Mr. Burris Is Going To Washington

Blago, you magnificent bastard!

Harry "Profile in Courage" Reid has backed down and will seat Roland Burris as Barack Obama's replacement in the Senate.

"Barring objections from Senate Republicans, we expect Senator-designee Burris to be sworn in and formally seated later this week," said a joint statement from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin.
The Senate Democratic Leaders had told Burris last week that he needed to testify before the Illinois House impeachment committee about his relationship with Gov. Rod Blagojevich and submit a signature from Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White certifying his appointment by Blagojevich.
"We have spoken to Mr. Burris to let him know that he is now the Senator-designate from Illinois and as such, will be accorded all the rights and privileges of a Senator-elect," said the joint statement.

Reid and Durbin are singing a very tune today than they were all of two weeks ago. Remember this?

...We say this without prejudice toward Roland Burris’s ability, and we respect his years of public service. But this is not about Mr. Burris; it is about the integrity of a governor accused of attempting to sell this United States Senate seat. Under these circumstances, anyone appointed by Gov. Blagojevich cannot be an effective representative of the people of Illinois and, as we have said, will not be seated by the Democratic Caucus.

Harry shot his big mouth off and wound up hitting himself in the foot. Well played Senator, well played.

Rod Blagojevich 1-Harry Reid 0.

Posted by: DrewM. at 04:31 PM

Comments

1 If Blago is smarter than Reid, then what does that make Reid?

Posted by: Fresh Air at January 12, 2009 04:33 PM (oSULw)

2 "Barring objections from Senate Republicans"

Because they're the ones who have been holding this up, aren't they?

Posted by: notropis. at January 12, 2009 04:33 PM (tTsTY)

3 I love it blue on blue. Pass the popcorn. But do the red's have the moxie to make a lot out of this? Reid is the red meat in 2010 in Nevada and we need to make sure that there is a credible candidate to challenge him. The republican's had better seat Burris and then elect Mike Steele or Ken Blackwell to RNC chair.

Posted by: Jack is Back! at January 12, 2009 04:39 PM (1wp3y)

4 Blago thumbed his nose at Reid and Obama! Blago is da' man..

Posted by: IC at January 12, 2009 04:39 PM (jZNCU)

5 Is that Karl Rove under that Springfield hair?

Posted by: George Orwell at January 12, 2009 04:41 PM (6uMRO)

6 Reid and Dodd are going down in 2010. You can add Burris to the list, but someone has to talk sense into Kit Bond and Charlie Crist needs to run in Florida. Of course, eventually those two idiots in the Dakotas will be tossed also.

Aw, hell. I'll settle for the House.

Posted by: Fresh Air at January 12, 2009 04:42 PM (oSULw)

7
That's Dick Turbin's cutesy way of implying that Republicans are bigots.

Posted by: Darling at January 12, 2009 04:42 PM (TiWmf)

8 George--

That isn't Springfield hair. Blago refuses to live in the mansion. He gets his hair cut on Oak Street in Chicago.

Posted by: Fresh Air at January 12, 2009 04:43 PM (oSULw)

9 So that is Blago's real hair? I always thought it was one of those clever weaves or hair extensions!

Posted by: IC at January 12, 2009 04:45 PM (jZNCU)

10 I wonder if Harry Reid likes the way the back of Roland Burris's hand tastes?

Posted by: The Obvious at January 12, 2009 04:47 PM (1g+FW)

How delightful it is to have the well-known Chicago corruption imported to Washington.

Fuckin' Dems wouldn't know honesty if it came up and bit them.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 12, 2009 04:47 PM (ZGhSv)

12 Reid has been gobsmacked by the Blagosphere.

As it were.

Posted by: SlaveDog at January 12, 2009 04:48 PM (H6Jyg)

13 Blago, Blago, hair on fire.
Harry, Harry black denier.

Posted by: SlaveDog at January 12, 2009 04:53 PM (H6Jyg)

14 Any self respecting Repub should be laughing his ass off.

Posted by: VP Joseph Biden at January 12, 2009 04:53 PM (NLtVk)

15 So it's Oak Street hair. Or is it just the pelt of an unfortunate enemy in Blago's past, worn Beauchamp-style?

...Blagosphere. Maybe that's a good name for his domical mane.

Posted by: George Orwell at January 12, 2009 04:54 PM (6uMRO)

I take no joy in our country seating a person who didn't have the decency to decline an appointment from a two bit impeached and indicted street thug.

Harry Reid and the democrats were right in trying to deny Burris even if it may have been for the wrong reasons.

Posted by: polynikes at January 12, 2009 04:56 PM (m2CN7)

This war is won.

