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blogs.tnr.com - 12/30/2008
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His extraordinary press conference this afternoon seems to reveal a plan to use the politics of race in his defense. "Don't lynch the appointor," he could be heard calling out to reporters after he left the podium. Bonus weirdness: An impassioned, racially-centered plea for the ...
blogs.telegraph.co.uk - 12/30/2008
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blogs.telegraph.co.uk —
Taking to the podium at the end of
a bizarre, shambolic press conference in which Governor Rod...
Blagojevich sought to appoint Roland Burris to the US Senate, Congressman Bobby Rush dared white Democratic senators to block a black man from joining their ...
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The race card is played: Don't "hang or lynch" the black ...
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/30/2008
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com —
The Senate Democratic leadership has now released a
statement on the impending appointment of Roland Burris to...
Barack Obama's Senate seat, expressing their very strong displeasure at the situation and making it clear that they will not accept his ...
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Senate Dems To Blago: Call Off The Appointment, We Will ...
huffingtonpost.com - 12/31/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
In a wild press conference where Gov. Rod
Blagojevich introduced Roland Burris as the Senate-appointee to replace...
Barack Obama, congressman Bobby Rush came to the lectern and firmly offered a racial basis for seeing through the appointment. Noting ...
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Rep. Rush: Don't "Hang Or Lynch" Burris Because Of ...
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Video: The surreal, race-baiting Blagojevich press conference
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... himself rather than resign now and let the lieutenant governor make the appointment. I’m giving you four and a half minutes of lowlights, but if you can’t spare the time, skip ahead to 3:25 and watch Rep. Bobby Rush — a former Black Panther and the only person to defeat Barack Obama in an election — stoop to some of the most exquisite race-baiting you’ll ever see. I don’t want to spoil the surprise, but the word lynch makes a cameo. Or rather, its first cameo; a second followed shortly thereafter . Below that you’ll find Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn responding to Blago by tearing him ...
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