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Democrats No Longer Demanding Sen. Burris' Resignation
FoxNews.com ^
| Tuesday, March 03, 2009
| Associated Press
Posted on 03/05/2009 11:23:47 AM PST by sinanju
The U.S. senator appointed by the disgraced ex-governor of Illinois seems to have weathered a storm of controversy.
Fellow Democrats are no longer demanding that Sen. Roland Burris resign. The new Illinois governor has stopped calling for a special election to replace him. And party leaders who control the Senate and Illinois state Legislature are reluctant to risk losing his seat to Republicans.
"He's not going to go anywhere. I'm convinced of that," said congressman Phil Hare, one of the first Illinois Democrats to call for Burris to step down...
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: bribes; bribes4all; checkshavecleared; chicagocorruption; cultureofcorruption; democratcorruption
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To: Liberty Valance
They can’t find anybody in Chicago democrat machine politics that hasn’t been bribed or offered bribes so they’ll just let it ride. Diogenes went to the Chicago Democratic party looking for an honest man. His lamp was stolen.
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posted on
03/05/2009 11:36:02 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Obama: removing the speed limit on the Road to Serfdom)
To: buccaneer81
THAT is a bunch of frightening, er, “people”
What occasion?
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posted on
03/05/2009 11:40:16 AM PST
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: sinanju
Even a faux updating with pics would be funny.
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posted on
03/05/2009 11:43:53 AM PST
by
Paladin2
(No, pundits strongly believe that the proper solution is more dilution.)
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
THAT is a bunch of frightening, er, “people” What occasion? I never have heard the background behind the picture. I'm sure whitey was being discussed, though.
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posted on
03/05/2009 11:44:01 AM PST
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: sinanju
Did it ever occur to anybody that he knows where the bodies are buried? The ILLinois mafia/politicians honor the code of silence.
Everyone refers to corrupt Chicago politics- they are all connected to each other-all the way to the boy in the white house. There are no stool pigeons.
Of course Burris gets what he wants. He knows too much.
To: sinanju
Fellow Democrats are no longer demanding that Sen. Roland Burris resign. The new Illinois governor has stopped calling for a special election to replace him. Dumb0 put in a call to the Chicago mob, who made them an offer they couldn't refuse?
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posted on
03/05/2009 11:51:56 AM PST
by
The Sons of Liberty
(FUBO Kenyan Usurper - "Let his days be few, and let another take his office." Psalm 109:8)
To: buccaneer81
THAT is a bunch of frightening, er, “people” What occasion?
Just another day in Chi-town politics...Black ministers, sleazy politicians, etc...saying that they were taking names of anyone going against Burris. zzzzz yawn...hear it here all da time.
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posted on
03/05/2009 11:54:20 AM PST
by
noobamamama
((We need Blago to start singing...he knows where the bodies are buried))
To: sinanju
Oh yeah, where did that story go! how about that? /rhetorical
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posted on
03/05/2009 11:54:59 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(May God save America from its government; this is no time for Obamateurs. Emmanuel = Haldeman?)
To: noobamamama
Just another day in Chi-town politics...Black ministers, sleazy politicians, etc...saying that they were taking names of anyone going against Burris. zzzzz yawn...hear it here all da time.I bet more than one person in the picture is a "reverend."
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posted on
03/05/2009 11:56:12 AM PST
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: sinanju
HMMMM? Wonder what Burris knows?
To: sinanju
The Dumocrats need him to pass the next Porkulus. They would never have passed the last one without him.
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posted on
03/05/2009 12:01:05 PM PST
by
southlake_hoosier
(.... One Nation, Under God.......)
To: sinanju
They were worried that Burris would lose them credibility. It just doesn’t seem to matter, so they don’t mind either. It’s all about polls and public perception. If people had gotten out and protested and kept up a phone and letter campaign, he’d be on his way out. Apathy has consequences.
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posted on
03/05/2009 12:06:59 PM PST
by
twigs
To: twigs
Apathy has consequences.Not for the Dims....it doesn't.
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posted on
03/05/2009 12:08:38 PM PST
by
Osage Orange
(Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators. -Will Rogers)
To: sinanju
Last I heard as was reported he made a deal with them not to run in 2010. Who knows.
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posted on
03/05/2009 12:17:42 PM PST
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote.)
To: sinanju
Burris now completely beholden to Reid - slave and slavemaster. He is their shoeshine boy, bringing the coffee and doughnuts for the morning caucus, etc. He is now officially in lockstep with them. They want to keep him around.
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posted on
03/05/2009 12:33:09 PM PST
by
elpadre
(nation)
To: lakeman
There was never a dnager there, it like this entire dumb-o-crat thieves in Washington, was all smoke and mirrors and just as phony as empty suit obamawama POTUS.
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posted on
03/05/2009 1:39:58 PM PST
by
chiefqc
To: elpadre; lakeman; Williams; stlronpaulkid; Liberty Valance; Pistolshot; vollmond; lilylangtree; ...
The whole issue that had Dingy Harry standing in the Senate Chamber doorway was that Burris would never win election in 2010. The dems wanted Blago to appoint someone more viable and Blago nose-thumbed them.
I guess Reid & Co. realize it’s just not worth the trouble and bad blood with the black community, have passed through the various stages, and have now resigned themselves to that seat being wide open come 2010.
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posted on
03/05/2009 1:51:56 PM PST
by
sinanju
To: sinanju
I think all the “demands” for him to resign were just for show.
To: buccaneer81
Oh yeah...we got lots of dose revrends here!
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posted on
03/05/2009 3:24:34 PM PST
by
noobamamama
((We need Blago to start singing...he knows where the bodies are buried))
To: KarlInOhio
Thanks for your reply. I enjoyed the link. A good fit. ;o)
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posted on
03/05/2009 4:11:36 PM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
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