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huffingtonpost.com - 12/31/2008
Rep. Rush: Don't "Hang Or Lynch" Burris Because Of Blagojevich
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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 that without Obama there would be no ...
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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blogs.telegraph.co.uk - 12/30/2008
The race card is played: Don't "hang or lynch" the black man chosen by Rod Blagojevich :: Toby ...
— 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 ... (more) The race card is played: Don't "hang or lynch" the black ...

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politicalwire.com - 12/31/2008
Blago's Hail Mary Pass
— politicalwire.com — Dan Conley, a former speechwriter for Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and a keen observer of Illinois... politics, offers his take on today's attempt by Gov. Rod Blagojevich to appoint a new senator. The selection of former Illinois Attorney General ... (more) Blago's Hail Mary Pass

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Hotline On Call Part Deux:  Full-Court Rush On Reid

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Think Progress:  Bobby Rush: Refusal to seat Burris just like ‘dogs being sicced on children in Birmingham.’

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Full-Court Rush On Reid
Hotline On Call Part Deux — Appearing on CBS's "Early Show" this morning, Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) elaborated on his controversial "hang or lynch" remark: "The recent history of our nation has shown us that sometimes there could be individuals and there could be situations where school children--where you have officials standing in the doorway of school children. You know, I'm talking about all of us back in 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas. I'm talking about George Wallace, Bull Connors and I'm sure that the US Senate don't want to see themselves placed in the same ...

The Blag Panther Party
d r i f t g l a s s — ... it into the face of every Democrat in the U.S. Senate, a palm heel strike to the tip of the nose, leaving all of them watery-eyed, their lips stinging. Yet that's what Blagojevich—aided by former Black Panther-turned-Daley-machine-functionary Bobby Rush—did at that stupendous news conference in Chicago on Tuesday. That's when the governor appointed Democratic empty suit Roland Burris, an African-American, to fill the Senate seat vacated by Obama. ... From HuffPo: "I would ask you the not hang or lynch the appointee as you ...

Bobby Rush: Refusal to seat Burris just like ‘dogs being sicced on children in Birmingham.’
Think Progress — ... and warned Senate Democrats not to “hang or lynch” Burris. Tonight on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” Rush went further, comparing the Senate’s refusal to seat Burris yesterday to one of the most violent chapters of the civil rights movement: ...

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Bobby Rush: Don't "hang or lynch" Burris
politico.com 12/30/2008 — In one of the most surreal press conferences of a year festooned with them, Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) more or less dared any Democrat to oppose  Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojovich's appointment of Roland Burris to replace Barack Obama in the Senate. A passionate Rush, appearing besides the ...
Obama Defuses a Racial Bomb Ignited by Bobby Rush — MoJo Blog Posts: mojo
It was supposed to be just another absurd day in the absurd life of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Then Bobby Rush showed up. Blagojevich held a mid-afternoon press conference Tuesday to name former Illinois Comptroller and Attorney General Roland Burris to Illinois' vacant Senate seat, ...
As expected, Rep. Rush plays the race card — Sister Toldjah
Here we go : 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 ranks. He urged people ...
Blago and Circuses — Talking Points Memo
Another memorable press conference in Chicago. Rod Blagojevich announced he was appointing a beaming Roland Burris to Obama's vacant Senate seat, and Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) made a cameo appearance heavily laced with references to race. Video soon.
Rep. Rush: Don't "Hang Or Lynch" Burris Because Of Blagojevich — Politics on 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 that without Obama there would be no ...
Rush says Senate Dems risk following in Bull Connor's footsteps — CNN Political Ticker
Rush spoke at Blagojevich’s press conference revealing the Burris pick. (CNN) — A day after warning critics of Roland Burris’s Senate appointment not to “hang or lynch” the former Illinois attorney general, Chicago congressman Bobby Rush said ...