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Illinois politics - the gift that keeps on giving

Ta-nehisi Coates at The Atlantic links to a couple of folks making damn fine points about the highly bogus U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush and Roland Burris. They’re the duo — assisted by Gov. Rod Blagojevich — playing the race card in their attempt to get Burris the Illinois Senate seat.

Says one:

“Blagojevich has virtually no capital to spare and Rush won’t win any points even if he did manage to cram Burris into Obama’s seat. And his explicit appeal: ‘There are no African Americans in the Senate’ is possibly the most politically tone-deaf moment since, well, last week or so. That argument might’ve carried (limited) weight on November 3rd. At this point the logical rejoinder is ‘And there are no white people in the Oval Office.’”

The second blogger points out that in 2004, Rush chaired the campaign of Blair Hull, a white millionaire who spent $30 million running against two black candidates for the very Senate seat now at stake. One of those candidates was Joyce Washington, the second was some guy named Barack Obama. Hull lost that primary race, which raises a question:

“Rush went so far as to compare Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to former Alabama Gov. George Wallace, who in 1963 stood in the doorway of a University of Alabama school building to block two black students from entering. Reid and Senate Democrats pledged to refuse any appointee sent by Blagojevich, even Burris, who would be the chamber’s only black member…. If sending a black senator to Washington is so important now, why didn’t Rush support a black candidate four years ago?

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By AJC/DNC Management

January 3, 2009 7:59 AM | Link to this

You live by the race card, you die by the race card.

And we get good photographs of Hairy Reed and the white Senate kkkoalition stomping the guts out of some poor old black dude.

Could someone remind me why I’m supposed to be outraged?

By Redneck Convert

January 3, 2009 8:16 AM | Link to this

Well, I hope the guy that filled the womans handbag up with wet cow doo and left it on the counter is happy. All I wanted to do is reach inside to see who it belonged to. Before I knowed it my wrist watch was ruint and my arm still smells like a barn.

It looks like Those People in Ill. won’t stop till they get another one of Those People in the Senate. This Ill. governor ain’t content with selling appointments, no, he’s got to put one of Those People in the Senate and dare anybody to stop him. Now this Democrat crook Reid got to make a choice, either back down or turn off about 30 million of Those People that want to be in the Senate as well as the White House.

And most worst of all, it looks like the librul Democrats are going to steal a Senate seat in MN.

I don’t mind taking a good butt-whomping once in a while, but these libruls are pouring it on. Before you know it the only Republicans in office will be Southren. The only good thing about this Burriss that I can find is he kept trying to convict this guy that said he didn’t do it and everybody else said he didn’t do it neither, including the courts. At least he’s in favor of the Death Penalty.

It’s just not a good time to be a godly Republican. Or a Libraritarian neither. Have a good day everybody.

By AJC/DNC Management

January 3, 2009 8:27 AM | Link to this

I heard that the most effective means of controlling a marauding 71 year old black male is with a head butt.

But the head butter has to have something inside of his head to give the blow some weight, so Hairy Reed won’t be able to do the honors.

How about Jim Webb? Let him pop grandpa a good one, besides he ain’t done nothing for you liberals the last two years.

You may as well get something out of him.

By catlady

January 3, 2009 8:38 AM | Link to this

Burris should have turned down the “honor”. That would have gone a long way to prove his honor. Right now Blogo has the reverse Midas touch: everything he touches turns to sh**.

By catlady

January 3, 2009 8:56 AM | Link to this

Ya gotta sorta admire Blogo, however. He chose the one person he figured would fill the seat (due to the race card if nothing else) so he could have satisfaction in the end that, “By God, I was Governor and I could name anyone I pleased and NO ONE could do a thing about it! Even if I don’t get any money out of it.”

Sad commentary about race and guilt politics in our country.

By Msjournalist

January 3, 2009 9:06 AM | Link to this

For more on the Blagojevich scandal please visit www.blagojustice.com

By Msjournalist

January 3, 2009 9:06 AM | Link to this

For more on the Blagojevich scandal please visit www.blagojustice.com

By Bud Wiser

January 3, 2009 9:10 AM | Link to this

Kind of reminds me of George Wallace standing at the doorsteps of the University of Alabama (which, BTW, got their arses handed to them by Utah last nigt in the Sugar Bowl - OVERRATED) to keep Vivian Malone and James Hood, two blacks, from entering his cherished state school.

