Burris’ Blunders
Roland Burris’ blunders haven’t been as frequent as Rod Blagojevich’s but what he lacks in quantity, he makes up for in quality. As a conservative, I frequently delight myself in watching liberals make idiots of themseselves. Yesterday’s press conference was so painful that I stopped watching it after 15 minutes. Here’s what the Chicago Tribune wrote about it:
Sunday afternoon, Roland Burris told a roomful of Chicago reporters that his plainly inconsistent sworn statements about his dealings with cronies of a now-defrocked governor aren’t…inconsistent. We watched from a few feet away as the nervous senator sought refuge in Clintonian semantic distinctions: My first affidavit was limited to this, my sworn testimony was limited to that, and so on.
We hope the people of Illinois eventually learn all there is to know about Burris’ contacts with Rod Blagojevich’s associates before the governor appointed Burris to the Senate. Burris’ evolving discussion of those contacts raises more questions than it resolves.
Burris appears to be a typical Chicago politician. They think they can say anything and get away with it. They do things things that would almost make a Philadelphia politician blush.
At first, Sen. Burris appeared poised. That quickly disappeared as the media barrage began. At one point, Sen. Burris was asked a pointed question. That caused Burris’ attorney to say that the senator couldn’t take the question. When queried further, Burris’ attorney said “Because I said so.”
It was an inelegant moment to say the least.
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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
February 17th, 2009 at 4:49 am
Burris is a fool in the mold of politicians past.
He’s neither smart nor savy.
Black’s pick just keeps on giving.