Former IL Gov Rod Blagojevich

Former IL Gov Rod Blagojevich

Rod Blagojevich had an amazing 2009. He was impeached from the governorship of Illinois then made his now famous and cringe-worthy Letterman appearance. His hair was about the only thing keeping him famous in a year full of political scandals and honestly there are only so many hair jokes you can do before it gets old.

In his latest attempt at desperately trying to get publicity for his appearance on the new season of Celebrity Apprentice, he’s now targeting fellow Democrat Barack Obama in a new interview set to appear in Esquire’s February issue. The former governor who is currently awaiting trial on corruption charges is now saying where among other things he contends that coming from a working class family makes him ‘blacker’ than Barack Obama. (Fun Fact: Seven Illinois governors have been arrested, indicted or jailed on criminal charges.)

So back to our regularly scheduled personal train wreck, Blagojevich starts by taking aim at Obama’s public speaking.

“What the (expletive)? Everything he’s saying’s on the teleprompter.”

Wow … Rod two words for you … old news. How many times have we heard/seen Obama teleprompter jokes. Now that isn’t newsworthy but he then goes on to say …

“I’m blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little laundromat in a black community not far from where we lived,” Blagojevich said. “I saw it all growing up.”

I wish I could lock Rod Blagojevich in a room with Ice Cube and see him say that. I understand he is trying to connect his lower class upbringing with an innate understanding of what its like to be black but I just don’t see it. Thankfully the interviewer avoided the trap of asking for an explanation or what he thought about Snap music and the OJ verdict.

In America, we have a media system (this blog included) that loves to take and republish these kinds of idiotic comments and as long as Rod continues to put out toxic waste, we’ll continue to swim in it.