“I'm blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little laundromat in a black community not far from where we lived. I saw it all growing up.”
Quote by Rod Blagojevich
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Rod Blagojevich
Rod Blagojevich, born on December 10, 1956, is a former Governor of Illinois, United States. He served as the 40th Governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. Blagojevich's tenure was marked by his controversial and corrupt behavior, which led to his arrest and conviction on federal corruption charges, making him the first U.S. governor to be impeached and removed from office for corruption. more