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Hollywood couldn't make this stuff up:tro: :tro:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081230/...inois_governor

Poor Burris has no chance of going anywhere.

Bob...its the arrogance that is so amazing to me.

It's absolute and total denial..

Plus..there is starting to be a buzz that he will get off. His attorney is big time and is trying to get all the tapes thrown out as inadmissable, etc...not that it will happen, but this is not a slam dunk by any means

Ever known anyone arrogant that wasn't in denial?

Do you think Burris was anywhere on Blagaodofasfhd's short list of candidates to fill this seat originally, or is this the race card really being thrown into play?

The guy (Burris) has about as an impeccable and respected past as anyone. Considering the only one to come forward in support is Bobby Rush, this is totally the race card. Just surprised I guess ( why I don't know) that Burris would ever take part in this charade

It's so awesome. In such a sad way...but still kind of awesome, because it's just become so mindblowing.

obama said after the announcement he's in agreement with senate democrats that no one blago appoints should be seated.

i heard the press conference on the radio driving to lunch. is bobby rush 90 years old or just permanently drunk? he sounded like someone trying to hide the fact he's had 4 shots and a six pack.

or is dealing with serious cancer treatments. my bad.

I know I'm shocked

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009...s.html?_r=1&hp

If you go on pure legal grounds and forget right and wrong, I'm not sure how they can deny him this seat eventually.

Kinda hard to use those phrases in the same sentence with Illinois politics.

Well...innocent until proven guilty. He hasn't been impeached and a special election wasn't called. The IL Constitution says the Guv appoints the Senate seat...again..I KNOW, but...legally...They have to get him impeached or convicted to block Burris in the long run, IMO.


and before I get the bleeding heart liberal reply, that is not my opinion of how it SHOULD be handled. Absolutely that appointment is a big FU at the voters and the State and is tainted beyond repair. I'm just looking at it from a legal standpoint

I understand with what you are saying...and agree whole heartedly. It's just amazing the mess that has been made of this whole scenario.


Where you able to type "right and wrong" in your previous post with a straight face...knowing full aware that we are discussing your states political f*ckedupedness??:)

What sucks is there are a lot of good politicians here ( yes..I did just say that) who are swept up in this guilt by association because of this a-hole and others like him. Certainly Illinios, and Chicago specifically, leaves a lot to be desired politically, but being an honest Dem or Repub and introducing yourself as the Senator or Representative from Illinois ain't much fun these days.

Scavs for City Council??

the guy that was named, is he a valid selection? would hate to see the fact that he was named by a jackass be what keeps him out, if he otherwise is a good choice.

Bob says the guy is clean as a whistle.

Love your avatar!!

No evidence he is in anyway involved in any illegal activity, he is extremely well qualified and was appointed following the Constitution of Illinois and the US. Until/if the Gov is removed from office, the law is clear...he appoints the person to fill the senate opening. This is pure politics at its worst...seat the man! According to CNN today, there are no Blacks in the new Senate...this is a racial battle waiting to happen...absolutely no reason to play politics here!

It was nothing but Blagonasdklfnsd playing the race card anyways when he nominated Burris.

Probably....but not germane to the point of whether he should be seated! We can't read minds, why the Gov chose him isn't a factor...there are only two factors here...1) is he qualified and, 2) was the appointment legal? The answer appear to be yes in both cases so....he should be seated!

Just some highlights from the 'Trailblazer'

In 1993, Burris, an advocate for a national handgun ban, helped to organize Chicago's first Gun Turn-in Day. The following year, Burris admitted that he kept a handgun in his home and had not turned it into police as he had urged others to do. A spokesman stated that Burris had "forgotten about" the handgun.

In 1985, Rolando Cruz was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death for kidnapping, rape, and murder along with a co-defendant in a DuPage County Circuit Court. In 1992, Assistant Attorney General Mary Brigid Kenney, whom Burris had assigned to fight Cruz's appeal, sent Burris a memo identifying numerous errors in the investigation and trial in Cruz's initial conviction. Burris ignored Kenney's warnings, and she resigned in protest.

In September 1995, DNA tests showed that neither Cruz nor his co-defendant were the contributors of the semen found at the crime scene. On November 3, 1995, a DuPage County judge acquitted Cruz on the basis of recanted testimony, the DNA evidence, and the lack of any substantiated evidence against Cruz. He was fully pardoned by Governor George Ryan in 2002

Burris built a family tomb in Oak Woods Cemetery on Chicago's South Side. His tombstone proclaims, "Trail Blazer," and includes a list of his accomplishments, with space left for future ones.

Daley was State's Attorney I think at the time of that whole Cruz thing and was the one who just shut his eyes to the possibility that he might be innocent

You're correct but that was the first trial and this was the appeal. Funny thing is the Narcaricos (sp) still think Cruz did it.

Really not much choice on what the options are

http://news.aol.com/article/democrat...-burris/294426

A whole lot of guilty verdicts coming in...he won't be seeing daylight for a loooong time.

thats too bad. one of the very few honest guys out there.

RIP Blago. Open your mouth against the rulers and you'll commit "suicide"

guilty on 17 of 20 counts

http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/06/...ial/index.html

Rod - they are going to shave your head.

2 in a row....it's the Chicago way