi who really are today's bosses international democratic...
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joining us now, rod blagojevich, ouformer governor of illinois, rod, good to see you tonight.el l,emmett> it is funny she's not from chicago but a lot of chicago politics with president biden. an expert at it and learned wealth both obama and chicago politics and i've known him since 1995. we rose up together and i was p run by that politics since the politics of lies is the politics of manipulation and the politics a bit backstabbing and it comes out of the back room. today's new democrat politicalch bossesom are not the cigar chomping cat with a pinky ring. they are now impressive lookingt people like nancy pelosi and barack obama because they did this to him.they did there is no question about thisn i know how they did it. and it came weeks in advance. the only mistake i made was i thought biden would have the fortitude and backbone to resist that and not quit. but not everybody is like trump >> laura: what do you thinktt they might have said to him? they have known the poles have been grim fohor wea long time, f i'm not buying we showed him a binder full of polls.s i don't buy that.
joining us now, rod blagojevich, ouformer governor of illinois, rod, good to see you tonight.el l,emmett> it is funny she's not from chicago but a lot of chicago politics with president biden. an expert at it and learned wealth both obama and chicago politics and i've known him since 1995. we rose up together and i was p run by that politics since the politics of lies is the politics of manipulation and the politics a bit backstabbing and it comes out of the back room. today's new democrat...
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former democratic governor of illinois, rod blagojevich wrote an op ed for the wall op- street journal entitled biden gets the the chicagoth treatment. barack obama an old fashioned word, bosse orchestrates the president's removal. anyway, rod blagojevicosh joinse us now to explain. let me ask you, because i found this fascinatingmo ins about your opin t ed in the old school wayl wa of chicago backroom politics. obama was the conductor of the band that successfully orchestrated the removal of a presidential candidate remov chn by millions of democratic primary voters. what's the chicago way?>> the well, the chicago wa cy is thins that happen in the back room by the political bosseks. now, in the old school chicagoss way, those bosses looked different than obamaes l and pei ,who really are today's bosses s in the national democratic party. geth obama and i came up together in chicago politics. i've knownercago pol him since . he learned his lessons well. he's a lot slickered, impressive than the old traditional bosses. out they make their decisionhe s in the back rooms outside of the vi
former democratic governor of illinois, rod blagojevich wrote an op ed for the wall op- street journal entitled biden gets the the chicagoth treatment. barack obama an old fashioned word, bosse orchestrates the president's removal. anyway, rod blagojevicosh joinse us now to explain. let me ask you, because i found this fascinatingmo ins about your opin t ed in the old school wayl wa of chicago backroom politics. obama was the conductor of the band that successfully orchestrated the removal of a...
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joining us now rod blagojevich former governor of illinois. rod, good to see you tonight.ffer he couldn't refuse. >> well, it's funny she is not from chicago but there is a lot of chicago politics in what just happened to president biden: obama is an expert at it and he learned well. both obama and i came up in chicago politics. i have known him since 1995. we rose up together and then i was brought to ruin by that kind of politics. and it's the politics of lies. it's the politics of manipulation. it's the politics of back-stabbing and it all comes out of the back room. and, you know, today's new democrat political bosses are not the cigar chomping guy with the pinky ring. they are now, you know, impressive looking, appealing people like nancy pelosi and barack obama. because they did this to him. there's no question about it. i know exactly what they did and how they did it. i saw it coming weeks in advance. the only mistake i made was i thought biden would have the fortitude and backbone to resist that. and not quit. but not everybody is like donald trump. >> laura: what
joining us now rod blagojevich former governor of illinois. rod, good to see you tonight.ffer he couldn't refuse. >> well, it's funny she is not from chicago but there is a lot of chicago politics in what just happened to president biden: obama is an expert at it and he learned well. both obama and i came up in chicago politics. i have known him since 1995. we rose up together and then i was brought to ruin by that kind of politics. and it's the politics of lies. it's the politics of...
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and if politicians or the public feel the same way he does, then another rod blagojevich is just aroundhe corner. i didn't break a law, cross the line, or take a penny, okay? but i never said i wasn't a [bleep] idiot. [laughter] thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you very much! -awesome. thank you so much. -yeah, thanks. appreciate it. really enjoyed it. you're all right. i wish you the best. we'll see how it ends up and who cares. that's true. find out-- what are you gonna do, throw me back in prison? -no, but i mean, like, -you can't hurt me, man. ♪ no figure embodies the american political process quite like the presidential candidate. at their best, candidates represent an ideal-- the overcoming of obstacles or hopes for a better future, protecting the people from the powerful. it's intoxicating stuff. reality, of course, is less glamorous. supporting that candidate is an army-- volunteers, donors, political operatives, and they can sometimes get too wrapped up in-- in the lore, the legend, which brings us to the story of johnny reid edwards-- an am
and if politicians or the public feel the same way he does, then another rod blagojevich is just aroundhe corner. i didn't break a law, cross the line, or take a penny, okay? but i never said i wasn't a [bleep] idiot. [laughter] thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you very much! -awesome. thank you so much. -yeah, thanks. appreciate it. really enjoyed it. you're all right. i wish you the best. we'll see how it ends up and who cares. that's true. find out-- what...
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. >> here now, rod blagojevich, former democratic governor of illinois, knows.a little something about being pushed out. how do you thinkw do yo be biden survives? he seems to be feeling fin feel they were waiting for a major freeze. there was nos. no freeze like there was at the debate. and as many times as he mix up trump and kamala and zelenskyy and putin, he lives to fight another day. >> well, think george clooney is going to have a sleepless night because i think president biden made ibecaint clear he's not going anywhere. he's going to stay. and the only way they can get a new candidat.e is if he isng willingly agrees. if he willingly agrees to step aside, he's made it clear that he's going to run it. sureg to run. g like all the indications are that he's going to run. and, you know, the democrats are in a reaoithmocrats l bind. how do you tell 15 millionhow do democratic voters who voted for biden in the primary, working people, people who in real lifem do the real work of the world, the home health care worker, for example, who takesorker fo c your gran
. >> here now, rod blagojevich, former democratic governor of illinois, knows.a little something about being pushed out. how do you thinkw do yo be biden survives? he seems to be feeling fin feel they were waiting for a major freeze. there was nos. no freeze like there was at the debate. and as many times as he mix up trump and kamala and zelenskyy and putin, he lives to fight another day. >> well, think george clooney is going to have a sleepless night because i think president...