Blagojevich: Love Of Poetry Comes From NFL

ABC News:

It wasn't in the library but rather while watching football as a teenager that embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich first heard the Rudyard Kipling poem he has publicly quoted ever since he was arrested last month and accused of attempting to sell the Senate seat vacated by President Obama. ...

"That poem to me really exemplifies the ups and downs and struggles of life, and the need to have perseverance and stick to things and come back, that really make you a person of character," Blagojevich told ABCNews.com.

"You guys can mock the poetry, but they're words I've known for a long time and believe in," he said.

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Comments

[lochnessmonster]

07:08 AM on 01/27/2009

I have it after watching the clip of him on Larry King. He was a boxer...Golden Gloves...I think he got hit one too many times in the head. That and his eyes are way too close together and it looks like as he lies they get closer every day.

[me again]

06:45 AM on 01/27/2009

Didn't think he was much beyond "Roses are red....."

[Mikecoatl]

03:29 AM on 01/27/2009

He should go into writing poetry. He would do much less damage this way.

[Jacqueline3]

05:56 PM on 01/26/2009

Certified whack job. Why anyone paying any attention to this man is beyond me.