Blogojevich doesn’t want voters to “hang or lynch” appointee
By James Edwards
I knew there was a reason Illinois Governor http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=6215 was meeting with all those black ministers the other day. He’s obviously trying to curry favor with blacks, figuring he’ll soon be facing a jury comprised of them, and they’ll be deciding his fate when it comes to the massive corruption charges he’s facing.
Blagojevich may be stupid and corrupt, but he’s not a complete idiot. And now he’s raising the stakes even further. He just named former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris to take Obama’s seat in the US Senate. Burris is black, of course. He accepted in a heartbeat. And then at the press conference another black Congressman chimed in that if people try to block Burris from the Senate, they’re racists. He warned people not to “hang or lynch” Burris.
“In one of the most surreal press conferences of a year festooned with them, Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) more or less dared any Democrat to oppose Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s appointment of Roland Burris to replace Barack Obama in the Senate.
“A passionate Rush, appearing besides the former Illinois AG and the indicted governor, said he challenged any pol to try to block Burris, who would become the only ‘black senator.'”Rush — who defeated Obama in a 1990s congressional race — went on to implore reporters gathered in Chicago not to ‘hang or lynch’ Burris, despite the bizarre circumstances of his appointment.
“‘This is a good decision,’ Rush told reporters. ‘Roland Burris is worthy. He has not, in 20 years of public service, had one iota of taint on his record as a public servant. He is an esteemed member of this state and this community.’
“‘I would ask you not to hang or lynch the appointee as you try to castigate the appointor,’ Rush added. ‘Separate, if you will, the appointee from the appointor. Roland Burris is worthy.’
And now it turns out that Burris wasn’t Blagojevich’s first choice.
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