Politics | 12/09/2008 5:00 pm
Patti Blagojevich's Potty Mouth Involving Her Gov-Hubby Scandal (Transcript)

Patti Blagojevich and her husband, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, may have been in bed together in the alleged massive political scandal that he was arrested for this morning. According to the 76-page indictment for her governor husband, the feds set wiretaps on Blagojevich’s home and office phones. On the tapes, Patricia was recorded using expletive words about a deal the Tribune newspaper company wanted on behalf of the Cubs baseball team. The Sun-Times reports:
Nov. 3: Tells deputy governor he was worried about being impeached in the Spring says Tribune will be "driving” the process. In later call, wife Patti Blagojevich can allegedly be heard in the background saying, "hold up that f- - -ing Cubs shit … F- - - them.” Gov say they should tell Tribune "we’re doing this stuff for you, we believe this is right for Illinois, this is a big deal financially.” Also says to tell Trib, "maybe we can’t do this now. Fire those f- - -ers.” In another conversation with a former adviser, gov says he plans to tell the owner of the Tribune that he will not help him fix up Wrigley Field because the Trib’s editorial board will argue he be impeached for doing so.
Nov. 4: Tells deputy governor to tell Tribune, "fire all those [expletive] people, get ‘em the [expletive] out of there and get us some editorial support.”
Nov. 11: Says "that’s fantastic” after adviser says the Tribune owner "got the message” and could target the editorial section in upcoming budget cuts.
Gov. Blagojevich has been accused of withholding state assistance from Sam Zell’s Tribune Co., which owns the Chicago Tribune, when they were trying to buy Wrigley Field. In exchange for the funds, Blagojevich allegedly asked for critical editors to be sacked. The most eye-popping accusation, however, is that the governor stands accused of shopping around for money in exchange for President-elect Obama’s Senate seat, which Blagojevich has the power to fill.























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