Remember Wallace? A Democrat.

Let us also remember the Civil Rights Act of 1964, signed into law by Lyndon Johnson, a Democrat, who was rumored to have said after signing it, “We have lost the South for a generation.”

Primary politicians from that era that either tried to bottle up the legislation in committee, filibuster, or block it outright were:

Howard W. Smith, a Democrat from Virginia;

James O. Eastland, Democrat from Mississippi;

Richard Russell, Democrat from Georgia

Senator Robert Byrd, Democrat (and former KKK member) from West Virginia

Do I sense a pattern here?

The government has spent trillions of dollars, about 3 to be close, since Johnson’s Great Society, and what has the black community reaped since then in improvement? More slums. More slumlords. More drugs, gang violence, prison time, etc, etc, the list goes on and on.

But they still vote en masse for Democrats. Why? Are they waiting for the new Great Fruition expected under Obama? Is history no longer going to repeat itself over and over again, generation by generation, and suddenly blossom into Utopia?

We have all read the definition of insanity, as quoted by Albert Einstein: “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. How does this relate to the poor and disadvantaged? Are they insane, or just unlucky?

I suspect a bit of both. Continually voting as a virtual whole for a party that promises everything and delivers nothing is not very bright; in fact, it borders on self-enslavement. I can think of no other term to describe it as effectively, so there it is.

There will always be the Al Sharpton’s, the Jesse Jackson’s, the Bobby Rush’s of the world who will exploit their own people for political gain. Hell, that’s been going on as well forever in the white community here for centuries as well, so why should they be exempt?

How Harry Reid and the other Democrats react will tell a lot about their leadership, and the sideways view they give their ‘people’. As was posted just above:

By AJC/DNC Management

January 3, 2009 7:59 AM | Link to this

You live by the race card, you die by the race card.

By AJC/DNC Management

January 3, 2009 9:11 AM | Link to this

Barack Obama has said he doesn’t believe Burris should be seated. “The President-elect agrees with Senate Democrats who say that this whole process is corrupt,” Stephanopoulos said.-ABC

I get it, thee Oblahmasan hangs out for nearly a quarter of a century with all these hacks and criminals, kkkordinating with them, kkkampaigning for them, picking and kkkhoosing his White House staff from them, listening to their sermons, but yet, he knows none of them, hasn’t a clue as to what they do behind closed doors, why, he’s just an innocent babe of the woods, yes indeed.

So, our choices, is Oblahmi a crook or is he like totally naive?

I’ll hang up and wait for your answers.

ew

By Carbon Dates

January 3, 2009 9:34 AM | Link to this

Today’s topic is what I like to call Political Poupourri, or MaoMao, as they call it in China. Blago/Burris/Reid. The story puts you to sleep. The spins put you to sleep. The points the bloggers make are mundane and vaguely phrased. The black appontee is a smoke screen. Blago tried to sell a senate seat in the open with everybody watching and knowing.

The implications of that are meaty. The secondary story about a black appointee is a red herring and even Reid’s objection plays into the diversion.

Blago tried to sell a senate seat, and he’s not stepping down because he knows too much about the who’s who of selling senate seats and other political corruptions so vile and rampant that voters would react violently if they knew the facts.

When this all comes out, it will make Watergate look like a minor break-in at an obscure office park in DC, with the president conspiring to violate our constitution in a cover-up web that stretched from the Justice Dept to the State Dept. including the FBI and the CIA and the guys what kilt kennedy…..

Falcons play the wildcard card w/the Cards today.

By gttim

January 3, 2009 9:42 AM | Link to this

All the racists on this blog who attempt to deny their own racism and place it on the Democratic Party, mixed in with vile racist rants are hilarious. I assume these people are not only racist, but they are not very smart. Very entertaining in a FreeRepublic “I feel like I need a bath after reading it” way.

Now you boys should head back to FreeRepublic, so you can get back to your people who hate “Those People.” And everybody who wants to see the current face of the GOP, head over to FreeRepublic.

By The Corporal

January 3, 2009 9:47 AM | Link to this

Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.

Mark Twain

We have the best Congress money can buy.

Will Rogers

By The Corporal

January 3, 2009 9:56 AM | Link to this

To gttim

Please provide a defintion for:

racist

bigot

discriminatory

prejudiced

insensitive

……. and then use each word in a correct sentence as it applies to race relations in the United States today.

