Blago to O: Fire Rahm

The impeachable offense on importing prescription drugs was Rahm's idea--so if you're going to impeach me, fire Rahm!

In fact, he reminds us the DCCC was pushing it.

A trip down memory lane.

P.S. And he asks why the Dems didn't impeach him the first term when this happened--instead they supported him for reelection.

...Big finish, it's all been for the people, refers to state Sens. Cullerton, Jimmy DeLeo (!) who will understand...the darkness before dawn, going to work, a working mother...all about helping families like hers...he confesses he maybe pushes too hard, it ain't about me...charge it to my heart...

...not finished yet, dangerous and chilling precedent to impeach...he's not resigning, he's done nothing wrong...let the DC pols he's had conversations with come in here and testify he's done nothing wrong...it's painful, and it's lonely, he never intended anything criminal...it's not like Nixon, he wants all the tapes to be heard...give him a chance to keep helping people...

He's done.

P.P.S. No poetry, No Elvis, no new persona, though he did bring up Liz Taylor--she was all he could think of when he was a new Congressman and Sen. John Warner asked him for a cup of coffee, thinking he was a staffer. News here, here, here.

UPDATE: Legal Insurrection, Blago's Masterful Closing Argument-First Take. And background on DeLeo.