Illinois Governor Rod “NPD” Blagojevich played hooky from the first day of his impeachment trial today, taking his case to the nation with appearances on The Today Show, Good Morning America, Fox News, and I don’t even know where else. It sounds like he was a big hit:

Talk show host Oprah Winfrey said this morning she was “pretty amused” by Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s comment this morning that he had considered appointing her to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama.

She had intended to watch his appearance on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” but decided to spend an extra half [hour? day?] in bed, she said in an interview on Sirius XM radio’s “Gayle King Show.”

“If I had been watching as I normally watch from the treadmill, I probably would have fallen off the treadmill,” she said.

That might actually be a good tactic if we ever go to war with China. Just go on TV and say something Oprah isn’t expecting — like maybe, “Doritos actually rev up your metabolism” — and she’ll fall off her poor treadmill, plummet through the earth’s crust, and explode up through Chinese soil, triggering the nuclear device tucked into her dewlap. Victory!

Anyway:

Asked what she would have said to such an offer, she responded. “Where would I fit it in with my day job, my midday job, my night job, my radio job….”

On the other hand, she said she felt fully capable to represent the people of Illinois in the U.S. Senate.

“I think I could be senator, too,” she said. “I’m just not interested.”

Why not, Ope? You’ve already got the perfect, time-tested logo just waiting for you:

Now that you’ve gotten the hang of buying an election for somebody else, why not get some of that action for yourself?