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IL Rep. Bobby Rush Plays the Race Card on Blago's Burris Selection (video)
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h/t Drudge: Congressman Bobby Rush: 'This is a matter of national importance. There are no African Americans in the Senate, and I don't think that ...
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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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politico.com - 12/30/2008
Bobby Rush: Don't "hang or lynch" Burris
— politico.com — 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 ... (more) Bobby Rush: Don't "hang or lynch" Burris

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Rep. Rush does quick turnaround on seat
suntimes.com - 12/31/2008
Rep. Rush does quick turnaround on seat
— suntimes.com — 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. (more) Rep. Rush does quick turnaround on seat

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Pat Dollard | Young Americans:  Rep. Rush: Don’t Lynch This “Black” Guy Blago Named To The “Black” Prez’s Senate Seat - w/Video

Sister Toldjah:  As expected, Rep. Rush plays the race card

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Rep. Rush: Don’t Lynch This “Black” Guy Blago Named To The “Black” Prez’s Senate Seat - w/Video
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — FOX: Rep. Rush Invokes Race in Defending Blagojevich Senate Appointment Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., is urging Senate leaders not to block the appointment of Roland Burris, pointing out that he would be the only black man in the chamber. WASHINGTON — A House Democrat is daring Senate leaders to block a black man from taking President-elect Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat. Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois points out that Roland Burris would be the only black man in a chamber populated overwhelmingly by white senators. Senate Democratic leaders earlier Tuesday added an explicit note of support for ...

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 “not to hang or lynch the appointee as you try to castigate the appointer” and, after saying repeaedly that Burris would be the only African-American in the Senate, said that he believed no senator would want “to go on record to deny one African-American from being seated in the US Senate”. Rush is a former Black ...

