Blago on "The View"

I just finished watching Rod Blagojevich on ABC's "The View."

He's defiant on his innocence." Under no circumstances did I try to sell a Senate seat, under on circumstances did I break the law." He said that, in various rephrasings, several times this morning.

Barbara Walters, via satellite, had first dibs on Blago, and she was tough on the impeached governor. She brought up Blagojevich's estranged in-laws, after Walters mentioned that "The View" was first told his wife Patti would also appear on the show. But Walters said the First Lady's family suggested that she skip the show. That family is of course led by her father, Chicago Alderman Dick Mell.

Regarding the incriminating comments about Blago's alleged attempt to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat, he says, "The tapes will show the whole story." Essentially he said that his conversations were taken out of context.

The other view hosts rehashed some of Walters' questions, but Joy Behar told Blago that she had heard the he did a great Richard Nixon impersonation. She asked him to say, "I am not a crook."

Blago declined, but in his normal voice said "Let me make this perfectly clear..."

Nixon is one of Blagojevich's personal heroes.

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