APNewsBreak: Black pastors to ask Burris to resign

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By TAMMY WEBBER

(AP) Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., arrives to for a public policy luncheon before The City Club of...
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CHICAGO (AP) - A group of black ministers who previously supported U.S. Sen. Roland Burris now plan to ask for his resignation, one of the ministers told The Associated Press on Thursday. Many of the city's influential black pastors supported Burris because of his scandal-free reputation - even though he was appointed by then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich after the governor was arrested.

But, prompted by revelations Burris attempted to raise money for Blagojevich while seeking the Senate job vacated by President Barack Obama, some of those pastors will ask Burris to resign, according to the minister, who spoke on condition of anonymity because a meeting with Burris had not yet been scheduled.

Blagojevich is accused of trying to sell the Senate appointment.

Sentiment in the black community is not unanimous, but the clergy's silence as the maelstrom of criticism swells around Burris "speaks volumes," said another minister, Ira Acree, of the Greater St. John Bible Church.


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[Taverner]

1. Give it to Jesse Jackson III - he's the one who reported Blago!

[AZ Criminal JD]

6. He didn't report Blago

Blago was tapped and the feds knew. Jackson and one of his brothers are mentioned in the criminal charge against Blago. And not in a favorable way. If Jackson does not get indicted himself he will be a big part of the Blago trial.

[depakid]

2. Burris will have to be drug out kicking and screaming

If he man had any sense of propriety, he wouldn't be there in the first place.

[Warpy]

3. Trying to raise money isn't quite the same as giving a bribe

but the appearance of it is still dreadful.

The clergy don't even want the appearance of wrongdoing even as this is how politics is conducted in most of the more corrupt states.

Burris himself might not be that bad a guy. It's just a shame he had to play that much of the game to get the job.

[EFerrari]

4. Our whole government has sunk to a level of corruption that will take time

to muck out.

Don't give up! We'll sort it out.

[ooglymoogly]

5. Mean while back at the O headquartera....every effort is being made

to stop prosecution of the biggest criminals scandals in human history. But what is that compared to a senator who is not in Rahm's image being hounded out of office by a compliant and very on board media....of course no other congress critter is guilty of any of this type of thing for sure.

[2Design]

7. what happened to separate of church and state and are these churches going to pay taxes

since they are part of politics now

[Cha]

8. This was a time

bomb waiting to happen.