Can you imagine breakfast at the Blagojevich’s home on the first day of the New Year?

Patty: “Well Rod what do you think we face this year?

Rod: “Oh, It will be a lot like last year . . . politics as usual.  As I promised the people of Illinois, I will ‘fight fight fight.’ “

Patty:  “Rod, I must admit that was a clever move on your part to appoint Roland Burris to fill Obama’s Senate seat.”

Rod: “Thanks honey.  You see it serves several purposes, as Governor of the state of Illinois I have a responsibility to the people to continue to do my job despite the alleged charges against me of corruption, furthermore I have injected the race card by appointing an Afro American to fill an Afro American’s seat and this should give pause to those (bleeping) senators in Congress who want to block any nomination I make.  We’ll take the nomination to the Supreme Court if necessary.  And lastly, its a distraction against the issues surrounding me.”

Patty: “You certainly have big Cajone’s, dear.”

Rod: “Well you have to, after all I am all but convicted in the court of public opinion before I have been indicted and had a fair trial in the court of justice.  And on top of this, the Illinois legislature wants to impeach me without a fair trial.”

Patty:  What do you think Patrick Fitzgerald’s got?”

Rod: “That (bleeping) guy has nothing but words.  I did nothing wrong.  We’ll handle this the same way Bill Clinton handled the Monica Lewinsky affair.  After all, ‘What is the definition of is?’ “  They’ve got nothing but words and as you well know words have many meanings.”

Patty: “What if this all goes down, what’s your ace in the hole?”

Rod: “That’s easy, if they really want me out of the Governor’s office we’ll put the pressure on for an Obama pardon in exchange for my resignation.”

Patty: “Then what will we do?”

Rod: “We’ll come back just as Richard Nixon did . . . please pass me the scrambled eggs, Patty.”