Posted on 01/05/2009 2:18:23 PM PST by malkee
CHICAGO — Even as Senate leaders continued to challenge his appointment to the seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama, Roland W. Burris headed to Washington on Monday, setting the stage for a public showdown on Capitol Hill.
In a news conference at Midway airport in Chicago before his scheduled 2:20 p.m. flight to Baltimore, a defiant Mr. Burris told reporters that he was not concerned about the fact that the Illinois secretary of state, Jesse White, has rejected the paperwork that would officially send Mr. Burris to the Senate.
“Why don’t you all understand that what has been done here is legal?” he said. “I am the junior senator from Illinois, and I wish my colleagues in the press would recognize that.”
He later added, “This is all politics and theater, but I am the junior senator according to every law book in the nation.”
Senate leaders have repeatedly said that they intend to block Mr. Burris from joining the chamber, given his appointment last week by this state’s embattled governor, Rod R. Blagojevich. Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, has said that the Senate has the legal right to bar Mr. Burris from the new session, which begins Tuesday
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Maybe Harry Reid can have the Sgt. At Arms turn a firehose on him...<P.
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The Republicans should invite Burris to caucus with them.
Mere dhimmicratic posturing. The nominee is the correct color and has the correct political orientation. The dhimmis will make appropriate noises (sorta like fake f*rts by placing one’s hand in the armpit), and they they’ll let him in.
They’ll have no trouble keeping him on the liberal plantation.
Heh.
Ops, wrong DEMOCRAT scandal! ...sorry.
POPCORN!!!!
Obama’s Senate seat is now the Black Seat. You will never live to see anyone who isn’t African-American in that seat.
I hope Harry The Body Reid keeps up his racist ways for all to see.
Brilliant move by Blagojevich. Bleeping brilliant.
He'd never do it, and they wouldn't want someone so liberal. But they should make a show of treating him collegially.
I would be surprised if anything happened. It’s what happens once he takes his seat.
What an ironic comment - Just this morning I was reminded of the scene in one of my favorite movies “Used Cars” where they turn a firehose on a bunch of nuns who are protesting outside ;-)
“That’s right! And I knocked the m*****f*****s on their a**, too!”
Used Cars, what a great movie, definitely Top 5!
gosh - how ‘bout that. a Senator from Illinois who actually shows up to earn his salary, instead of cruising the USA to run for President. or maybe that’s next!!!!!
Speaking of movies, I was thinking this could be a great modern remake of ‘High Noon’. Reid in the role of Gary Cooper, little by little being abandoned by his Senate allies, left alone to face down Burris and his henchmen. What drama! What pathos!
No matter what happens, this seat is a lost cause as far as the GOP is concerned (at least until 2010)... so the GOP should be out front embracing him and welcoming him in the senate and making it next to impossible for the Rats to turn him away. He won’t become a Republican, but he may knife the Dims in the back here and there for treating him so badly.
Let me guess, Bush's fault.....
Again....We are sooooo screwed.
Maybe he flew on Southwest (Midway to BWI) to save money.
If so, not a bad start for a RAT relatively speaking.
I find myself admiring him, if only for how he plays the game.
I agree. Burris will probably be a terrible Senator, but he was duly appointed, and Reid isn't even close to having the law on his side.
You've really got to respect that sleazebag Blagojevich, and Burris, for having the cajones to pull this off.
Might just have to shoot him, but nothing life threatening just in case they decide later to seat him.
There is a very real possibility that a Democrat-controled Senate will slam that chamber's door in the face of the lawfully appointed junior Senator from the State of Illinois, a black man, this week. Will that outrage be be recorded for posterity? Will photographers be there to forever record the shame of the Democrat Party and forever implant in the memory of Americans the vicious racism that lies at the very soul of the Democrat Party?
“my colleagues in the press”. Anyone else catch that? The Democrats aren’t even trying to hide it anymore.
LOL!
I haven’t seen the movie in years!
That was a true classic as far as movies go!
Just remember...
“A red car will take my ass straight to hell!”
I think you miss the point. the democrats are the ones screaming like stuck pigs. They don’t want this male Cynthia McKinney embarrassing them. I think Mr. Burris needs to take his seat. Hahahaha. Good job Slugo, err Blago.
See, I flashed on that scene from “Airplane!” where everyone was lined up to slap the hysterical woman (with Dingy Harry leading the way)—and Burris as the woman, LOL.
:-)
All the Democrats want is one House of the Congress from which they can get away from you. Is that so much to ask? [/sarc]
“Why don’t you all understand that what has been done here is legal?” he said. “I am the junior senator from Illinois, and I wish my colleagues in the press would recognize that.”
His colleagues in the press?
I guess that’s actually a true statement about today’s media.
Never thought I'd pull for a Democrate, but I hope Burris goes in a flips Reid the bird - right on Cspan.
This is an urgent SOS from the white racist Harry Reid: Paging all white rat racists dead or alive to repel Burris from the $inate Chambers!
Reid, aka, Governor Wallace, to Bull Connor: Bull, please bring your fire hoses and attack dogs to repel Burris from the $inate Chambers!
No $inate $eat for you, Burris!
GO HOME BURRIS. YOU ARE TRE$PA$$ING! GET OUT OF MY LILLY WHITE $INATE!
Burris went in their to claim his rightful seat and took the hit this morning. God bless him. Ironically, he would have rubber-stamped everything Dingy Harry wanted. Reid is certifiable; he really needs to be tested for senility.
...in there...
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