Blagojevich: 'I'm Blacker Than Barack Obama'

We'll accede to Governor Blagojevich's point that he is "blacker than Barack Obama," but when it comes to sleaze, Barack Hussein Obama sits at the front of the bus.

Former Illnois governor, referring to the president as "this guy," says Obama was elected based simply on hope.

From Fox News

Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he's "blacker than Barack Obama" and tells Esquire magazine that he was a real person in a political arena dominated by phonies.

Blagojevich, referring to the president as "this guy," says Obama was elected based simply on hope.

"What the (expletive)? Everything he's saying's on the teleprompter," Blagojevich told the magazine for a story in its February issue, which hits newsstands Jan. 19.

"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."

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