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Rep. Rush does quick turnaround on seat
suntimes.com - 12/31/2008
Rep. Rush does quick turnaround on seat
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Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) on Dec. 9 said Gov. Blagojevich's alleged conduct was so "heinous" that the governor should not fill President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat.
chicagobreakingnews.com - 1/1/2009
Burris goes to court for Senate seat
— chicagobreakingnews.com — Democrat Roland Burris went to the Illinois Supreme Court today to fight to be seated in the... U.S. Senate. Burris, appointed by disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday to the seat once held by President-elect Barack Obama, asked the justices to force ... (more) Burris goes to court for Senate seat

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ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com - 12/31/2008
Bobby Rush on CNN
— ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com — Here's Rush arguing for the importance of a black senator. To which I respond-- Nigga, please!! I... don't know if I've shifted politically or what. But after watching a black man named Barack Obama-- who couldn't get into the Democratic convention ... (more) Bobby Rush on CNN

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chicagobreakingnews.com - 12/31/2008
Bobby Rush warns Democratic senators
— chicagobreakingnews.com — A day after making racially charged remarks warning critics of Roland Burris's appointment to the U.S. Senate... to "not hang or lynch the appointee as you try to castigate" disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich, U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush said today that senators ... (more) Bobby Rush warns Democratic senators

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Political Punch:  Bobby Rush: Senators Blocking Burris from Senate Would Be Like Bull Connor and Other Infamous Racists of Yore

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Bobby Rush: Senators Blocking Burris from Senate Would Be Like Bull Connor and Other Infamous Racists of Yore
Political Punch — ... Bobby Rush: Senators Blocking Burris from Senate Would Be Like Bull Connor and Other Infamous Racists of Yore December 31, 2008 11:04 AM Count Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., as one supporting Gov. Rod Blagojevich's appointment of former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris to the U.S. Senate."My prayers have been answered, because I prayed fervidly that the governor would ... appoint an African American," said Rush, per the Chicago Sun-Times . "We need to have not just one African American in the U.S. Senate. We need to have many African Americans in the U.S. Senate.""Let me just ...

Race-baiting hypocrite: Blocking Burris would put Reid in same position as George Wallace
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... in the Senate primary four years ago over his old nemesis, Barack Obama. He called Blago’s actions “heinous” earlier this month, too, and agreed with Democratic consensus that he shouldn’t make the appointment before instantly reversing himself yesterday in the interests of racial solidarity. Obama has political capital to spare and multiple reasons here to spend it — tactically, to give Senate Democrats cover and burnish his credentials as the post-racial president, and personally, given his long rivalry with Rush. He should step up and lay this turd out. He’d have ...

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