After your assignment is complete, you may leave class.

By AmVet

January 3, 2009 9:57 AM | Link to this

Happy 2009 all!

It simply has to be better than 2008, or 7, or 6…

In a scant 17 days the bloodthirsty thugs at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue get to go screw up something besides the free world.

Yep, a helluva Go to Hell Party coming on January 20, neo-cons. All over this great land, I would imagine. Enjoy! You’ve earned it.

I see where Sister Sarah has released a calendar! But to my chagrin, it is absolutely the WRONG kind for her. As those camera angles at the VP debate showed, her posterior was her best side.

Oh well, I’m sure her fellow trailer trash will snarf it up and dream their ludicrous dreams that one day the woman will not look like a blithering fool on the national stage.

And what to make of these GOP cutters and runners skedaddling out of town with their tails between their legs on the above mentioned date? Can you spell humiliation? Get use to it, losers. LOTS more to come.

Speaking of gutless, Fat & Lazy Fred wants to rent out his luxury condo overlooking the parade route. Maybe with the extra money, he’ll be able to run a decent campaign someday. Nahhh.

And what are the odds that the RepubliCons will have a near fatal split between these scummish Dixie Crackers/talk radio idiots and the rest of the more rational elements (there still are some, right?) in that abortion of a party in 09? With the remaining dipsticks they still have in office, very high I would think.

Someone let me know how William O’Lielly handles the announcement when his good pal Al Franken is certified as the winner of that senate race. Gawd, that should be hysterical…

Some recent noteworthy finals:

Utah 31 - Alabama 17 (SEC football???)

USC 38 - Penn St. 24 (Sorry Jay, just can’t pull for the Little 11. And after Utah’s perfect season, maybe Joe Pa fans will FINALLY shut the hell up about doing so with no national title.)

Nebraska 26 - Clemson 21 (The Black Shirts are back?)

Falcons 22 - Bears 20 (But these truly are the Chicago Chipmunks)

Dems 60 - GOP 4 OUCH!!!

My heart says the Falcons win 31 - 21 today, but my wallet would say take the Cards to cover…

By Carbon Dates

January 3, 2009 10:10 AM | Link to this

Blago could have picked the one innocent man in all of this, knowing the Right would bash their heads against rocks to find a free lunch there somewhere.

That makes Blago a very dangerous player, playahs, and I wonder how far we have to look to find his women. The girls. We must search for the girls.

The girls. Like what brought down the New York Governor. She was worth it.

I got drunk last night and made a midnight booty cellphone call to a married woman who has been a friend of the family for about seven years. “You get me”, I said. It was only 9pm, of course, but at the age of 57, that’s like midnight in dirty old man hours. She laughed at that bit, so I think there’s a chance, but let me tell you good folks something: I wish I hadn’t made that bootay call.

Cancer update. My wife has rallied. She’s her old self, requiring little supervision or assistance as the benefits of her 10 days in radiation come to fruition. The doctor said it would take a month, and it did. Of course she’s on steroids which turn her into a she-devil, and she fires away at me at point blank range, and I have to justify my existence to her every seventeen seconds, but the doctor warned me about the steroid-trash-talk, and I just have to take it.

That could explain the booty call, but first let me tell you about this woman. She’s 47 but could be thirtysomething. Her hands wonderful, her wrists…I could do ten minutes on her wrists. The rest of her pack more feminine mystique per square inch than a wardrobe malfunction. Her voice is all little girl family friendly nourishment and her neck is …I could do an hour on her neck….(of material)….

You get the picture. She responded to the booty call by saying “you take great care of your wife, but who takes care of the care-taker? You’re falling apart at the seams.”

So there’s a chance, but she lives in another city, so no booty call could have been fulfilled anyway, but I sure wish I hadn’t made that call. Her name is Erica. Of course. It couldn’t be linda or sue, or something you could forget.

My wife is still sleeping, but when she wakes up, she’s going to open fire with both barrels, cause she found a beer bottle, which somehow I had left in the sink. I must really have been drunk. Six hours till falcons. THree hours till wife wakes up if I’m lucky. SHe may not let me watch the game.

I need someone to step forward and rescue me from my marriage…..and it wasn’t a booty call, just an sos to a friend…I wish I had the nerve to make a booty call.