Posted by: Harry Reid at January 12, 2009 04:59 PM (B+qrE)

18 This entire thing was nothing more then theatrics, they were always going to seat Burris. They just needed to make sure the people noticed all of the faux outrage to the appointment by a corrupt Governor from their own party. If they felt they could have gotten away without a little show then they would have.

Posted by: Drew in MO at January 12, 2009 05:00 PM (k7vT0)

19 I take no joy in our country seating a person who didn't have the decency to decline an appointment from a two bit impeached and indicted street thug.

Meh, a body that counts Ted Kennedy as a longtime and esteemed member can only be improved by the presence of an honest to goodness old school corrupt politician.

Posted by: DrewM. at January 12, 2009 05:02 PM (hlYel)

There once was a govn'r named Blago,

Whose hair appeared made out of legos.

He took one look at Reid,

In Reid's wheaties he peed,

While the bloggers said "Man, he's got juevos!"

Posted by: innominatus at January 12, 2009 05:03 PM (jH4Q1)

21 Well, the guy who cuts it is a gay Russian. There's always the chance that it's mink. Take one look at his wife and you know it isn't beaver...

Posted by: Fresh Air at January 12, 2009 05:03 PM (oSULw)

22 "Barring objections from Senate Republicans"

Yeah, Harry. Blame the Republicans, this is all their fault. What a great senate majority leader. Fucking idiot!

Posted by: GarandFan at January 12, 2009 05:09 PM (237hA)

23 a body that counts Ted Kennedy as a longtime and esteemed member can only be improved by the presence of an honest to goodness old school corrupt politician.

And he's done some actual work over the years, unlike certain other potential Senate appointees I could mention.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 12, 2009 05:09 PM (fGDhl)

24 As a lifetime Illinoisan, I am at least happy that I have a second senator now representing my interests in the Senate. Lord knows that the last guy was never there, and did a whole bunch of nothing when he did bother to show up.

Posted by: CUS at January 12, 2009 05:13 PM (wOGfT)

I take no joy in our country seating a person who didn't have the decency to decline an appointment from a two bit impeached and indicted street thug.

Like Burris is going to turn it down? It's not as if he has a lot of other political options- the guy has lost almost as many elections as Bob Shrum.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 12, 2009 05:13 PM (plsiE)

26 Well, the guy who cuts it is a gay Russian. There's always the chance that it's mink. Take one look at his wife and you know it isn't beaver...

I'm still trying to dissect that statement. To, if I may say so, split the beaver.

As it were.

Posted by: SlaveDog at January 12, 2009 05:16 PM (H6Jyg)

27 Haven't seen a collapse like this since the Panzers went around the Maginot Line in '40...

Posted by: NHGuy at January 12, 2009 05:16 PM (faJDZ)

Damn MSM- they cut out part of the article:

"Barring objections from Senate Republicans, we expect Senator-designee Burris to be sworn in and formally seated later this week," said a joint statement from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin.

Senate Republicans, all of whom were rendered unconcious from fits of uncontrollable laughter, were unable to comment.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 12, 2009 05:18 PM (plsiE)

The problem I have is that the objections to seating someone seems to be all relative. Our system should have something in place that will prevent this type of scenario in the future.

Like I said before, if Blago would have selected someone who was not as bland and uncontroversial (as far as the state of Illinois goes) as Burris the scenario be a lot different. What if he had appointed his wife? Jesse Jackson Jr. ? Would they still be arguing the law gave him the power to appoint? I'm sure some loophole would have been found.

Posted by: polynikes at January 12, 2009 05:28 PM (m2CN7)

All hail Blag the Impaler! Reid et al. will have sore sphincters for
a while.

Posted by: grzzly bare at January 12, 2009 05:29 PM (vzw1g)

Senate Republicans must have laughed themselves silly. Then stupified silence when the realization sets in... "We lost seats to these guys?

Posted by: innominatus at January 12, 2009 05:31 PM (jH4Q1)

Mincing, cringing, supine, cowardly, blustery, obnoxious, whinging, callow, noisome, scabrous, syphilitic, mendacious, spineless, chinless, gutless, eunuch Harry Reid.

Republicans should fillibuster everything with this guy in charge of the Senate.

Posted by: U.S.S. Yorktown at January 12, 2009 05:33 PM (5RlWq)

33 >>Our system should have something in place that will prevent this type of scenario in the future.<<

It's would be very difficult and time consuming to codify all things that are stupid.

(Note the clever use of italics and the little arrow thingies >><<.)

