Patti Blagojevich's Family Defend Tarnished Illinois First Lady (VIDEO)

Lady Macbeth. Carmela Soprano. Potty mouth.

Patti Blagojevich is not any of those, her family said Wednesday.

"That is absolutely not my sister," Deborah Mell told the Chicago Sun-Times and NBC5 in an exclusive interview. "Patti is a mother, a sister and a devoted wife.

"She is particularly protective of her family."

So what about the profanity-laced tirade allegedly recorded by the feds and beamed around the world after Tuesday's arrest of her husband, Gov. Blagojevich?

Mell, a newly elected state representative; her father, Ald. Dick Mell (33rd), and brother Rich Mell said those statements aren't representative of the first lady's personality. They acknowledged, though, that she has been stuck in a "pressure cooker" caused by federal investigations of her husband.

The Mells agreed to gather in the living room of Ald. Mell's Northwest Side home to try to set the record straight about the first lady's image.

Read the entire story here.

Watch parts of the interview below:

Comments

[Eriq]

How quaint that the family decided to dress up like down-home workers. Wow, that sister sure did take trouble to make her hair look pretty bad.
Sorry, Mell family, it's not working.

[BabsfromKansas]

Patti Blagojebitch

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i91/nonnie9999/movies/indiscretionofanamericanwife.jpg

[soxguy]

Would Patty be interested in throwing out the first pitch at the Sox home opener? Anyone who F___ng hates the Cubs is always welcome on the South Side.

[mphalen]

"Mell, a newly elected state representative; her father, Ald. Dick Mell (33rd), ...."

These Mell's are just like any Chicago politicians. And its a legacy thing. Of course Blago's father-in-law never liked the fact that his daughter married him. I wouldn't be surprised if Ald. Mell ratted out his son-in-law. But he was too stupid to not to think his daughter might get indicted, too. What a bunch of phonies. They are Chicago machine politicians, all devoted to Richie Daley. And believe me, there is no love loss between Richie and Blago, even though they are both Democrats.

[VOTER]

Note to the Mell Family"

"Potty mouth" is the least of Potty Mouth's problems.
When are you scheduling your next press conference?
Before or after she is arrested?

[jadedat51]

What did you expect Potty's.., er, Patty's family to say on tv: "she's a "f**king b***ch?"

That's the SNL skit....

[rdiaz921]

two psychopath peas in a pod.

Mr and Mrs. Bleep Bleep

[disgusted48]

sometimes when you hang around someone with bad habits, friends, spouses, etc. their bad habits rub off on you.

[shucknjive]

Could this be the same Patty Mell I knew that went off to the convent??

[katherine2]

Is that a Kirlian photo of Blago and the missus?

[geobushono]

Serbian icon.

[ohioan73]

So...her name used to be Patty Mell (Melt) before she was married? ahahahahahahahahaha!

And I wish they would stop insulting my girl Carmella Soprano by comparing her with this lightweight. Anybody who compares these two obviously does not watch The Sopranos. You would never hear Carmella's mouth running in the background while Tony is on the phone making deals. The Mafia is smart enough to keep their women out of the dirt...at least on TV. :D

[rdiaz921]

lol!!

[kellygrrrl]

my feeling is that both Mr. & Mrs. Blago need a serious RehabVisit

[Goliadkin]

Exactly.

[lipstickedrottweiler]

PR attempt failed. I cannot muster any sympathy. That family has benefited from decades off the public dime, and their nepotism is nauseating.

[VegasBabe]

you know... it's actually not the nepotism that bugs me as much as the blatant arrogance of this entire clan....and their apparent opinion that the rest of us will accept whatever they tell us. pottymouth should be held accountable. she was in it to win it and she proved that on tape. Period!

[OhgReaTone]

This can create real problems for Obama - any perception of weakness and the partisan wolves will form the attack pack. ...............

http://thefiresidepost.com/2008/12/11/obamas-chicago-vulnerability/

[realitycheck7]

this won;t cause him any problems

it will be quickly forgotten once the guy steps down, there are too many problems facing the country

[bujeeboo]

Look, if not this then the nutters would find something else. Fox News is a lie factory and it will find something to toss at Obama and torment him with. We just need to relax a bit here. Obama is not Clinton. Clinton may have been distracted but it was largely his own doing.

[rdiaz921]

ohhh whatever...

[javagirl322]

"Is this your sister"? "No it's not MY sister"..........yeah, right.