(I was just setting up the dirty old man bit)

Hark! I hear a voice…..

By Ray

January 3, 2009 10:14 AM | Link to this

Most of us are known by the friends we keep, especially if political office or money is at stake. We also tend to identify with those most like us, racially and politically. It rubs off. To the credit of the black community, they did shrug off attempts by Sharpton, Jackson (Sr), Keyes, et al. in their bid for public office. But in your madcap effort to seek out the “right black candidate”, all of his clandestine associations have been ignored or shoved into the background so as to make believe that they don’t exist. 92% of the black community, the majority of the MSM, and totally 52% of the electorate has been duped. This guy is no savior…. far from it. He is just another precinct, Chicago Democrat hack with a gift for gab. All his associations with Blago, the Chicago political machine and the State House and Senate are painfully obvious to even the casual observer. The anyone but Bush crowd is in for a rude awakening.

By AJC/DNC Management

January 3, 2009 10:26 AM | Link to this

Amidst the personal Facebook page for the insane and the dull, obsessive compulsive soap box rants, I get scolded to “stay on topic.”

As the Governor said in his announcement, the Illinois public also deserves its full measure of representation in Washington. Mr. Burris is a former state attorney general who is untainted by the charges against Mr. Blagojevich. After the Blagojevich tapes were made public, Democrats who run the state legislature said they’d pass a law to require a special election for the Senate. But their passion for that option ebbed when it became clear that a Republican could win, especially amid this Democratic fiasco. When the legislature failed to act, Mr. Blagojevich saw his opening to name Mr. Burris.-WSJ

Yeah, who the hell is Hairy Reed?

Do you democrats even bother following the law?

Is the Constitution just a mere obstacle to overcome in your racist rampage against the poor old black guy?

Why, I never!

By AJC/DNC Management

January 3, 2009 10:36 AM | Link to this

So the question is- For a political party that ran against the “culture of corruption” and chose Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs for president, what would be the above board, fair and without question the proper way to resolve this little Senate seat matter?

Special election letting We The People choose their representation?

Bwahahahahaha, yeah right-

But Democratic leaders in Spring- field put the brakes on a special election, fearing that in a nonpartisan free-for-all, a Republican might win. The Democratic leadership — not Blagojevich — is to blame for denying the voters a chance to choose the state’s next senator.-Chicago SunTimes

Well, I never!

ew

By Davo

January 3, 2009 10:40 AM | Link to this

Since the ‘change we can believe in’ is here at last and we see how the dem majority is using that change; let me petition our leaders to do the following:

Since Obama was accused of consorting with terrorists during the campaign, I feel that his nomination should be voided. After all…we all know that accusations of guilt are pretty much the same thing as convictions.

Harry Reid is the one that should be impeached. He is using his office to do an end run around the Constitution. Blago has been convicted of nothing yet but his guilt is assumed by people who should be upholding the rule of law.

But I’m sure now that the other party is in office, with all their promises to restore credibility to office, will now have no problem resorting to politics as usual. All that idealism spouted during the election is just so much BS. Change…ya…right.

By Ray

January 3, 2009 10:46 AM | Link to this

Who cares.

The country being in the toilet has nothing to do with the tabloid scene in Chicago.

Perhaps ‘journalists’ could make themselves useful by hanging out to dry the moron in the White House reponsible for soiling this blessed land?

By getalife

January 3, 2009 10:46 AM | Link to this

Hats off to undefeated Utah as Bama shames the SEC.

Hope pf’s wife does not read this blog. They gave me steroids and I did not get roid rage but was never so hungry. Worse than weed man.

Way to stay on topic Andy but the real soap opera are the Senate seats in Ill., Minn., and New York. All this drama to serve in the corrupt Senate to be bribed by lobbyists.

By Ray

January 3, 2009 10:49 AM | Link to this

The most idiotic idea that the Annointed One and his cronies have come up with yet is an increase in the gas tax to pay for his stimulus package. They want us to believe that 1.50 gas is a good thing and that we must either pay an additional tax for the miles we drive or be subject to an additional .30/.40 cents/gallon. Stimulus package…… right. The last tax checks went only to select people. Those over a certain income did not benefit but we ended up giving a check to all of those 42M or so Americans who do not pay a dime of tax. There is even talk of exempting those in certain income brackets from not paying additional taxes for fuel. Now how does that translate?….. The middle class tax payer gets screwed again, this time by an administration that is intent on “change”. What an eightball idea. Get ready for more of the same, my friends, this is only the beginning.

