Unbelievable-Blagojevich to name Burris to fill Obama seat

[Harlan Huckleby]

The Republican Senators are now shifting towards enthusiastically supporting Burris. (They know he is a terrible candidate for the Dems, might as well promote him.)

Not sure why I find this Burris saga interesting. The Blagojevich corruption story is now predictable, all that's left is some shouting. Burris is a funny little man, and his situation is very odd.

[mraynrand]

The Republican Senators are now shifting towards enthusiastically supporting Burris. (They know he is a terrible candidate for the Dems, might as well promote him.)

Not sure why I find this Burris saga interesting. The Blagojevich corruption story is now predictable, all that's left is some shouting. Burris is a funny little man, and his situation is very odd.

I have to admit, I found it amusing how all the race hustlers came out and said that Burris was being blocked (by scumbag Harry Reid, no less) because he's black. Dammit, that was HIGH-larious - as Ross Perot might say (there's another funny little man....)

[sheepshead]

http://msunderestimated.com/2009/01/09/impeach-or-institutionalize-blago-he-needs-both-video/

I wish we would have sent a shoe thrower down there!

[sheepshead]

A potentially troublesome new detail emerged about Roland Burris’ controversial U.S. Senate appointment Thursday after a state House panel voted unanimously to recommend Gov. Blagojevich be impeached.

For the first time, Burris indicated that he asked Blagojevich’s former chief of staff and college classmate, Lon Monk, to relay his interest in the Senate seat to the governor last July or September.

“If you’re close to the governor, you know, let him know I’m certainly interested in the seat,” Burris said he told Monk.

That testimony appears to differ from an affidavit Burris submitted to the impeachment panel this week in which he stated he spoke to no “representatives” of the governor about the Senate post prior to Dec. 26.

Federal prosecutors, who identified Monk as “Lobbyist 1″ in their criminal complaint against Blagojevich, indicated they tapped Monk’s phone in November as Blagojevich moved to fill President-elect Barack Obama’s Senate seat.

Whether the new Monk detail poses any threat to Burris’ efforts to persuade Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to allow him to be seated isn’t clear, but Republicans on the state impeachment panel see a contradiction.

“There is an inconsistency between his testimony and the affidavit,” said state Rep. Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs). “I’ll leave it to Sen. Reid to determine what value that has to their process.”

[texaspackerbacker]

The Republican Senators are now shifting towards enthusiastically supporting Burris. (They know he is a terrible candidate for the Dems, might as well promote him.)

Not sure why I find this Burris saga interesting. The Blagojevich corruption story is now predictable, all that's left is some shouting. Burris is a funny little man, and his situation is very odd.

This is what I've been saying.

Whatever else he is--weak or strong, popular or unpopular, he is 71 years old, and thus, won't hold the seat for too long.

If Blagojevich had been smart--and effective for the liberal cause, he would have appointed himself. He is what, 40 years old give or take? No law or tenet of ethics would have been broken, and Illinois and the country would have probably been saddled with him--a thoroughly left wing senator--for the next 30 years or so.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Hmmm, the worm has turned again. The Dems are back to blocking Burris on a legal technicallity.

I think the overwhelming vote to impeach Blago on Friday has re-emboldend the Dems. They think they can ride-out the pressure, then choose a better candidate through the LT. Gov. in Illinois.

It is just funny to hear them try and straddle the fence. Durbin was on Face the Nation, praising Burris, saying they want to do right by him. But new paperwork has arrived, the Sentate is very busy you know, and it will take some time to review all the documents.