Durbin: Burris Rejection 'Not About Race'

It has nothing to do with race, and yet they said NOT to appoint any black candidates, and even went so far as to suggest a couple of white candidates, but no black ones. Hmmmm..

LMAO yeah, Dickie "American Troops are Nazis, " Durbin,..... its not about race ha ha ha ha

Any time Dems can play the race card, they will.

Move over Putin, here comes Harry Reid. Fitzgerald needs to produce those tapes ASAP, so Americans can see who is a co-conspirator or not with Blago. Obviously, Reid's staff admitted to his guilt. Question is what was Harry's quid pro quo, just as what was Obama's quid pro quo for his selection? Answer number 1: a trillion dollar corruption package.
It is so unfortunate we elected these stupid people as the tapes will come out and Blago will have some of his own. It is great that Blago waited so long to blow the whistle on Harry Reid.

FYI EVERYBODY! Blago arrested 12/09, from 12/10 on, Pres Obama, Senator Durbin on down asked Blago not to appoint anyone! Wouldn't support pick, no matter who...tainted process now...no credibility. US seat cheapened and suspected for sale. This is ok????

George's Bottom Line...

The U.S. Senate should seat Roland Burris or the they will be so directed by the U.S. Supreme Court to do so upon appeal.

Gov. Blago is the most hated man in Illinois and will be the subject of a 200-300 page indictment with 20-30 federal charges by the U.S. Attorney.

Happy RICOYear.

Joe Lake, Chicago (Bucktown)

The only people who want this to be about race is the corrupt Governor Blago, bobby rush, the hypocrite ambition-hungry Roland burris.. who had calld the governor out 2 weeks ago on the allegations.. until the seat was offered to him.

As a chicagoan,Bobby Rush is a disgrace to the chicago community. This guy is crying out race.. where was he in the 2004 primary when Barack was the only african american on the ballot.. he supported his opponent Blair Hull. So Bobby Rush, spare me the fake outrage, and go home with your buddies Blago and Burris.

Not to mention the republicans are crying out racism too .. forget it repubs.. your pandering to the African Americans won't work. You will still only manage to get only 5% of the minority vote. As an african american, i would never vote for the party that was against the civil rights movement.. not even if you have a RNC chair named "black"wel. Oh and the GOP wonder boy.. bobby jindal.. he is a joke himself.. cant wait till he reuns for president.. and gets rejected by his own party let alone the american public.

Yo Mister Incredible, You and the rest of the Karl Rovians lost the election because of the completely illogical mush you're trying to peddle here. You have no facts, no logic, just nonsensical attacks.

"Harry Reid did what anyone would have done as majority leader in the Senate."

yeah, he went out of his way to make sure a black man doesn't get into the senate.

The only reason that, Will and the republican sentor on the show today want to delay the stimulous package is that the current ecomonic situation has had no effect on their standard of living. Harry Reed is a power monger. Why does he think that it's his (Harry Reed) decision to say who will speak for the people from the state of IL. Are the residents of the state of IL so stupid that only Harry Reed knows what's best? This is what's wrong with elected offficals today. This is why the country is in the condition it's in today.

There is nothing in the constitution that grants the Senate the power to determine whether its members were appointed in a "responsible" way. Reid and Durbin are attempting to add a qualification that does not exist in the constitution -- namely, "not being appointed by Rod Blagojevich." The ruling in Powell v. McCormack makes very clear that this is exactly the kind of additional qualification that Congress may not add.

For years I've considered the republicans evil, arrogant and self centered. Now I've coming to realize that part of their penchant to wromgness comes from the stupidity of the democrats. What a country, two parties, one evil and one dumb as dirt.

Harry Reid needs to go. He does not do Obama and the Democrats any favors.

I would hope that Obama and the adminstration does not intend to CREATE 600,000 new PERMANENT government jobs. This is not needed.

While Americans want quick action, we want it to be bipartisan, targeted and termporary. We all recongize we have enonormous challenges and would rather use the stimulas for more short term, termporary needs. Save our money for permanent changes that are longer lived and postivily impact the country. (health care, eduacation, etc.)

The FEDERAL debt must be brought under control. Too much debt has gotten indivivdual Americans into trouble and a HUGE national debt will do the same to our nation!

