Another lie from a Democrat liar:
“Today, nearly 3.5 million Illinois residents, 30.8% of the under 65 population, lack health insurance.”
And on May 26, 2009, Chicago CBS was reporting that “Sen. Roland Burris was recorded on an FBI wiretap suggesting that he could write a check to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s campaign before the ousted governor appointed Burris to the Senate.
The details of the conversation emerged after a federal judge said Tuesday he would allow the U.S. Senate Ethics Committee to hear a federal wiretap of the former governor’s brother, Rob, having a fund-raising conversation with Burris. Rob Blagojevich was running the campaign fund at the time.
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In February, this is how Burris described what he told Robert Blagojevich when Rob called to ask Burris to help the governor’s campaign fund: “I made it very clear to him that I would not contribute, that it would be inappropriate and a major conflict, because I had expressed an interest in the Senate seat,” Burris said. “http://cbs2chicago.com/local/recordings.wiretaps.burris.2.1019307.html
Yeah, I got that letter too. Made me think about the merits of a suit for mail fraud. Think about it. If this were a used car salesman, making statements so provably misrepresentative of the product being sold, it would make for an easy case. Not so legislators, thanks to a variant of sovereign immunity called “legislative immunity.” Our elected officials may lie through their teeth as long as they are doing so in a legislative capacity. Nice gig, if that sort of thing appeals to you. There are some potential exceptions, such as using the franking privilege to communicate with constituents, so it is still twirling about in my mind. As long as the claim is legally plausible, it can’t get dumped as frivolous. Hmmmm....