Clip of Rod Blagojevich talking to Barbara Walters on The View
January 26, 2009

Read more I just decided to spend a few moments this morning to watch Rod Blagojevich, as several of you have requested my opinion, and all I can say after watching the first clip of him talking to Barbara Walters, on “The View”, is that he is one slippery man!!

It’s incredible.

Walters asks him some very direct questions, and he refuses to say anything. I sat there and said, well, if he claims to be being treated unfairly, well then, speak the truth, but he doesn’t want to do that, either. This is behavior that does not support honesty.

Blagojevich is as evasive as one could get. He won’t confirm or deny he even said some basic words. That’s absolutely hilarious, actually.

Why would he do that, you ask?

Well, its another avenue he can use later to refute anything. He can deny he ever said such words, that it isn’t even him talking, etc. You see, at this point, he doesn’t know what the wire tap tapes about him contain. I suspect he has no idea how conclusive they are, and so until he knows the whole enchilada against him, he doesn’t want to say anything that he can’t later refute. That’s slippery! He wants to claim all these things, but he won’t stand on anything. It’s absurd.

Blagojevich seems to find himself very important and has a grandiose sense of self, he doesn’t seem to show a lot of emotions when he talks, he wants us to believe the world is out to get him, and that the rules the rest of the politicians abide by aren’t fair to him. Add to that his evasive language, and the picture it paints, to me, isn’t far off from what Cynthia McFadden has said others have called him in this interview.

Cynthia McFadden did a great interview, by the way. She really corners him good! She says, “This kind of talk would be okay so long as you didn’t act on it. Is that what you are saying?”

Blagojevich says, “I think if you explore ideas and discuss things, and you are willing to think outside the box, and you test a variety of things, and you know you’ll end up doing only the right thing, once you sort it all out, and that there is a process unfolding, that that is part of what it takes to be a leader and make the right decisions….”

It’s total nonsense. I think that speaks for itself, personally.

Do I trust Blagojevich? No, I don’t. He hasn’t done one thing to support his honesty. Not one thing. Instead, he hopes he can convince people by being firm, aggressive and in-your-face about absolutely nothing, but proclaims his innocence. I suspect that this behavior has carried Blago a long time, but that isn’t working anymore.

Blagojevich has had mannerisms from day one that have always had me on alert, and made me very cautious about him. I am not surprised at all to see him where he is at right now. I was surprised this didn’t happen sooner, actually.