We have seen how messy the TARP program was with a rush to passage. The stimulas porcess musst be open, transparent. After all, Congress and Obama are spending OUR MONEY!

Maybe the rejection isn't about race, but the appointment sure was!

Did anyone see the photo of Blago, Obama, Ted Kennedy and their wives?

The old politicians of the Republicans and Democratic parties are a bunch of RACIST!!!

America, it is time to clean house!!!!

To those complaining about a black man not getting into the senate seat vacated by Pres Elect Obama: Wasn't Blago told not to nominate anyone because they would be tainted by his corruption scandal? This would make sense to me. Everyone would be asking "Did he get here on merit or did he...you know...;)". I'd rather have Blago and his LT removed and the third in line from the Governorship name an interim replacement to remove all doubt as to who was or wasn't involved, but that's just me.

Rolland Burris has been a mediocre politician of disposable value, but he
wasn't a dirt bag. But that is what he is now. In the words of the late Chicago Tribune columnist Mike Royco:
"If you lay down with a dog, you get up with fleas." And Rolland Burris is now
full of fleas, but he behaves like he
doesn't have any! But he definitely must go through a sanitizing process before he takes his senate seat - if ever.

Surely, this statement nowadays may offend the dog breeds more than it offends Roland Burris, but we now live in the 21st century where "links" matter. And, anybody who is in the same bag, on the same saddle, or on the passenger seat of a Governor arrested for corruption and is under impeachment and waiting for indictment and trial by the federal government, is of the same values and ideals of his host and his publicly discredited promoter.

Burris, for reasons unknown, decided to wade hand-in-hand with
Blagojevich in the governor's sordid world of corrupt politics. He, therefore, deserves equal values and as much respect as his mentor does - no more, and no less.
Nikos Retsos, retired professor, Illinois

I think the governor has the legal right to exercise the full privileges of the office until such time as impeachment proceedings begin. If that be true, then Reid may not like this appointment but there isn't a legal way he can block it. If he knows this, then all his bluster makes him look like an idiot. He should concentrate instead on the efforts by Senate Repubs to block Al Franken's seating in the Senate after the recount and certification by Minnesota on Monday. That, he has some authority in because he can force a change in rules prior to the new Congressional session with regards to a cloture vote majority. He needs to marginalize the minority party so we can get on to running this country without obstructionists like Mitch McConnell and John Cornyn meddling in the affairs of a decidedly progressive shift in direction that the country voted for.

Speaking of Durbin, Senate Democrats and Constitutional qualifications, seems there are more immediate issues than Burris, namely BHO himself (WHY NO MEDIA COVERAGE OF THIS?) --

MESSAGE TO EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS:

When counting the electoral votes, either Congress finds by 1/8/09 that Obama -- not being an Article II “natural born citizen” (father Kenyan/British, not American, citizen) -- fails to qualify as President whereupon Biden becomes the full fledged President under 3 USC 19 (free to pick his own VP such as Hillary) or thereafter defers to the Supreme Court to enjoin Obama’s inauguration with Biden becoming only Acting President under the 20th Amendment until a new President is duly determined.

The preferable choice, at least for the Democrats, would seem obvious.

How much did Burris pay for the Senate seat?

What is with the race card being played every day now???? Seriously, the only people THAT EVER bring up race are the dem's!!! Yet, THE RIGHT WINGERS are called racists. Even some people on the left are getting tired of it. Do you coward lib's think it will work forever. Keep using it. You're time will come to an end in 2010/12. You're unfit to run a gas station.

JMartin: How many deals did Pelosi,Reid and Dean promise the superdelegates if they would switch their vote to Obama and what about pay-offs. When you talk about Burris remember Obama wheeled and dealed with Acorn to make sure he won. Get a grip.

Nothing is more fun than exposing racist dems like Harry Reed. Blago is a genius.

Blago for President in 2012!! I'm starting to love this guy.

LongT: The appointment is not about race because Davis and Jones turned it down. Reid wanted Madigan or Duckworth to have that seat. What do you call that. Isn't Reid a racist? Get a grip. Burris is a good man without a scandal and never dealt with people like Obama that is close friends with the bomber Ayers. Before Obama makes comments he needs to clean out his own closet.