Blagojevich, Burris and More Problems for Illinois Dems [WaPoo lamenting a major Rat Spat alert]

Washington (Com) Post ^ | December 30, 2008 | Chris Cillizza

[Zakeet]

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's decision to appoint former state attorney general Roland Burris to the Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama further complicates an already difficult situation for state and national Democrats.

Blagojevich has been operating under the cloud of scandal for the past month -- since he was arrested following a series of wiretaps that seemed to show he was seeking to sell Obama's Senate seat to the highest bidder.

Before Christmas, Blagojevich made clear he had no plans to step down and insisted he was innocent of the corruption charges against him. He had not made any public statement regarding the appointment prior to his announcement this afternoon in Chicago to choose Burris.

While Blagojevich is within his powers as governor to appoint Burris, early signs from Senate Democrats, who have control over who gets seated, are that any appointment by Blagojevich is a non-starter.

"He will not be seated," predicted one well-connected Democratic source.

Regardless of what Senate Democrats do, Blagojevich has forced the ball into their court by naming Burris.

Burris, the first African-American elected statewide in Illinois, is a well-known and credible politician. He is best known for his three straight unsuccessful runs for governor in 1994, 1998 and 2002; in that final race, Burris won the endorsement of Obama, then a state senator, but lost to -- you guessed it -- Blagojevich.

Rejecting Burris out of hand -- as Senate Democrats indicated they would do in a letter to Blagojevich today -- could create problems

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Was this the elderly black guy who prattled on and on incoherently and said everything three times?

The "elderly black guy" is a hardcore radical leftist and a racist. And is obviously influential enough to be speaking at the governor's press conference. But he's far from the only extreme leftist in the demonRat party.

From David Horowitz's FrontPageMag.com/DiscoverTheNetworks.org:
PROFILE: BOBBY RUSH:

* Democratic Member of Congress

* Member of the radical Progressive Caucus

* In 1968, went AWOL from the U.S. Army

* Co-founder of the Illinois branch of the Black Panther Party

* In 1969, served six months in jail for an illegal weapons conviction

* Advocates reparations for African Americans

http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1198
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From the Maoist Internationist Movement:
[1960s/original] Black Panther Party [BPP] Archives
From the article: REVOLUTIONARY HEROES

"On May 1st, May Day [1969], the day of the gigantic Free Huey rally, two of Alioto's top executioners vamped on the brothers from the Brown Community who were attending to their own affairs. These brothers, who are endowed with the revolutionary spirit of the Black Panther Party defended themselves from the racist pig gestapo.

Pig Joseph Brodnik received his just reward with a big hole in the chest. Pig Paul McGoran got his in the mouth which was not quite enough to off him.

The revolutionary brothers escaped the huge swarm of pigs with dogs, mace, tanks and helicopters, proving once again that "the spirit of the people is greater than the man's technology."

To these brothers the revolutionary people of racist America want to say, by your revolutionary deed you are heroes, and that you are always welcome to our camp."

Source: Maoist Internationist Movement
Article: REVOLUTIONARY HEROS (May 11, 1969):
http://www.etext.org/Politics/MIM/bpp/index.html

[Grampa Dave]

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Blagojevich Plays The Race Card On Fellow Democrats
Legal Insurrection Blog ^

Posted on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 2:28:09 PM by Legal Insurrection

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s appointment of Roland Burris has put the Democratic party in a box. By appointing an African-American to the empty Senate seat, Blagojevich has forced his political opponents to risk being called racists. In supporting the appointment, Congressman Bobby Rush called opposition to Burris an attempted lynching. Whether this analogy is justified is questionable, but it is the same tactic that has been used against conservatives for decades, most recently by the Obama campaign. Democrats are getting a dose of their own medicine, and I hope it goes down like a bitter pill.

[eureka!]

re#16 Time will tell. Based on the presstitutes’ bias and dishonesty this election cycle (investigation/treatment of Sarah Palin vs. pumping up the empty and likely corrupt suit Obama) and the left’s quest for power, the story of the century would be buried, IMHO. They make me sick. May karma visit their lying lives in a big way...