By The Corporal

January 3, 2009 10:53 AM | Link to this

Off Topic

Jay: Regarding this thread the other day …….

‘Abstinence only’ is a total crock ….

Study: Religious Teens More Likely to Abstain from Sex

*Religious teens lose their virginity later than those who are not religious — waiting on average three years longer than their peers, a recent study reported.

Janet Rosenbaum, a post doctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, wrote in this month’s issue of Pediatric that those with strong religious backgrounds became sexually active at about 21 on average —regardless if they took a pledge to remain a virgin until marriage.*

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,475306,00.html

By Carbon Dates

January 3, 2009 10:58 AM | Link to this

It’s “why I oughta” and “Well! I never!”

One was Moe’s threat to Larry or Curly. The other is the fat lady’s lament about . a bum who accosts her, usually accompanied by the invective, “you vagabonds” or something philosophical about the Sword of Damacles dangling over her head.

Never, ever mix Stooge metaphors again, Andy, or it’s war

There’s some lines that cant be crossed, sir.

And why did they give wipemysnatch steroids? Please tell me it was for definition during his 2004 special olympics weight lifting training.

By Morningstar

January 3, 2009 11:00 AM | Link to this

By Bud Wiser January 3, 2009 9:10 AM | Primary politicians from that era that either tried to bottle up the legislation in committee, filibuster, or block it outright were

And if you’ve kept abreast of what’s happened since the Civil Rights Act, most of those so-called “Democrats” of that day later turned Republican. They were NOT Democrats; they were Dixiecrats! Big difference!!!

By AJC/DNC Management

January 3, 2009 11:08 AM | Link to this

The rhetoric from Coleman’s campaign virtually assures neither Coleman nor Franken will be seated next week, when the 111th Congress begins.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Senate Republicans’ campaign chief, said Friday that the GOP would filibuster if Democrats tried to seat Franken.-TheHill

This won’t be resolved until it hits the US Supreme Courts docket and, from what I’ve seen, Franken is going to keep his career as a klown.

But don’t worry, we’ll be sure to laugh at him.

By Carbon Dates

January 3, 2009 11:23 AM | Link to this

I was mining some data today when my canary died. It gave me plenty of time to get out of the website before my computer crashed in.

Now I have to get another canary. and another computer. and I shouldn’t mine data so much.

It’s F-hour minus 5. I’ve actually got butterflies. I have faith. I believe. We are going to the superbowl.

If not, we’re finished.

By Morningstar

January 3, 2009 11:30 AM | Link to this

The grown-up children are at it again! Twenty-four/seven news is proving nothing but negative to all concerned. If it isn’t true, just make it up. All children know what happens when we ASSUME.

I’ve read a lot of this propaganda, and am convinced that if this Gov. Blago(whatshisname) is guilty, then spit it out. Is he guilty, or do we just assume and keep muddying the water? Nothing like concern for the country. If no proof is there, then MOVE ON. If proof exists, then move him out of his position. What does his alleged guilt have to do with Burris?

What’s wrong with Burris? Is he qualified? Accomplished? Dignified and trustworthy? From all indications he’s a well qualified gentleman. Is he guilty of any crimes for goshsakes? He can’t be penalized (or should not) because of his association with Illinois governor. Should you be penalized because the CEO of your company is a jerk?

Blago is still governor of Illinois, and although he may or may not be guilty of wrongdoing, because he is still the governor, he has the right in my opinion to appoint Burris. Burris’ acceptance should stand on his (Burris’) credentials, not what some folks ASSUME regarding the governor.

By Carbon Dates

January 3, 2009 11:46 AM | Link to this

Just once I’d like to see a man step up and take responsibility when he gets caught.

Imagine the shock when just one man the first man in history besides christ, actually took the consequence upon himself for who he is.

I’d follow that man into hell.

He dont exist. American men are poofs.

We R still without a leader. Obama? Maybe. Let him run things for a year.

Give Obama a year.

By RW-(the original)

January 3, 2009 12:00 PM | Link to this

I guess the moratorium on off topic rants has been lifted. I had to page down three times to get past that 9:57. By the way, the Falcons are a one point favorite. Not a lot of wiggle room to play for a cover.

