I've Got This Thing And It's F**king Golden - UNEDITED (Profanity, subtitles)

Raw unedited audio of wiretaps from the trial of Rod Blagojevich. Subtitled, Contains profanity, NSFW.
BLAGOJEVICH: I told my nephew Alex, he just turned 26 today. I said Alex, you know, I call him for his birthday and I says it's just too bad you're not four years
older 'cause I could a given you a U.S. Senate seat for your birthday.
SCOFIELD Yeah.
BLAGOJEVICH You know what I mean?
SCOFIELD (Laughs) Yeah.
BLAGOJEVICH I mean I, I've got this thing and it's fucking...golden.
SCOFIELD Right.
BLAGOJEVICH And I, I'm just not giving it up for fucking nothing.

[@garagekey2001able]

Just enact a law to have 'em serve jail time before time in elected office... save a lot of judicial cost.

[@epanecka]

I'm from Illinois and have to say our state and its leaders are a joke.

[@regnadkcin2k]

Thx for the package, poster! nice gfx, too

[@CaptTerrific]

We now we find out that Pritzker asked Blagojevich to help him get into political office too - hopefully that'll stop his run for governor before it starts!

[@bluesboy25000]

(Jon Stewart Voice) BLAGOJEVICH!!

[@Natrannel7034]

And there will be life after he did the deed. His sentence has been commuted.

[@sammosaurusrex]

This guy’s free

[@Chartreusesky]

What does he mean with the parachute bit?

[@Fecalage]

He meant he could appoint himself to the Senate.

[@richardingersoll29]

Andy Olsen Spectre398 It means to save ones ass on the way down just like it sounds. He was under investigation and that time and he knew it.

[@ColHogan-le5yk]

Spectre398 what?

[@ColHogan-le5yk]

Spectre398 I mean, truth news Network, how could they mislead you?

[@thedredgod]

Spectre398 yeah we need to be like Communist Putin and boyfriend Dumbald

[@joshstevens1748]

He was a political prisoner just like what they are doing to Trump.