Blago speaks again, says his story is a Frank Capra movie

America's worst governor spoke to reporters this morning in front of his Northwest Side Chicago home.

Rod Blagojevich said his right to due process is being denied. He wants to call senior advisers Rahm Emanuel and Valerie Jarrett as witnesses.

I just finished listening to Blago on the Don & Roma show on WLS-AM. The Chicago Democrat said his story "is a 21st Century Frank Capra movie."

For the uniniatated, Capra made a slew of movies, many of them starring James Stewart, where one man fights for "the little guy." Blagojevich talked about the Capra/Stewart film "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington," where Stewart's honest character confronts venal congressmen.

UPDATE 12:45pm CST: The Chicago Tribune's Eric Zorn has compiled a whole bunch of quotes from this morning's interview. I neglected to mention that Blago is claming the General Assembly wants him removed from office so they can raise taxes.

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