Why the hell did the Senate seat Burris last month?

[NightWatcher]

Didnt they know that his seat would be seen as tainted? Why didn't they investigate his ethics prior to him taking the seat?








(hehehe, I said "taint")

[Taverner]

1. It was a rush to judgement

And a stupid idea

[Orrex]

2. It was also an over-zealous attempt not to appear to be condeming him for Blago's crimes

Funny, that.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

6. If by "rush" you mean Bobby Rush, and if by judgement...

you mean "don't want to get labeled racist", then yeah, it was a rush to judgement.

[babylonsister]

3. Because they were pressured into it, by a lot of people on here, too.

They also needed the vote, Blago hadn't been impeached, Quinn wasn't in a position to pick anyone yet.

[Captain Hilts]

4. So long as Blago was gov. they had no choice. nt

[TheWraith]

5. Because public opinion was for it, and because they didn't really have legal grounds not to. nt

[FrenchieCat]

7. They needed to vote?

Remember that the stimulus package passed just even in terms of what it needed. Burris' vote was one of those 60.

[pacalo]

8. His taint stinks more than Franken's taint (which has no "scent" of impropriety)

& between the two of them, it should have been Franken's taint sitting in the Senate.

:)

[ecstatic]

9. Burris should resign and Danny Davis should be appointed

in his place. Rep Davis, who had the foresight and integrity to avoid the clusterf*ck that surrounded Blagojevich. And since Rep Davis is getting up in age, his appointment should last for 2 yrs.

[damntexdem]

10. They had no clear basis to deny him the seat.

His perjury only recently came to light.