Rod Blagojevich
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Yeah. Yeah, it didn't matter at all.
Yeah. Yeah, it didn't matter at all.
Yeah. Yeah, it didn't matter at all.
Yeah. I think that was a lot of it. And, you know, not everybody likes you, and some people really dislike you, and there were guys in prison who really didn't like me. But for the most part, I had a lot of, you know, I had low approval ratings after I got arrested, as they were investigating me when I was governor, but I had pretty high approval ratings in prison with my fellow inmates. Yeah.
Yeah. I think that was a lot of it. And, you know, not everybody likes you, and some people really dislike you, and there were guys in prison who really didn't like me. But for the most part, I had a lot of, you know, I had low approval ratings after I got arrested, as they were investigating me when I was governor, but I had pretty high approval ratings in prison with my fellow inmates. Yeah.
Yeah. I think that was a lot of it. And, you know, not everybody likes you, and some people really dislike you, and there were guys in prison who really didn't like me. But for the most part, I had a lot of, you know, I had low approval ratings after I got arrested, as they were investigating me when I was governor, but I had pretty high approval ratings in prison with my fellow inmates. Yeah.
And then the lights go down. Then the lights are out. Now suddenly you're swallowed up in blackness and darkness. And we're locked in. I earn bars. You can't get out. And here I am with all these prisoners and inmates, you know, and I just left my family at 5.30 in the morning. I'm not going home tonight or tomorrow night or next week or next month or next year, right?
And then the lights go down. Then the lights are out. Now suddenly you're swallowed up in blackness and darkness. And we're locked in. I earn bars. You can't get out. And here I am with all these prisoners and inmates, you know, and I just left my family at 5.30 in the morning. I'm not going home tonight or tomorrow night or next week or next month or next year, right?
And then the lights go down. Then the lights are out. Now suddenly you're swallowed up in blackness and darkness. And we're locked in. I earn bars. You can't get out. And here I am with all these prisoners and inmates, you know, and I just left my family at 5.30 in the morning. I'm not going home tonight or tomorrow night or next week or next month or next year, right?
God willing, I win my appeal, but that might be three years. But even that I was fearful after seeing the criminal justice system and how rigged it was. Deep down, I knew I was a dead man. I knew that from the beginning when they did what they did. I just felt like I had to fight.
God willing, I win my appeal, but that might be three years. But even that I was fearful after seeing the criminal justice system and how rigged it was. Deep down, I knew I was a dead man. I knew that from the beginning when they did what they did. I just felt like I had to fight.
God willing, I win my appeal, but that might be three years. But even that I was fearful after seeing the criminal justice system and how rigged it was. Deep down, I knew I was a dead man. I knew that from the beginning when they did what they did. I just felt like I had to fight.
I could have pled guilty and got less of a sentence. There's no doubt about that.
I could have pled guilty and got less of a sentence. There's no doubt about that.
I could have pled guilty and got less of a sentence. There's no doubt about that.
No, no, no. I don't think that was- They were still coming for you. No. And they wanted me to snitch on Obama. And they arrested me at six in the morning. I read about that, too, in my house. SWAT teams, 24-member SWAT team around my house. I'm the sitting governor of the fifth-largest state in America. I've got a security detail of my own.
No, no, no. I don't think that was- They were still coming for you. No. And they wanted me to snitch on Obama. And they arrested me at six in the morning. I read about that, too, in my house. SWAT teams, 24-member SWAT team around my house. I'm the sitting governor of the fifth-largest state in America. I've got a security detail of my own.