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Published 12/31/2008 at CNN.com - Politics
Anyone who doubts Roland Burris' qualifications to serve as the next senator from Illinois may want to head to Chicago's Oak Woods Cemetery.
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Some thoughts on Blago and Burris
ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com 12/31/2008 — This is a sickening display--especially Bobby Rush's invocation of God. Rush\Blago\Burris's race argument is rather incredible. I've been thinking about this for awhile as a political move. It strikes as a kind of suicide bomb. Blago is going ...
ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com 12/31/2008 — This is a sickening display--especially Bobby Rush's invocation of God. Rush\Blago\Burris's race argument is rather incredible. I've been thinking about this for awhile as a political move. It strikes as a kind of suicide bomb. Blago is going ...
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