In a new interview with Esquire, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich — who’s under indictment for federal corruption charges — takes issue with President Obama’s image.
It’s such a cynical business, and most of the people in the business are full of shit and phonies, but I was real, man — and am real. This guy, he was catapulted in on hope and change, what we hope the guy is. What the fuck? Everything he’s saying’s on the teleprompter. 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. I saw it all growing up.
Blagojevich is accused of trying to sell Obama’s Senate seat for anything he could get, including a cushy job for himself or his wife, but maintains his innocence.
Late update: Blagojevich apologized today in an interview with a local radio station.
