The Burris situation in Chicago is getting UGLY

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Council's black caucus on Burris: Back off


February 26, 2009

BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter

The City Council's Black Caucus on Thursday demanded an end to the “feeding frenzy” surrounding U.S. Senator Roland Burris (D-Ill.) and threatened to retaliate against the parade of elected officials who continue to demand Burris' resignation.

Eight black aldermen argued that every one of the elected officials who has demanded Burris' political scalp has "skin in the game."

They either want the Senate seat for themselves, they're backing somebody else for the job or -- in the case of Gov. Quinn — they want the power to appoint a temporary replacement.

At a City Hall news conference, the aldermen warned that there would be a price to pay for Quinn, U.S. Senator Richard Durbin, Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Treausurer Alexi Giannoulias, and others who have climbed aboard the anti-Burris bandwagon. The price is black support.

“To just muck up somebody's 30-plus year record of loyalty to the Democratic Party — for all of them to turn turn on him — we say it's time for this to stop. And if it does not, we shall remember this at the next election,” said Ald. Carrie Austin (34th), chairman of the Black Caucus...


more at http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/burris/1451459,city-aldermen-caucus-burris-022609.article



It's all making me pretty sick. Why do things have to be so complicated and messy?

[Botany]

1. Attn: Chicago City Council's Black Caucus

This has nothing to do w/ race. nada .... zip .... jack squat.

This has to do to with a liar getting a job from a crook. End of story.

[w4rma]

2. Burris should not have accepted the appointment. This mess is why other, more qualified, people

refused the appointment.

Burris is nothing but an opportunist who lacked foresight.

[Withywindle]

3. This is the plain truth.

Burris tainted his own legacy he's so proud of by accepting the appointment. I think he IS qualified--but less so than he was before he agreed to step into Blago's sleaze parlor.

[madrchsod]

4. i`ve read the comment section in both papers

there is some ugly shit being posted.


why? chicago politics.

[madrchsod]

5. obamaland?

shit i`m stuck in ronnieland!

[WillowTree]

6. Pretty sad, really.

Burris has had a long and fairly distinguished career in public service. He will end it, whenever it finally does end, as a pathetic punchline and there will be no one to blame but himself.......though I'm sure he and Bobby Rush will manage to make even bigger fools of themselves by trying to pin the fault on someone else.