blago press conference (1-23)

January 24, 2009

Part 2 of blago blitz: his press conference. Earlier today he was Don Wade & Romaon WLS 890. His body language has been discussed before. Just watch for the slowing of cadence, selection of words and his blinks. At (5:00) he says accused falsely and not so falsely. At falsely - watch his eyebrows go up. A lie. He is much more convincing on radio - though his cadence gave him away there too. It always does - barry's and axelrod do it...uh, uh, uh. Gibbs laughs and starts sweating. Stephanie Cutter blinks like a ventriloquist's dummy on speed and her neck and chest reddens. Bill Burton is the expert liar of the group. He looks straight into the camera and sounds convincing. But his arrogant trips him up and stuff leaks out without his notice once he gets past the initial denial.

chiujienwu

blago gets tripped up like he did in his initial press conference. Watch and then listen without looking. You can see him lie and then hear the sound of them.

So the principle of whether I stay in office or not is far {shaking head - no it isn't} far less important than the broader principles of protecting our Constitution and protecting the rights of individuals - the rights of individuals accused falsely or {nods =>} not so falsely to give them a chance to be able have their day, and protect themselves, and let the truth decide...what-what the-what in fact is {eyebrow raise} the truth.

What the meaning of is is. Then he actually says to the papers "Get involved." Another blagoism: "done mostly the right thing".

Here he talks about the wrongly accused horse thief, lobby of the Chicago Tribune and a ruling about gagging the press and then takes questions. On the radio he mentioned Pearl Harbor, Teddy Roosevelt and Frank Capra movies. The radio interview was much more entertaining and insightful. And sad. You can see the panic in his face now. I don't know why people find this so funny. His wife got fired (and is being investigated for real estate dealings), he will soon have no income and might end up in jail and they have two young daughters like barry. How is this funny?

minerr1985

Ignore the moron talking head screaming over the questions. He's talking about the tapes, which have nothing to do with the impeachment case. He's not being impeached because he allegedly tried to sell barry's senate seat. Of course, it can't be discounted. Or unheard - the point. If he's impeached, Patrick Fitzgerald has all the time he needs to prepare the case because blagojevich won't be in a position of power.

Why the need for a dramatic morning raid that would make Lincoln roll over in his grave only to ask for another three months? Why arrest blago when he hadn't actually done anything yet? Because barry and his people were involved. Fitzgerald's been investigating blago for years. He's been waiting to catch him on tape and video and when he gets the chance he arrests him before anything down? Not happening.

Blago's bringing up the taxes because he knows they're going up and he can use that later. The only thing the screamer is right on is blago is looking for that one juror. The black community will not forget how he appointed Senator Burris despite Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, Pat Quinn and Lisa Madigan's objections. They're going to remember how Rep Bobby Rush - barry's nemesis - stood up while barry stayed silent and let Mr Burris be attacked. Ricky Hendon - somebody barry stole a bill from - is also on blago's side. Not everyone is happy with barry especially with what he did to Rev Jackson or Wright - longtime respected members in the community. Why blago's next stop is WVON.

Here's an update on WVON's poll: How would you rate the President's speech?

F 52.2%
A 28.4%
C 13.9%
B 5.5%

No kidding.