archpundit.com - 2/18/2009
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We are not hearing that I should resign. Quite to the contrary, we keep hearing from people all over this nation, all over this state that say, “Roland, you cannot step down You are the best thing to happen to Illinois and the US Senate ever.” We are committed to doing ...
newsblogs.chicagotribune.com - 2/18/2009
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newsblogs.chicagotribune.com —
The benefit of the doubt had already been
stretched thin and taut by the time Roland Burris...
offered his third version of the events leading to his appointment to the U.S. Senate. It finally snapped like a rubber band, popping him on that long ...
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Roland Burris, resign | Vox Pop
chicagotribune.com - 2/18/2009
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chicagotribune.com —
Sen. Roland "Tombstone" Burris (D-Lying Weasel) hatches his
lies by the minute; they bubble out of his...
mouth like insect larvae from the mud. Once their wings are dry, they launch from our senator's lips and buzz. Yet with all the buzzing, let's ...
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Blame for Burris mess isn't Blagojevich's alone -
thehill.com - 2/18/2009
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thehill.com —
Rep. Phil Hare (D-Ill.) has called on embattled
Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) to resign, becoming the first...
member of Congress to call on the appointee to give up his seat. "I believe it is in the best interest of all Illinoisans that Sen. Burris ...
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Rep. Hare calls for Burris to resign
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Burris Defiant as Calls for Resignation Mount
The Caucus —
... , blogging at Illinoize, writes that even if Mr. Burris did not commit perjury, he left out relevant details of his dealings with Mr. Blagojevich’s aides. “It was a test of Burris’ honesty and willingness to lay out all the facts as he knew them. This was a test that Burris failed.” Archpundit , a liberal, Missouri-based blogger on Illinois politics, gives Mr. Burris the benefit of the doubt (sort of), speculating that maybe at 71, he is “a bit senile.” Archpundit also considers ways to drive him out of office: “Maybe a united front from Harry Reid and the US Senate leadership ...
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Blago Asked Burris for $$
patterico.com 2/16/2009 — This Chicago Sun Times headline says it all: Blago hit up Burris for cash .
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dailykos.com 2/18/2009 — Another bad day for the unlikely Senator from Illinois: Illinois Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan led a growing chorus of Democratic officials Monday calling for a deeper investigation of U.S. Sen. Roland Burris' explanation about how he was appointed by ...
Be Not Afraid, Rod
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 3/30/2009 —
Damon Linker responds to Dreher's latest. I've found the debate helpful, because Rod is nothing if not honest. His resistance to civil equality for homosexuals is built on two core arguments. The first is the inerrancy of the Bible for most ...
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