Scandalized IL Governor Taps Former State Attorney General to Fill Obama Senate Seat

AP: Defying U.S. Senate leaders and his own state's lawmakers, Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday appointed former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate. Blagojevich, accused of trying to sell Obama's Senate seat to the highest bidder, praised the 71-year-old Burris' integrity and asked that the corruption allegations don't "taint this good and honest man."

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December 30, 2008 at 3:33 pm - WMAQ Chicago
Dateline: Chicago, IL
Eileen for Freedom/Liberty   December 30th, 2008 - 3:06 pm

Socialist/communistic “new” Democratic definition for “change” = same ol…same ol!
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Hummmmmm…

1. He is getting back at the Democrats that want to lynch him by appointing an “honest” politician or

2. He is trying to appease the Democrats that want to lynch him by appointing yet another one of their “crooked” Chicago politicians

Which one is it, America?

How we might be able to tell…

1. They come out and fight, fight, fight the “honest” politician being appointed that is not “one of them” or

2. They say nothing and approve of the “crooked” Chicago politician appointed because he “is” one of them

Stay tuned!

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JUST ANOTHER “UNFORTUNATE” CHAPTER IN THE “REIGN OF BARRY HUSSEIN”!

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Anonymous   December 30th, 2008 - 5:18 pm

……Meanwhile, the Barack Obama birth certificate scandal continues on……
http://theobamafile.com/ObamaLatest.htm

Dave, Tn   December 30th, 2008 - 5:53 pm

I hope Mitch McConnell is staying out of this democrat mess with the Blagojevich appointment. We all know he’ll be painted as a racist by the very democrats who want his backing on this. BTW Shouldn’t the RNC be able to sue the democrats for a “Disproportionate Response” in the last election?

Tarantula   December 30th, 2008 - 6:13 pm

OOOPS!!! Blago had a hair out of place!

dennisl59   December 30th, 2008 - 6:20 pm

May I have your attention Class? (You in the back, shut the h*ll up, now!!!)

Thank You…

Please read the following press report from the CNN Politics Website:

updated 3:04 p.m. EST, Wed December 10, 2008
From Ed HenryCNN White House Correspondent (CNN) —

President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday called for Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to resign, a day after Blagojevich’s arrest on corruption charges.

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, left, and Barack Obama attend a 2007 rally for Chicago’s 2016 Olympics bid.
“The president-elect agrees with [Illinois] Lt. Gov. [Pat] Quinn and many others that under the current circumstances it is difficult for the governor to effectively do his job and serve the people of Illinois,” Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said.

FBI agents on Tuesday arrested Blagojevich and his chief of staff, John Harris, on federal corruption charges related in part to the selection of Obama’s successor to the Senate.
Obama’s former partner in the Senate, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, has also called on Blagojevich to step down immediately.

“Beyond guilt or innocence, the charges against you raise serious questions about your ability to carry out your duties as chief executive of our state,” Durbin wrote in a letter sent to Blagojevich.

Durbin also asked Blagojevich not to name a successor to Obama.

“Because of the nature of the charges against you, no matter whom you were to select, that individual would be under a cloud of suspicion. That would not serve our state, our nation, or the United States Senate,”

So, let’s review Class…

Both the President-Elect and the Senior Senator from Illinois asked this guy to resign PLUS the Senior Senator asked him NOT to appoint a replacement.

He does anyway a few hours ago. To top it off, the guy he selects doesn’t turn it down.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t he just:
1)kick these guys in the nuts,
2)spit in their eye and
3)give them the finger all at the same time?

Answer: YES to all 3.

You are all welcome to draw your own conclusions and write a response in 25 words or less.

Class Dismissed.

Thank You.

Caio’

Yala   December 31st, 2008 - 12:46 am

Yeah, but when you are a fat short dude who specializes in Licking AS!, you do get ahead, or is that get good at giving Hea!

Good job stumpy blago, your a real POS!

Larse   December 31st, 2008 - 2:01 am

COOL!!!!!

This is gonna be fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bagofbitch is going for broke and disgracing his state, party, and cause down with him… He is just a dumb retard crook…

Execution with a live tv firing squad will be next :))

Wow!! Like a zero mercy case is coming up here :D

Maybe we should make an execution holiday for him :D

But is it a very sever disgrace upon the democratic party that they allowed this SOB to even exist…

“Zero mercy” for this Dem criminal…

ENOUGH ALREADY   December 31st, 2008 - 2:52 am

Blago is just ASKING for “trouble” !!

Illinois deserves BETTER.

claspur   December 31st, 2008 - 7:43 am

World net Daily has an article posted last night @10:05est., about Phillip Berg fileing suit at the behest of a retired military colonel.

It concerns if anyone in the military will be forced to obey orders from a commander in chief that hasn’t been confirmed eligible to be president of The United States.
Funny too; it’s filed by name as this un-named colonel vs. Barry Soetoro:aka Obama.

This article goes to my file-pile on this issue too.

Eileen for Freedom/Liberty   December 31st, 2008 - 12:05 pm

Socialist/communistic “new” Democratic definition for “change” = same ol…same ol!
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It is truly, truly funny how people are attacking this “elected” Governor of Illinois.

I would venture to say that the people who are most against him are the socialist/communistic “new” Democrats in Illinois who voted him in!

These same socialist/communistic “new” Democrats have exhibited the same ignorance when blindly voting for Reid, Pelosi, Franken, Frank, Schumer and yes…the “Messiah of Islam”!

All an embarrassment to their party…when will these people learn…you vote on character, experience and integrity…not because they claim to be a “Democrat”!

“IF YOU ALWAYS DO WHAT YOU ALWAYS DID…YOU’LL ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU ALWAYS GOT”!

And you did, America, you did!

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JUST ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE “REIGN OF BARRY HUSSEIN”!

Anonymous   December 31st, 2008 - 5:58 pm

Obama’s Kenyan Birth Evidence to be Revealed Friday, Online – Update
http://investigatingobama.blogspot.com/2008/12/obamas-kenyan-birth-evidence-to-be.html

A private investigator in Hawaii has uncovered the divorce decree for Barack Obama’s father and mother, which indicates they had “one child under the age of eighteen, born in Kenya.”

Azul Del Fuego   January 4th, 2009 - 11:20 am

A couple of thoughts:
1) why would we trust Patrick Fitzgerald? He certainly didn’t exemplify himself during the Scooter Libby case. Is he handling this one correctly?
2) It must be coincidence. Here’s an aledged crooked governor – previous governor crooked – that was just exposed when BHO prepares to take office. Why didn’t this happen in some other state? All I’m saying is that Illionois seems to have a history of crooked politics and our president elect is the only one who is “clean”? Right!
3) Let Blago appoint this guy Burris. Blago’s not been arrested or impeached. The people in Illinois voted for this crook. Let the crooked governor appoint the next senator. It appears all legal to me.
4) It’s been reported that Harry Reid has had conversations with Blago concerning 3 black people Blago considered for appointment versus two white women that Reid prefers. This is all political posturing: Reid wants more democrats to push his f_cked up agenda but he has to walk the fine line to appease the blacks. Blago is embarrasing him by appointing one of the blacks – those which Reid didn’t want to consider because of their political viability at re-election time in 2010.

What do we conclude?
1) Illinois politics is crooked. Next time you see someone from Illinois, give them a bunch of sh!t based on how poorly they stack their political offices. The average person in Illinois does not have have a say in the political process. Period.
2) The democrat party is the most racist party in the history of American politics. They don’t elect a person based on their credentials. It’s all based on party favors and which racial demographic must be appeased to get the maximum vote.

Tell me I’m wrong.

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