Posted by: SlaveDog at January 12, 2009 05:38 PM (H6Jyg)

It's would be very difficult and time consuming to codify all things that are stupid.

How about starting and ending with this one. Any governor arrested by the Federal government in agreement with the State goverment has his powers suspended pending a non conviction or a vote of 2/3 of the State Senate restoring his powers as Governor pending trial.

Posted by: polynikes at January 12, 2009 05:44 PM (m2CN7)

35 Greetings:

George Bernard Shaw is purported to have said, "if you can't keep your skeletons in the closet, make them dance. Who knew Governor Blagojevich was a GBS fan.

As to the scummy is as scummy does, it was just so typical of Senator Reid to be concerned about what the Senate Republicans might do.

Posted by: 11B40 at January 12, 2009 05:45 PM (fXS2B)

36 It's would be very difficult and time consuming to codify all things that are stupid.

That doesn't stop Arianna Huffington...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 12, 2009 05:46 PM (InMdt)

37 "if you can't keep your skeletons in the closet, make them dance...

Disco......

Disco Duck!

Posted by: Fresh Air at January 12, 2009 05:49 PM (oSULw)

Once all the blame for every fleck of corruption was placed on Blago"s head, Burris was in. The selling mantra now is Blago is to blame for all the corruption in IL.

We hope he has a lot to say, and begins squealing tomorrow.

Posted by: ford at January 12, 2009 05:51 PM (Ki7fm)

39 >>How about starting and ending with this one. Any governor arrested by the Federal government in agreement with the State goverment has his powers suspended pending a non conviction or a vote of 2/3 of the State Senate restoring his powers as Governor pending trial.<<

How about we don't rush out and try to change the Constitution every time it's politically inexpedient for one side or the other. Blagojevich hasn't been convicted of anything. He hasn't even been indicted.

It's pretty clear he's a crook and a scoundrel, but that was no big secret in Illinois. Now that he's political persona non grata, no one knows him or has ever had any meaningful contact with him and is shocked that he somehow managed to engage in so much corruption right under their noses.

The Arianna Huffington comment, however, was a point well taken.

Posted by: SlaveDog at January 12, 2009 06:00 PM (H6Jyg)

40
What happens in Chicago, goes to Washington.

Posted by: Dang at January 12, 2009 06:02 PM (Y5LIx)

41 At this moment, I hate to put it this way but Rod Blagojevich has shown the entire Senate what "effective leadership" means.

Posted by: mrkwong at January 12, 2009 06:03 PM (G8Eo0)

How about we don't rush out and try to change the Constitution every time it's politically inexpedient for one side or the other.

What makes you think the constituion has to be changed in order to prevent this from happening again? My suggestion thought up in the 10 seconds before I typed it may not be the best recommendation but I'm sure something besides a constitutional amendment is available.

Posted by: Pete Rose at January 12, 2009 06:17 PM (m2CN7)

43 "We lost seats to these guys?"

No. We lost to these guys.

NBC, MSNBC, CNN, CBS...

Posted by: Dang at January 12, 2009 06:17 PM (Y5LIx)

44 Well, Reid held out for a lot longer than I thought he would. Maybe he does have 1 ball.

Nah, probably just borrowed one from Hillary. And now she took it back.

Posted by: klrtz1 at January 12, 2009 06:22 PM (LuwZK)

#23 HeatherRadish:

That is part of the problem with Ted Kennedy - he did work in the Senate. He needed to prove he wasn't just a dilettente to his family, and through God's humorous side he became the one family member to have a sustained political career.

#41 mrkwong:

Well said. But then again, look at what he was up against.

Posted by: Mikey NTH at January 12, 2009 06:59 PM (TUWci)

A follow up to #45:

George W. Bush rolled these guys every time it came up to the war; the George W. Bush they claimed was an utter moron.

And that - by their own claims - makes Harry Reid what?

Posted by: Mikey NTH at January 12, 2009 07:02 PM (TUWci)

47 What a very tune.

Posted by: The Raving Theist at January 12, 2009 07:19 PM (6Op1t)

48 My only regret is I'm not black!
If I was, I would have appointed MYSELF!

BWA-HA-Ha-ha-ha-ha!!!

I shall now play a horror theme on my organ...

Posted by: Count Blago at January 12, 2009 07:44 PM (iafWn)

49 Dear Senator Burris

OK, you and Blago won, I have to swear you in. Please be ready at 10 PM tonight, I'll honk the horn twice and then you can come out and get in the car. Sorry I can't come in to meet your folks, it'll be late you know.

