Comments on: Monday, 9AM, Roland Burris Is Still Senator

By: 4jkb4ia

4jkb4ia — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:15:13 +0000

This article was written before the latest news about retirements, even.

By: macaquerman

macaquerman — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:03:41 +0000

That’s some big sheet!

By: tanbark

tanbark — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:00:25 +0000

And Marcy makes a good point about the numbers.

(I hope Franken’s health is OK. It could be a while…I’m just wondering what happens if this gets to the Supremes.)

By: hawkseye36

hawkseye36 — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:36:03 +0000

Burris has set up his ironing board and is busy pressing the wrinkles out of his story. It’s a big job and every time he speaks up, he causes more wrinkles to form on a sheet as large as Illinois.

By: nextstopchicago

nextstopchicago — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:18:31 +0000

Frank,

Based on what you’ve writeen, you DO understand the talking point — that talking point is intended to bamboozle voters and keep anyone from pointing fingers for a little while longer. Anyone (Daley, congressional candidate Fritchey) speaking along those lines is just trying to muddy the waters.

By: tanbark

tanbark — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:54:57 +0000

As former Burris flack, Bud Jackson, says, Roland is just the unwitting victim of bad PR:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....69051.html

(Right about now: Joan Rivers’ finger-down-throat gag gesture…)

By: emptywheel

emptywheel — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:48:07 +0000

Jeebus.

Shorter sentinel:

“Republicans are corrupt as hell and Lynn Sweet is cranky so let’s keep Burris in spite of the fact that–unlike Stevens, Vitter, or Craig–he got appointed through corrupt means.”

Because that way, the next time someone gets appointed through corrupt means (like, say, Shrub) we won’t have to get all worked up about it.

By: emptywheel

emptywheel — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:46:05 +0000

Frankly, Reid would be BETTER without Burris so long as Franken isn’t seated, bc cloture for 98 senators is just 39.

By: tanbark

tanbark — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:43:44 +0000

Hounding this brilliant, integrity-coming-out-of-his-pores-statesman from office.

Shame on all of you.

“We really have more important issues at hand.”

Absolutely! There’s always room for another political hooker in the Senate. What’s one more, even if he is a democrat whom the repubs can use to keep the minds of the cottagers from thinking about any real solutions to our problems.

By: eCAHNomics

eCAHNomics — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:13:24 +0000

And what’s the point of the fiscal responsibility baloney anyhow? Is it to prove that Obama can walk & chew gum at the same time? If so, I’d prefer he concentrate on walking at the moment, since there are hot coals under his feet.

Or, is it the stalking horse for cutting ss and med benefits?