Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is expected Tuesday to name former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris to the U.S. Senate, CNN affiliates the Chicago Tribune and WLS-TV reported, citing sources familiar with the decision.
www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/30/illinois.senate/index.html
UPDATE:
Quinn is calling for Blago's immediate removal. This state is a freak show.
Also, obviously Burris is insane or corrupt or senile (sorry, but it could be true). Otherwise why would he go along with this craziness?
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Wow. The set on that guy. He must need a wheelbarrow to haul them around.
He's not brave, he's delusional. I expect him to start growing out his hair and fingernails any day now.
Well thank god....I was going through psycho-Blago withdrawl until this.
And remember what Chicago Magazine reported back in February: "The governor's strange behavior has been fertile ground for local armchair psychologists. Last summer, the downstate newspaper the Peoria Journal Star declared that the governor was "going bonkers." Privately, a few people who know the governor describe him as a "sociopath," and they insist they're not using hyperbole. State representative Joe Lyons, a fellow Democrat from Chicago, told reporters that Blagojevich was a "madman" and "insane." "He shows absolutely no remorse," says Jack Franks, the Democratic state representative. "I don't think he gives a damn about anybody else's feelings. He tries to demonize people who disagree with him; he's got delusions of grandeur."
Sounds about right, eh?
Many years ago I worked with Roland Burris's daughter. She was incredibly nice, smart, and good at what she did. I have to think she is aghast at her father allowing himself to be dragged through the mud at the end of his long (and pretty mediocre) political career.
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