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The race card in Illinois
politico.com 12/31/2008 — Rod Blagojevich's political play here is, as I noted earlier, in part about race, and about building support for his survival among black Illinoisans. And Rep. Bobby Rush, at the press conference made the case bluntly, and in the most charged ...
Rep. Rush: Don't "Hang Or Lynch" Burris Because Of Blagojevich
huffingtonpost.com 12/31/2008 — 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 ...
THE CBS FOLKS SEND THIS TRANSCRIPT of Bobby Rush on The Early Show, discussing Blagojevich’s appoint…
pajamasmedia.com 12/31/2008 — THE CBS FOLKS SEND THIS TRANSCRIPT of Bobby Rush on The Early Show, discussing Blagojevich’s appointment of Roland Burris to fill Barack Obama’s seat. MAGGIE RODRIGUEZ, co-host: We’re joined now also from Chicago by Congressman ...
Election Central Morning Roundup
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/31/2008 — Bobby Rush: We Have Three Hispanic Senators, Two Asians, 11 Women, But No African-Americans In an appearance last night on Larry King Live , Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) kept up his racial rhetoric in backing the Senate appointment of Roland Burris, ...
Senate showdown: 'Race card' playing?
swamppolitics.com 12/31/2008 — by Mark Silva There's no talking about the political and possibly legal showdown between Roland Burris and the Senate's Democratic leaders looming in Congress next week without talking about "the race card.'' "There are no African-Americans ...
Bobby Rush, Not Done Yet
motherjones.com 12/31/2008 — Obama's intervention in the Roland Burris situation has assured that any further demagoguing Bobby Rush does on Burris' behalf will only serve to make him look more ridiculous. And it appears Rush is up to the job. Here he is on TV this morning ...
When Al Sharpton Calls You Cynical...
blogs.tnr.com 12/31/2008 — It's time for some self-reflection. Here's Sharpton, from a WaPo piece about Obama's ties to Blago, Burris, and Bobby Rush--the Dream Team from yesterday's press conference: "I think that Governor Blagojevich is trying to save himself and ...
Full-Court Rush On Reid
hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com 1/2/2009 — 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 ...
Bobby Rush: Senators Blocking Burris from Senate Would Be Like Bull Connor and Other Infamous Racists of Yore
blogs.abcnews.com 1/2/2009 — 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 ...
Democrats may block Burris from seat — physically
hotair.com 1/5/2009 — Let’s hope so , if only for the comedy gold of Bobby Rush accusing Harry Reid afterwards of standing in the schoolhouse door. [...] Read the rest »
Thank God? — ArchPundit
Bobby Rush thanks God for the appointment. LOL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFFJwwQx5Z0 And one more time Bobby Rush gets to stick it to Obama. It’s hard to tell if the appeal to God or just the over the top race-baiting was worse–though as with many things, why ...
Bobby Rush And The Bottom Line — Daily Kos
While there has been no shortage of eye-rolling moments since Rod Blagojevich named Roland Burris to replace President-elect Obama in the U.S. Senate, there's no question that it has been the statements from Bobby Rush that have truly taken the cake. From his initial warning about a "lynching," ...
Blair Hull: The Real Black Man — ArchPundit
Progress Illinois passes along Ta-Nehisi Coates take on Rush’s giving the race card a bad name routine. This is a sickening display–especially Bobby Rush’s invocation of God. Rush\Blago\Burris’s race argument is rather incredible. I’ve been thinking about this ...
The Blagojevich-Burris-Rush Follies — Daily Kos
As the Blagojevich/Burris/Rush psychodrama continues to unfold, it seems that a contest is developing over who can make the most absurd, the most delusional, and the most self-serving remarks in this political soap opera. In the delusional category we have Blagojevich: ...weighing the option ...
More on Burris — Matthew Yglesias
Jack Balkin and Mark Tushnet argue that the Senate can, in fact, refuse to seat Roland Burris. Meanwhile, since I don’t think I’ve said this before, we should all be clear that Burris and Bobby Rush are really behaving in an irresponsible manner here. It would have been the ...
Daily Dolt: Bobby Rush — ArchPundit
What a jackass: 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 ...
Rush invokes George Wallace, Bull Connor, Little Rock and a schoolhouse door — Ben Smith's Blog
If his reference to "lynching" yesterday wasn't blatant enough, Rep. Bobby Rush made his argument abundantly clear this morning on CBS's "The Early Show:" "You know, the recent history of our nation has shown us that sometimes there could be individuals and there could ...
Bobby Rush's Reversal: Congressman Had Called Blagojevich's Conduct 'Heinous,' Said He Should Not Appoint Senator — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
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. But that all changed Tuesday with Blagojevich's appointment of Roland Burris -- a move designed to win over the ...
Bobby Rush's Reversal: Congressman Had Called Blagojevich's Conduct 'Heinous,' Said He Should Not Appoint Senator — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
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. But that all changed Tuesday with Blagojevich's appointment of Roland Burris -- a move designed to win over the ...
Rush: Blocking Burris Like Blocking Desegregation — News
Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) on Wednesday again warned senators seeking to block the Senate appointment of Roland Burris, saying that such a move would be like blocking black children from attending desegregated schools. Rush, on CBS's "Early Show," dismissed suggestions that Burris shouldn't be ...
Annals of the Chicago Grease Machine - I — Daily Pundit
Instapundit » Blog Archive » THE CBS FOLKS SEND THIS TRANSCRIPT of Bobby Rush on The Early Show, discussing Blagojevich’s appoint… Rep. RUSH: Well, you know, he has the constitutional responsibility as governor of the state of Illinois to appoint. The General Assembly met a week or so ago, ...
Bobby Rush: We Have Three Hispanic Senators, Two Asians, 11 Women, But No African-Americans — Talking Points Memo
Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) went on Larry King last night and reiterated that the fate of African-Americans and race relations in America is dependent on the appointment of the heretofore unknown Roland Burris to the U.S. Senate. That and the day's other political news in the TPM Election Central ...
Bobby Rush Blasts The Bull Connor Democrats — NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias
Ain't this post-racial period great? Here we have one of the more famous members of the Black Congressional Caucus accusing Senate Democrats of threatening to act like Orville Faubus, George Wallace and perhaps the most iconic of segregationists, Bull Connor. Bobby Rush, the former Black ...
Rod Blagojevich and Bobby Rush Play a Race Card — Politics Daily
In terms of political cynicism, Rod Blagojevich's appointment of Roland Burris ranks at the very top of this year's list. In fact, the brazen game of chicken that Blago has waged on his fellow Democrats, far outdoes the transparent calculus exhibited by John McCain when he picked Sarah Palin as ...
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, ...
Remainders: Bobby Rush — Ben Smith's Blog
(AP) Arabs sour on Obama. Bon Jovi fundraises for Hillary. Wonkette explores Roland Burris's naming and funereal quirks. The Washington Post looks at Duncan's Chicago schools. Cynthia McKinney encounters the Israeli navy. Palin is invited to CPAC. But may play better in People. ...
Don’t Hang or Lynch Roland Burris for Obama’s Senate Seat, BRO - Rep. Bobby Rush — FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
Link: Don’t ‘Hang Or Lynch’ Him: Dem. Congressman Makes Plea To Keep African-American Appointment Hot Rod Blagojevich is cagey like a fox in appointing former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris who is African American to Barack Obama’s open U.S. Senate seat. A House ...
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 ...
Schakowsky: Rush added racial tone (Politico) — Yahoo! News: Politics News
Politico - Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky said Tuesday that fellow Illinois Democratic Rep. Bobby Rush introduced an “unfortunate” racial tone to the debate over Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s pick of former state Attorney General Roland ...