Oprah Responds to Crazo Blago

Rod Blagojevich’s Tour of Crazy Continues… Next, he tries to take down national treasure Oprah…

Illinois’ beleaguered Gov. Rod Blagojevich said today that when he was deciding who would take President Obama’s Senate seat he considered appointing talk show queen Oprah Winfrey, a suggestion that Winfrey says left her “amused.” Blagojevich made the revelation to Diane Sawyer on “Good Morning America” on the day his impeachment trial is set to begin. That trial is expected to toss him out of office. – from ABCnews

“She was obviously someone with a much broader bully pulpit than other senators,” he said. But he said Ms Winfrey “probably wouldn’t take it” and that it would have been hard to offer the seat to her in a way that “didn’t look like it was some gimmick and embarrass her”. – from BBC

Oprah Winfrey said she was surprised to learn Wednesday from her best friend Gayle King that Governor Blagojevich was considering her for Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat. Blagojevich confirmed on Good Morning America that he was considering Winfrey. She said she was meditating when she got the news. “If I had been watching from the treadmill I probably would have fallen off the treadmill,” Winfrey told King on King’ Sirius satellite radio program. – from Suntimes