From the FBI’s Blagojevich affidavit:
“If they don’t perform, fuck ‘em.”
“hold up that fucking Cubs shit. . . fuck them.”
“it’s a political fuckin’ operation in there.”
“maybe we can’t do this now. Fire those fuckers.”
“our recommendation is fire all those fucking people, get ‘em the fuck out of there and get us some editorial support.”
the Senate seat “is a fucking valuable thing, you just don’t give it away for nothing.
“I’ve got this thing and it’s fucking golden, and, uh, uh, I’m just not giving it up for fuckin’ nothing.”
ROD BLAGOJEVICH said that the consultants… are telling him that he has to “suck it up” for two years and do nothing and give this “motherfucker [the President-elect] his senator. Fuck him. For nothing? Fuck him.”
ROD BLAGOJEVICH states that he will put [Senate Candidate 4] in the Senate “before I just give fucking [Senate Candidate 1] a fucking Senate seat and I don’t get anything.”
ROD BLAGOJEVICH states that he will appoint “[Senate Candidate 1] . . . but if they feel like they can do this and not fucking give me anything . . . then I’ll fucking go [Senate Candidate 5].”
ROD BLAGOJEVICH said he knows that the President-elect wants Senate Candidate 1 for the Senate seat but “they’re not willing to give me anything except appreciation. Fuck them.”
“I could have made a larger announcement but wanted to see how they perform by the end of the year. If they don’t perform, fuck ‘em.”
Nuke It From Orbit 