Illinois Governor Ron Blagojevich speaks:

This video, from Blagojevich’s first post-arrest press conference, is pretty amazing. He quotes Kipling (“Don’t give way to hating…”), he sounds like Nixon in moments, and he’s every bit as feisty and petulant as you’d imagine. (But no curse words, dammit!)

Eli Sanders is The Stranger's associate editor. His book, "While the City Slept," was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He once did this and once won this,...