CHICAGO _ Scratch the Obamas off Amy Blagojevich's Christmas card list.
Former Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's 20-year-old daughter on Thursday wrote an angry open letter to former President Barack Obama, saying she lost respect for him after he declined to commute her father's 14-year federal prison sentence before he left office.
"Everyone seems to be mourning your exit from office," Amy wrote in the lengthy screed, posted on her mom Patti's Facebook page. "I'm glad you're gone. I'm not delusional _ you're not a saint. You were a mediocre president with unoriginal ideas."
Tell us what you really think, Amy.
"I thought you would finally right this wrong," she told Obama. "You didn't have to pardon him, only commute the sentence. You just had to let him come home. You didn't. You released others, like Chelsea Manning or FALN terrorists, who actually committed reprehensible crimes, but you failed to release an innocent man."
A federal jury and the U.S. Court of Appeals, of course, found differently.
But Amy Blagojevich hasn't been shy about sticking up for her dad, or of putting her raw emotions on display. After her father was resentenced in August to 14 years behind bars for public corruption offenses by U.S. District Judge James Zagel, she motioned across the court at the judge and, in a memorable outburst, told onlookers, "He stole my childhood!"
In her open letter to Obama, she acknowledged, "I am shocked at how bitter and full of hate I have become," before concluding, "I truly thought you were a good person. I guess I was just as brainwashed as everyone else. At least now I can see the blood on your hands."
