The Chicago Sun-Times reports today that Roland Burris misrepresented his association with newly impeached Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich.
The Times reports:
For the first time, Burris indicated that he asked Blagojevich’s former chief of staff and college classmate, Lon Monk, to relay his interest in the Senate seat to the governor last July or September.
The only problem with that is,
That testimony appears to differ from an affidavit Burris submitted to the impeachment panel this week in which he stated he spoke to no “representatives” of the governor about the Senate post prior to Dec. 26.
To quote Moe Lane at Redstate, “we’d need flaming chainsaws to increase the Awesomeness of it all…”
Here’s the deal with this all. Gov Blago is caught in a pay-for-play scheme to sell President-elect Barack Hussein Obama’s newly vacated seat (give me $$, I’ll appoint you to the Senate). Senate Democrats, including Majority leader Harry Reid promise not to seat anyone who Blago appoints so as avoid even the scent of scandal. Blagojevich, completely void of any shred of decency or morals, goes ahead and appoints Roland Burris because, well, he doesn’t give a flying fat rip what anyone thinks. It’s all trained monkeys and flying trapeze artists from there. It looks like the Senate is going to capitulate and seat Burris.
I can’t even believe all of this. It really is like a circus in Washington, it seems. Our economy is on the verge of collapse. We’ve got the Senate Majority Leader (Mitch McConnell) about ready to give in on the Obama’s plan to “spend our way out of our economic issues,” (an approach I’m going to take with my personal finances) and in the middle of it all, a governor and Senate about to thumb their nose at all hints of decency and decorum.
We (editorially speaking) elected these buffoons. My heart hopes and prays that we’re already on the fast track to turn around. It takes you and I to get up, get involved, and start bringing these things to light. Tell someone. Tell lots of someones. Don’t be mean, or angry. Be incredulous.
If you’re feeling slightly more activistic (as I hope you are), then here’s a very simple way to start (It’s not an end, it’s only a beginning). I filled this out myself. It gives me the opportunity to hear about ways to get involved. If you’re not sure what to do, how to get started, or where to go, then let someone else tell you. This comes from Redstate.com which is credible, and a significant voice inside the Beltway. As much as I complain, it’s not enough. Let’s get going. Fill out the form and leave a comment, sounding off.
