Marathon Pundit: Blago: Judge saved me from eating bugs

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Blago: Judge saved me from eating bugs

Most politicians have a degree of narcissism. Disgraced former Governor Rod Blagojevich has plenty to spare. The Chicago Democrat appears to be on another media tour--this morning he was a guest on "The Today Show."

Shouldn't he be at home with his crayons and writing that book he's promised us?

On Tuesday Blago appeared in federal court, where a judge denied his request to travel to Costa Rica to appear on the reality show "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here."

At that Tuesday hearing, U.S. District Court Judge James Zagel expressed some concern that Blagojevich might not come back for his political corruption trial and suggested he could make best use of his time by going through the evidence against him so he might see just how much trouble he is in.

But this morning, Blagojevich said he didn't think the judge had said he was a flight risk. But he conceded: "The judge did save me from eating bugs."

He added he still had not given up hope of playing some sort of role on the TV show, even though NBC has said it wouldn't move production of the show to the U.S. to accommodate Blagojevich. He said he was flying to Los Angeles this morning for discussions.

Asked by host Meredith Viera if he wasn't damaging his credibility and perhaps "making a fool of himself" by pursuing ventures such as the reality show, Blagojevich pretty much ducked the question.