Rod Blagojevich: “I’m Blacker Than Barack Obama”

Disgraced Illinois ex-governor Rod Blagojevich is getting pretty good at embarrassing himself. He managed to do so once again on Monday.

In a new interview with Esquire magazine, Blagojevich says:

“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 already realizes that what he said was pretty dumb. He’s eating a lot of crow right about now.

“What I said was stupid, stupid, stupid,” he said.

“What I said was a metaphor. Obviously, I’m not blacker than President Obama. It was a stupid way of saying something. I apologize for being, for saying that and for saying that in such a stupid way. It was a stupid metaphor expressing real frustration.”

When asked if he would apologize directly to the White House, Blagojevich answered, “look, I’d be happy to, but I don’t have the phone number.”

OK, fair enough. Here it is: (202) 456-1414. Knock yourself out, Rod.

Blagojevich was governor of the state of Illinois until he was charged in December of 2008 with attempting to auction off the Senate seat Obama vacated to move to the White House.

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