Bloodthirsty Liberal

It used to be the stockyards and the slaughterhouses that stunk to high heaven.

Now it’s City Hall (Okay, techincally, maybe that should read Springfield and the State House—but give me that liberty.):

Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s brother solicited U.S. Sen. Roland Burris for up to $10,000 in campaign cash before Blagojevich named Burris to the coveted post — something Burris initially failed to disclose under oath before an Illinois House impeachment panel, records and interviews show.

Burris acknowledges being hit up for the money in a new affidavit he has sent to the head of the House committee that recommended Blagojevich be removed from office.

The affidavit is dated Feb. 5 — three weeks after Burris was sworn in to replace President Obama in the Senate.

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Three weeks after taking office in the US Senate, Burris suddenly discovered that his previous affadavit and testimony were “incomplete”. On January 5th, Burris submitted a sworn statement to the Illinois House panel investigating Blagojevich that he had no contacts at all with the now-removed governor before his appointment in late December. When he testified at the end of January, he amended that to include two other contacts with former Blagojevich aides Lon Monk and John Harris — but he never mentioned Blagojevich’s brother demanding a payment.

There is no possibility that Burris simply “forgot” about such a demand. In the first place, that’s exactly what the House was investigating, a pay-for-play arrangement for the open Senate seat. In fact, one has to question why Burris himself didn’t report such a blatantly corrupt demand to state or federal authorities. He never paid the money, but the demand itself is explicitly illegal, and as a state lawmaker Burris had a higher responsibility than most to report the attempt.

I was all for seating Burris because I thought that would cause maximum embarrassment to Obama. Little did I know he’d be the gift that kept on giving (except for that ten grand Blago was looking for).

Now, I think he should be kicked out for lying to the very Congress he only recently joined. And for the very same reason: crooked politicians associated with Barack Obama can’t get enough publicity. And if they are black, and their persecutors are white, so much the better to embarrass the Democrats.

I would rather Reid and Pelosi were skewered on their merits (or very glaring lack of same), but if I have to settle for racial animosity and rank corruption, I suppose I’ll just have to live with it.

PS: And it looks like Lady Blago has problems of her own.