Audio: Blagojevich trying to sell Obama's senate seat

Blago Audio: Barack Obama's senate seat is "a valuable thing - you don't just give it away for nothing."

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AirPillo

“… especially if you don’t own it in the first place”

Wait, no, he isn’t sane enough to realize that part.
hassenpfeffer

Well, he’s gotta pay for his hairpieces *somehow*.
thatbob

“I can parachute *ME* there!”
thatbob

I was sad when the press did not take to calling it The Golden Parachute scandal, or even The Golden Thing scandal (“I’ve got this thing and it’s f—ing golden!”), but historians take note: now is your chance.
Giuseppe

Good thing he’s most likely going to be in prison a long time for that.
EH

His only mistake was being honest about what all politicians do, so obviously he must be punished.
dole

Here’s some other fun Blago soundbites (plenty of cursing):
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2010/08/blago_uncensored_ring_tones.php