Blagojevich Hair Brush "The Football" On Hand At All Times

The New York Times reports on the real Rod Blagojevich:

And yet, Mr. Blagojevich, 52, rarely turns up for work at his official state office in Chicago, former employees say, is unapologetically late to almost everything, and can treat employees with disdain, cursing and erupting in fury for failings as mundane as neglecting to have at hand at all times his preferred black Paul Mitchell hairbrush. He calls the brush "the football," an allusion to the "nuclear football," or the bomb codes never to be out of reach of a president.

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Comments

[Terriac]

06:16 PM on 12/16/2008

This guy is such an arrogant jerk.

[normathumb]

06:51 AM on 12/16/2008

From the above photo, Blago looks like the fifth Beatle.

[TerrapinCB]

03:35 PM on 12/18/2008

that's funny! John, Paul, George, Ringo and Blago. What a group that'd be.

[LadyMing]

02:01 AM on 12/16/2008

I hope he gets a reality show, even if it's from Jail. I would watch it! That fact he obsesses about that hair, and yet it still looks like 'that' makes him even funnier-or more strange.....

[lmvd3]

09:53 PM on 12/15/2008

Pathetic seems an appropriate word, actually.

[lmvd3]

09:20 PM on 12/15/2008

His "hair" is simply hideous. Bleccchhhh. Matches his personality, apparently.

[GoodGuysandBadGuys]

09:04 PM on 12/15/2008

"Blagojevich Flies Into Rage When Favorite Hair Brush Isn't On Hand"

am I reading the onion?

[roshni]

07:34 PM on 12/15/2008

Sounds delightful! But I thought it was a rug.

[Emerald1943]

05:38 PM on 12/15/2008

There is something terribly wrong with this guy!!

[hypnus]

04:50 PM on 12/15/2008

Fumble !!!!

[Maygressive]

04:34 PM on 12/15/2008

How big is his hairbrush anyway and how many staffers does it take to operate it ?

[baptox]

04:12 PM on 12/15/2008

Only his special hairbrush will do when he needs a spankin'....

[eden4barack08]

02:51 PM on 12/15/2008

That pic in the front is the only one showing that Blago actually has a forehead.

[Bystander]

01:50 PM on 12/15/2008

Blago would have been the perfect running mate with John Edwards!

[ljc]

12:58 PM on 12/15/2008

Another dumb story. What no hairbrush link to Obama/

[illinoisan]

12:55 PM on 12/15/2008

There was a whole episode several years ago when it was discovered that he had an Illinois State Police security detail handling the hairbrush. I s#it you not.

[jah2008]

01:07 PM on 12/15/2008

LOL. He's got some precious helmet on.

[Susanfrom29]

02:32 PM on 12/15/2008

Should be, it's made out of tin foil and looks just like a wig.