In Serbia, Blagojevich seen as "defying entire America"

[ben_meyers]

Source: Chicagotribune.com

BELGRADE, Serbia - The case of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is not just making headlines in America. It is also top news in Serbia, the country of Blagojevich's family origin.(snip)

"We watched the news and could not sleep all night. He must have been framed, it's all politics," Dragan Blagovic, described as a cousin of the governor, was quoted as saying.

Cousin Dragan appeared again in Friday's Blic, saying his famous relative still owns some land in the village so "he can come to Serbia if he cannot take it any more in America."

"He can have a cow or a pig or two, a chicken. ... He is always welcome."


Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-blagojevich-serbia-081212,0,7580533.story

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So he has that going for him.

[JI7]

1. why hasn't that asshole resigned ?

he is showing what a selfish jerk he is by not resigning.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

4. I doubt his grasp of reality

has improved over the past few days.

He just might be so scared, he's paralyzed.

Whatever he's up to, it's not going to be boring, that's for sure.

[trollybob]

16. Yeah, it's not like he started a war, killing thousands of innocent people.

That's something that most Americans would apparently forgive. This is some really serious shit he's charged with!

[DesertFlower]

2. maybe he'll go back.

who would even want to hire him here after this scandal?

[DBoon]

3. He can't move back to Serbia

the cow and the pig would pack up and move out

[chatnoir]

5. Yeah, "framed" the same way Slobo was always "framed"

[sniffa]

6. Is he their American Milosevic?

[BunkerHill24]

13. looks as they have lots of hair....lolz

[Critters2]

7. Bleepin' Patti is too bleepin' good to live in Springfield.

I doubt she'd move to Serbia. Much as I might wish.

[nradisic]

8. This Serbian thinks Blagojevic is scum...

I was actually born in Belgrade and am a naturalized citizen of the United States who proudly voted for Barack Obama. Rod Blagojevic is yet another Serb to give our people a bad name....just what Bush, Rumsfeld and Cheney have done for the US...think about it in those terms.

[Dorian Gray]

9. Snerk....

let him go. Let him have his pig or two. Good luck and good bye!

[slackmaster]

10. K&R for pure entertainment value

:kick:

[Faygo Kid]

11. Moving to Serbia - fast - is his best bet. Ask for asylum, and dodge 20 years in prison.

If his passport hasn't been pulled, this is likely his best bet. Fly out, leave everything behind, go to Serbia, get asylum, be a hero. Of course, he will rip off the Serbs, too.

[Critters2]

12. Had to turn in his passport after his arraignment.

And there's no way in hell Patti is voluntarily leaving Chicago. A woman who refused to live in the Governor's Mansion because it isn't in Chicago probably doesn't want to live in a peasant cottage with the cows and pigs right downstairs.

Though that would be delicious to ponder.

[SoCalDem]

19. Hey.. he could be still end up as President

of Serbia :rofl:

[spoony]

14. "So he has that going for him."

:rofl:

Boy did I need that, thank you.

[HopeHoops]

15. What, is Serbia setting itself up for a "screen doors on a submarine" joke? Good grief.

[TankLV]

18. It's a "clan" and "ethnic pride" mentality - and rally round the wagons when attacked...

even if one of your own IS scum or sick or both...

sad really...I witnessed it in my family over the years...

you can criticize other members of your own family with impunity and even admiration, but let outsiders do it, and "we have a problem"...is the operating principal (principle?) here...

[relayerbob]

17. Doesn't need any more pigs ...

he seems to have already cornered that market