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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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So there! What did I say? All he had to do was insist he did nothing wrong, make it plain they'd have to pry him out of his seat, and he'd be home free.
Shamelessness wins again.
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posted on
03/05/2009 11:23:47 AM PST
by
sinanju
To: sinanju
They need him to pass another pork laden bill
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posted on
03/05/2009 11:24:59 AM PST
by
lakeman
To: sinanju
They huf and they puff and then they all say oh never mind.
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posted on
03/05/2009 11:25:01 AM PST
by
Williams
(It's The Policies, Stupid.)
Comment #4 Removed by Moderator
To: sinanju
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.
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posted on
03/05/2009 11:26:15 AM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
To: sinanju
Ever think the Rush controversy was created to distract from the Burris calls for resignation?
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posted on
03/05/2009 11:26:36 AM PST
by
Pistolshot
(The Soap-box, The Ballot-box, The Jury-box, And The Cartridge-Box ...we are past 2 of them.)
They don’t want to hold a special election - they’d lose the seat.
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posted on
03/05/2009 11:27:01 AM PST
by
vollmond
(I'm an issues voter. If you're a Democrat, I've got issues.)
To: sinanju
Sounds like another RAT getting the heck whatever he wants.
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posted on
03/05/2009 11:27:48 AM PST
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: sinanju
Hell! They can’t find anyone in that God forsaken party that’s clean! Burris is the best they can do.
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posted on
03/05/2009 11:28:31 AM PST
by
devistate one four
(Impatiently waiting for the next tea party! Tet '68)
To: sinanju
If only the GOP had the same type of audacity and brazenness. I salute Sen. Burris, we need more people with that type of backbone... on our side.
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posted on
03/05/2009 11:28:39 AM PST
by
pnh102
(Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
To: vollmond
You are right. If there were an election, even in Illinois, the GOP might win.
Plus, Burris has been in politics a long time in Illinois. He probably knows a few things about a few of his buddies that they don't want printed in the paper, not that it would make much of a difference. I am not sure that there is any offense that would embarrass a Rat or keep their Rat constituency from voting for them.
To: pnh102
Burris doesn’t have to put up with braying Republicans.
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posted on
03/05/2009 11:31:25 AM PST
by
tgusa
(Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger ....)
To: pnh102
That’s the point. The GOP was indeed showing a similar type of “audacity and brazeness,” as a result, they got sh**canned in 06’ and ‘08.
What works for dems does not work for pubbies. If people have to choose between two varieties of “audacity and brazeness” they’ll go dem every time.
Republicans are expected to stand for something else.
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posted on
03/05/2009 11:31:58 AM PST
by
sinanju
To: Williams
Theatrics. Typical of their ilk.
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posted on
03/05/2009 11:32:37 AM PST
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists, Call 'em what you will, they ALL have Fairies livin' in their Trees.)
To: sinanju
Time for Burris to update his headstone.
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posted on
03/05/2009 11:32:43 AM PST
by
Paladin2
(No, pundits strongly believe that the proper solution is more dilution.)
To: sinanju
They need his vote on upcoming theft legislation. The midterm elections can’t come fast enough.
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posted on
03/05/2009 11:32:53 AM PST
by
SueRae
To: Paladin2
Be funny as hell if someone who knew stonecarving snuck into the cemetery and did some creative updating of Sen. Burris’ monument of their own.
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posted on
03/05/2009 11:34:09 AM PST
by
sinanju
To: sinanju
I thought they were conducting an “investigation” of Burris. I guess someone was told to knock it off.
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posted on
03/05/2009 11:35:17 AM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Just being a "U.S. citizen" does not make one an American.)
To: sinanju
Expel him. He lied to get in (about pay-to-play, which was THE big reason he was challenged at all). One can only conclude that Democrats refuse to expel him because they fear being accused of racism or because they need his vote at the moment to overcome filibusters.
Whores.
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posted on
03/05/2009 11:35:28 AM PST
by
pogo101
To: sinanju
Hey Democrats!
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posted on
03/05/2009 11:35:51 AM PST
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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