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Roland Burris's Monument to Me
Roland Burris's Monument to Me
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Aides: Democrats have plan if Burris shows up
Aides: Democrats have plan if Burris shows up
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — Senate Democrats will not allow Burris on the Senate Floor if he shows up next week. (CNN)... — Senate Democratic leaders think Roland Burris, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's pick to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat, ... (more) Aides: Democrats have plan if Burris shows up
Democratic circus deserves Burris | Change of Subject
blogs.chicagotribune.com — Roland Burris is a disagreeable mediocrity as a politician. Voters have rightly rejected him numerous times in... his bids for higher office—governor, U.S. senator, mayor of Chicago—because he's at least six parts ego to one part performance, a ... (more) Democratic circus deserves Burris | Change of Subject
Blagojevich v. The Senate: Going To The Mat
swampland.blogs.time.com — Get ready for the standoff of Roland Burris to get even weirder, as Senate Democrats map out... their options for dealing with disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's pick to replace Barack Obama. Suffice it to say that none of them is pretty.  ... (more) Blagojevich v. The Senate: Going To The Mat
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Blagojevich's Roland Burris Built Cemetery Monument for Himself
Talking Points Memo — ... Senator-designate Roland Burris already has a lavish -- and expensive! -- cemetery plot/temple constructed for him and his wife under the seal of the state of Illinois listing his many marvelous accomplishments. ...

Roland Burris’s monument to himself.
Think Progress — ... to fill President-elect Obama’s Senate seat, has already erected his “future grave” in a Chicago cemetery. The grave “lists his accomplishments” and leaves “plenty of room above the bench to mention his career in the Senate”: ...

Planning ahead
Betsy's Page — Roland Burris, Governor Blagojevich's appointee to the Senate is all ready for eternity. He has prepared a grave already for his earthly remains listing his accomplishments. As Politico notes , there is room for Senator to be chiseled on his enormous monument to himself. ...

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The Hollywood Liberal — ... to fill President-elect Obama’s Senate seat, has already erected his “ future grave ” in a Chicago cemetery. The grave “lists his accomplishments” and leaves “plenty of room above the bench to mention his career in the Senate”: 081230_burris1_oconnor.jpg This entry was posted on Thursday, January 1st, 2009 at 5:32 am and is filed under ...

Democrats may block Burris from seat — physically
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... to accept, declaring tactfully that, ahem, “Roland was a bit braver than I am.” Such is Burris’s “bravery” that he’s now prepared to endure a court battle if need be, just to put an extra line on that mausoleum wall . “[H]e’s at least six parts ego to one part performance,” said one ...

Bungling The Burris -- Verse-Case Scenario by Tony Peyser
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... convincing; shouldn't Senator Reid be a bit Less angry with Burris & much more at that Traitor from Connecticut? Roland Burris Update In this chess game, he thinks he's the King Full of might and brawn The Lord didn't call him, Blago did, which That would be Makes him just a pawn. . Whatever the final outcome winds up to be Roland will feel gypped Because there isn't going to be anything good To chisel on his crypt. . ...

If Roland Burris Was Rolanda Burris
Tennessee Guerilla Women — ... Roland Burris is not so bright largely because the size of his ego is ludicrous. The man built a monument to himself, for gawd's sake! He named his children Roland, Jr. and Rolanda!! And good luck finding ...

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Roland Burris, the man Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich picked to succeed Barack Obama in the Senate, might get to etch another accolade into the monument he built for himself if this appointment goes through. You see, Burris has already charted his esteemed career path on the walls of his ...