What: When asked by his attorney if he discussed appointing himself to the Senate “and going to Afghanistan to hunt down Osama bin Laden,” Blagojevich answered “yes.” Why it’s dim: Blagojevich seems to think his second trial on federal corruption charges is a joke.

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