Are the Demos Racist for not seating Burris?

[Woody]

Some including Rush ... say that they are.

What say you?

[phkrause]

Not sure. but I did hear an interview with the Rev, I can't think of his name now, he says that there is no racism involved. And since he is black himself and is usually the first one to cry racism, I'll go with him on this.

pk

[Bravus]

And if they had seated him, you'd be howling about corruption, because Blagojevich appointed him.

Damned if they do, damned if they don't, with you and Rush.

[phkrause]

Your not jumping on me are you Bravus? You must be talking to Redwood, right?

pk

[Woody]

And if they had seated him, you'd be howling about corruption, because Blagojevich appointed him.

Damned if they do, damned if they don't, with you and Rush.

Yeah. I suppose you are right. Those Demos sure do give us plenty of fodder. And just for the record ... I don't agree with Rep. Rush. The only reason he is crying racism is because he is black and a democrat. It is just engrained in some.

[Bravus]

Yeah, sorry pk, you posted between when I composed that response to Woodie and when I actually posted it, so I was talking to him rather than to you.

[Woody]

The issue is that the Demos have been trying to do something against the rules by not seating Burris. Granted ... I don't blame them ... but you do have to abide by the rules.

I suspect this was the reason that Rep. Rush was crying racism.

[Woody]

Okay CoA ... just because you don't like all the rules here ...

[Dr. Shane]

Some including Rush ... say that they are.

What say you?

What about Ann Coulter? What does she think about it?

[Bravus]

I think you might have your wires slightly crossed, Shane, as I initially did (thanks to a lack of clarity from our friend with the flappy ears): he's not talking about Rush Limbaugh, but about Congressman Bobby Rush.

[Dr. Shane]

I don't even know who Bobby Rush is. Obviously a man of little influence.

[Woody]

I don't even know who Bobby Rush is. Obviously a man of little influence.

And he is a man of ignorance.

[Bravus]

...who you are willing to give just enough credence to allow you to make a baseless politically motivated slur...

[Woody]

Well ... I don't see anyone else rallying around Mr. Bobby Rush and his racist claims.

[Woody]

The State Supreme Court has ruled that the SOS signature is not needed. So, why are the Demos not seating Burris? We are a nation of RULEs. Yes Rules. So, why are they not being followed?

This is a good example of those in charge ... not following the rules.

[Neil D]

Council: Burris 'untainted the process'

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January 13, 2009

BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter

Two days before taking his seat in the “millionaire’s club” they call the U.S. Senate, Roland Burris got a royal send-off from the City Council Tuesday and praise for having so much integrity, he “untainted the process.”

A resolution originally crafted to pressure Senate President Harry Reid and Majority Leader Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) to seat Burris turned into a love-fest for the man appointed by disgraced Gov. Blagojevich.

“We all know we got issues with the person [who] appointed him and that the process had been tainted. But when he chose Roland Burris, he untainted the process. He gave integrity back to the process,” said Ald. Anthony Beale (9th).

Ald. Freddrenna Lyle (6th) said the two-week-long political circus that saw Burris turned away from the U.S. Senate in the rain, creating comic fodder for “Saturday Night Live,” should never have happened.

“The governor had that power and he exercised it…No matter how much you may hate and revile a person, you cannot change the law based on whether you like the person using the law,” Lyle said.

Ald. Richard Mell (33rd), the governor’s estranged father-in-law, praised Burris for standing his ground amid pressure to refuse the appointment.

Blagojevich was arrested Dec. 9 — and subsequently impeached — for a laundry list of pay-to-pay offenses that include trying to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.

“You stood up against an onslaught that, a lot of our knees would have buckled. And you did it with dignity…and the the law on your side,” Mell said.

“You are known throughout the world. You could go [to] Kabul, Afghanistan and they will know Roland Burris. This is an opportunity unparalled for you.”

For more than 40 minutes, Burris sat beaming in the V.I.P. box in the City Council chambers. Afterwards, he sounded very much like a man who intends to run for the seat he now holds in 2010.

Burris said he was “moved” and rendered “speechless” by the aldermanic outpouring.

Asked how he felt about being featured on “Saturday Night Live,” he said, “Wasn’t that great? My daughter caught it and she called us. We weren’t on that station. I got the tail end of it. I’ve been trying to get the whole [tape]. What was the guy’s name who was playing me?”