Burris -- Did Flight Cost as Much as Senate Seat?
Blagojevich-approved Roland Burris will not be sworn into office in the Senate this morning -- but after arriving in DC last night, the politician got a brutal taste of just how unwelcome he may be.
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Posted at 11:21AM on Jan 6th 2009 by Special
2. Thank God he wasn't seated. This is Obamas first scandal and this man shouldn't be seated til Blago and Obama tell all. I'm hate to admit that I was taken in on dirty Chicago politics. It's gonna be a long 4 years folks, what's next?
Posted at 11:18AM on Jan 6th 2009 by tkennedy
3. Although Obama is up to his eyeballs in the Illinois corruption, supporting the corrupt democrates and opposed the reformers (e.g. Forest Claypool), Roland Burris is just an old has-been who hasn't been around in many years. He's a glory-seeking nobody. Watch this seat go republican in 2 years as a voter backlash. What a mess. Not much better than New Orleans.
Posted at 11:32AM on Jan 6th 2009 by OoooNooo!
4. I'd say leave this gent alone and just tell us what's up today with the Sidwell Friends lunch lady.
Posted at 11:33AM on Jan 6th 2009 by wasted days and wasted nights
5. Could TMZ be more stupid! Pathetic.
Posted at 11:33AM on Jan 6th 2009 by s
6. Wow, This is all political they have nothing that would stick in court on "HOT ROD" so they try to tarnish him.
They have NO legal basis not to seat Burris, this is a side show. The man had nothing to do with blago, and I love his swag.
Dick Durbin is hating the man has beed legally appointed GET OVER IT.
Posted at 11:56AM on Jan 6th 2009 by Jean Beatz
7. He shouldn't be seated.. He should go to jail!!! .. This man has never met a camara that he didn't like
Posted at 12:35PM on Jan 6th 2009 by Sally
8. It's all very sad .. Why don't they have a FAIR ellection? Thise whole thing is tainted..
Posted at 12:56PM on Jan 6th 2009 by TMZ IS DE SHIZ NIZZLE
9. wasted days #4,
Oh no,
Now you've done it...
Posted at 1:51PM on Jan 6th 2009 by what makes harvey go "hmmmmm...."
10. Burris has absolutely no connection with the Blago scandal outside of being appointed by a stting governor who's SUSPECTED of impropriety. Blago at this moment is STILL signing legislation that is being honored as sitting governor which begs the question, just WHY was Burris barred from the senate?
Posted at 2:04PM on Jan 6th 2009 by the spin game, politics as usual
11. Wow I really thought they would treat him like 3/5 of a Senator..
Posted at 11:31PM on Jan 6th 2009 by Pam
12. I feel sorry for the guy. He has more experience in his pinky than Obama has and that guy just became President-Select. Bottom line, Blago has NOT been indicted yet, and whatever you feel about him he has the power and duty to appoint someone. Don't get me wrong, if Blago had ANY self respect or respect for his party and his constituents, he would have the decency to step down immediately. Burris deserves to go to work now regardless how temporary it may be. Dingy Harry Reid has no business and does not have legal power to bar this man from office. Did someone die and make him czar or something? The Dems are showing their true racist colors. They are barring the man who would be the only black senator in the Senate from what I gather. Maybe someone else could verify that. I wonder if he had to use a separate bathroom or was allowed to use the drinking fountain...Hubris.
Posted at 11:27PM on Jan 6th 2009 by Dems suck
13. this is more like a third world country politics. this guy failed in three election, now was appointed by a tainted governor and the worst he went to DC without the right paper work.this is US senate and not al qaida senate. what a joke. he should know his papers are not right before jumping on a $40 flight. this is someone that would represent a whole state, give me a break. its like a student who never applied for a university but want to go sit in a class. i'm not that educated but i do know what would happen. i guess the rest of the world are learning from us!!!!!! yeah!!!
Posted at 2:24AM on Jan 7th 2009 by cy obiora
14. Where did he get a million for furniture?
Posted at 3:25AM on Jan 7th 2009 by Bobertbobert
15. cy ". this is more like a third world country politics."
Reading the comments posted here, and elsewhere, it's not hard to see how that can be the case.
Except that most third-world voters in developing democracies know more about their candidates than the letter behind their name. Maybe one day Americans can have enough respect for democracy to cast informed, intelligent votes rather than some ignorant vote based on a canned set of "ideals" that most all politicians fail to live up to. I fear that until our population wises up (i.e., Generation X is too old to vote or is off the earth), we're going to continue to fail as a democracy and just continue to buy into the partisan nonsense that's driven our system to ruin.
By the way, replacement Senators in Illinois, as a matter of LAW, are chosen by the Governor, not through the vote, so you might want to wise up on that too before you start showing us all how little you know.
cy: "i'm not that educated"
At least you admit it. Too many other people have been trying to fool others so long that I think they have actually managed to fool themselves into thinking they're intelligent when they are everything BUT intelligent.
Posted at 5:02PM on Jan 7th 2009 by Oh please