Posted by: Sen. Harry Reid at January 12, 2009 08:00 PM (miw86)

50 HAHAHA this is AWESOME. Blago just fucked Reid right in the ass. And I can't think of anybody who deserves it more. Blago is the gift that keeps on giving.

Posted by: ol-dirty-/b/tard at January 12, 2009 08:44 PM (Yf3BU)

51 Burris is not even a third-rate hack. He's not even good enough to be a congressman. He's a just an effing hack. Hell-he's not even qualified enough to be an alderman. You can thank O for dragging the corrupt, craven, Chicago machine onto the main stage. Is that really what our society aspires to? Fuck.

Posted by: ahem at January 12, 2009 08:58 PM (qR2CS)

52 50: I said it before, and I'll say it again - the country could do WAY worse than Blago for President.

As we're about to find out...

Posted by: CoolCzech at January 12, 2009 09:01 PM (iafWn)

53 51: Well, yeah, ahem... but what the fuck do you think Obama is?

Posted by: CoolCzech at January 12, 2009 09:01 PM (iafWn)

Burris is seated because Obama got on the phone with Dingy Harry and told him to seat him. John Kass of the Chicago Tribune reports:

"But today’s news is that Obama, often treated by the national media as the gentle Mr. Tumnus of American politics, got privately hardball with Reid over the Tombstone issue.

According a story in the Tribune by Rick Pearson and Mike Dorning, Obama didn’t want the Chicago Way on parade in Washington, less than two weeks before his inauguration, when he formally becomes the agent of the change we can believe in."

http://tinyurl.com/8tdec4

Posted by: jana at January 12, 2009 09:19 PM (vSRlG)

55 The USA has a greatly skilled work force: the Chicago political machine.

Send them to the middle east. The Taliban and Al Quaeda got no chance. They'll be wholly owned subsidiaries of Blago in about 6 weeks.

Posted by: Fred Z at January 12, 2009 09:38 PM (sDp/8)

56 will he shoot himself in the leg with his gun again?............Oh you said roland burris not plaxico burress i'am gonna go to bed now

Posted by: TheBrianKendrick at January 12, 2009 10:06 PM (dOIBU)

57 Hillary,

Get out of my room, you bitch

Posted by: Princess Caroline Kennedy at January 13, 2009 05:05 AM (miw86)

58 Tell how much Barackoids paid Blago for the media-politico frenzy, allowing the P-E to remain as ever "present" backstage, behind the scenes, behind the curtains, simultaneously untouchable and out of touch.

Posted by: maverick muse at January 13, 2009 07:23 AM (F1b/5)

Just Breaking!!

Dick Durbin has accepted contributions from this Blago pal road & tollway construction kingpin Dvorak.

Could he be the next Illinois pol to drop?

Posted by: Eric Dondero at January 13, 2009 09:16 AM (ny9Ng)

60 26: The American Beaver, Beavis Americanus, and particularly it's more aggressive variant, Beavis Americanus Baldus, is a particularly elusive creature. They must be coaxed with a peculiar type of bread (the green kind), all the while calling out the familiar call, "Here, Putty, Putty!" in an especially pleading tone of voice.

Why the fuck do ya think I got pissed Obama didn't want to pay out?

I shall now resume playing with my enormous organ...

Posted by: Count Blago at January 13, 2009 09:39 AM (2pdnu)

61 Harry shot his big mouth off and wound up hitting himself in the foot.

This is news, how?

Rod Blagojevich 1-Harry Reid 0
Rush Limbaugh 1-Harry Reid 0
George Bush 1-Harry Reid 0
David Petraus 1-Harry Reid 0
Dick Chenney 1-Harry Reid 0
Ace 1-Harry Reid 0

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at January 13, 2009 09:53 AM (1hM1d)

62 Rod Blagojevich 1-Harry Reid 0
Rush Limbaugh 1-Harry Reid 0
George Bush 1-Harry Reid 0
David Petraus 1-Harry Reid 0
Dick Chenney 1-Harry Reid 0
Ace 1-Harry Reid 0

BREAKING....
Harry Reid resigns from Senate to accept Detroit Lions head coaching job.

Posted by: kbdabear at January 13, 2009 03:03 PM (miw86)

63 Blago is every ball-scraping Chicago pol, a squid with the fangs of a tiger. He's what they make out there. And he's still the governor of Illinois, and there ain't shit Hopeless Harry can do about it. If he was less stupid than your average aardvark, he'd have ignored the issue of who Blago picks and focus on doing everything he could to present Blago's faux scalp to his new Chicago overlord. Instead, he looks like a blustering dicknose who just got summoned to the wouldshed by Daddy.

His ass works for Obama now, that's for sure.

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