patterico.com - 2/16/2009
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This Chicago Sun Times headline says it all: Blago hit up Burris for cash .
Well, maybe not all . There’s a little more to it: Burris forgot to mention this when he was first questioned under oath about such solicitations:
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s brother solicited U.S. ...
blogs.suntimes.com - 2/15/2009
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Here's how the question and answer session went
when U.S. Sen. Roland Burris testified under oath before...
a House impeachment panel on Jan. 8. Burris changed his answer Feb. 5 in a quietly filed affidavit. In a statement to us, Burris said he wasn't ...
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Here's what Burris said. Was he forthcoming?
suntimes.com - 2/16/2009
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Now the question is: Whom will he keep?
The purge has begun. After promising to "fumigate" state...
government, Gov. Quinn has wasted no time ridding his administration of holdovers from former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's regime. Gone so far are former ...
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Quinn dumping Blagojevich's people :: CHICAGO ...
blogs.suntimes.com - 2/16/2009
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February 14, 2009 BY NATASHA KORECKI AND DAVE
MCKINNEY Chicago Sun-Times Staff Reporters State lawmakers are calling...
for a criminal investigation into whether U.S. Sen. Roland Burris committed perjury before a state impeachment panel, in the wake of a...
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Illinois lawmakers mull Burris perjury probe.
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Shocka! Blago Did Shake Burris Down For Cash Prior To Senate Appointment
Ace of Spades HQ —
... Sorry if this is old and has been posted but I've been away from this series of interconnected tubes for a bit (alas, not to Lebanon to drink with Christopher Hitchens) but this is just too much fun. It seems disgraced greatest ever Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich ( D - Never Mind Where I'm From, Just Give Me The Cash) did solicit money from now Senator Roland Burris ( D - Corruption Land). This little detail seemed to have slipped Burris' mind when he testified before the Illinois House impeachment panel. Former Gov. Rod Blagojevichs brother solicited U.S. Sen. Roland ...
Moved too fast on Burris?
Stubborn Facts —
... Chicago Sun-Times article disclosing the affidavit filing reports that Burris had previously denied having been approached by anybody from the "Blagojevich camp" regarding the Senate seat.
Burris continues to assert that he did not pay for the Senate seat, and there is at this point no evidence to directly contradict that assertion.
But it sure would have been nice if there hadn't been such a rush to seat him. The people of Illinois deserve better.
H/T: Patterico
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