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If the Democrats are smart they’ll quit paying attention to Blago and hit Burris over the head with this tasty morsel

By DB, Gwinnettian

January 3, 2009 12:22 PM | Link to this

Me, I’m always glad to see someone, anyone, name ‘a “Rush” being crapped on.

and I see that RW-(the whoriginal) (like that? Is that in keeping with your usual level of discourse? was that the expected result of your little Net-stalking project?) is still playing net-nanny whilst… calling “net-nanny.”

Not too typical for you, huh?

By DB, Gwinnettian

January 3, 2009 12:28 PM | Link to this

“Should you be penalized because the CEO of your company is a jerk?”

Happens all the time, actually. Last I checked, Life is Not Fair.

By DB, Gwinnettian

January 3, 2009 12:39 PM | Link to this

RC upthread: This Ill. governor ain’t content with selling appointments, no, he’s got to put one of Those People in the Senate and dare anybody to stop him.

Because it isn’t said often enough: Not only is this poster a national treasure, sometimes he can cut to the chase faster and more eloquently than even our highly paid and omnipotent Liberal Media guy wot hosts this here blog.

Well done.

By RW-(the original)

January 3, 2009 12:40 PM | Link to this

And I guess the moratorium on mindless personal attacks has been lifted as well.

By spankmonkey

January 3, 2009 1:00 PM | Link to this

So a guy walks into a bar with a goat under his arm…

By RW-(the original)

January 3, 2009 1:15 PM | Link to this

Looks like the Democrats are going to fall back on what they’re best at to deal with Burris.

Kicking the can down the road

Since they also seem to have an extreme obsession with making sure Obama’s vacant seat is filled by a black man or woman why don’t they just go back to the 2004 election and fill the seat with the second place finisher. Senator Keyes, please take your seat.

By AmVet

January 3, 2009 1:18 PM | Link to this

Nice TDs Bulls!

Moratorium? All this talk about moratoriums? What moratoriums?

You keep using that word. I do not think it means, what you think it means…

By getalife

January 3, 2009 1:23 PM | Link to this

I want to hear the tape with Reid telling Blago not to seat Jesse Jr.

Perhaps we can get rid of Reid.

By david wayne osedach, san diego/ U.S.A.

January 3, 2009 1:38 PM | Link to this

Blagojevich is making Illinois the laughing stock of the nation. He needs impeachment: now!

By AJC/DNC Management

January 3, 2009 1:38 PM | Link to this

So many hate groups, so little time-

Picking Ms. Kennedy might assuage some number of women who feel that the seat, currently held by Hillary Rodham Clinton, should be filled by another woman. And Ms. Kennedy would certainly add balance to a ticket that is otherwise all men.-Treason Times

Is that all you libs do is bicker among yourselves about this color and that sex?

I’m wondering if there is a horse face constituency that will soon be putting it’s rage into the mix on behalf of Princess Kennedy.

ew

By RW-(the original)

January 3, 2009 1:52 PM | Link to this

Moratorium—An agreed suspension of an activity

Moratorium—A temporary cessation or suspension

The way the rules are enforced here moratorium is a much more fitting word than rule.

Do you have any comment that addresses the subject matter, amvet? For instance do you believe the law and Constitution should followed and Mr. Burris be allowed to take his seat or do you believe Harry Reid should bar the black man at the door? Perhaps you prefer the 90 delay by sending his appointment to the rules committee. Comments?

By AJC/DNC Management

January 3, 2009 2:37 PM | Link to this

The IDF said that a large amount of Armored Corps, Engineering Corps and Infantry troops entered the territory with the purpose of destroying Hamas infrastructure and preventing rocket fire by taking control of launching pads in northern Gaza.-Jerusalem Post

However, success could turn into failure with an Israeli ground invasion of Gaza or even an expansion of the bombing campaign that begins to inflict more civilian casualties. And unfortunately, that seems to be where Israel is heading, with tanks and troops massing at the border and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak telling the Knesset that the military was fighting a “war to the bitter end against Hamas.”-Bookman

The IDF warned that terrorists using civilians as human shields would bear full responsibility for their fate.-Jerusalem Post

So do you agree with Bookman or the Israelis?

By AJC/DNC Management

January 3, 2009 2:47 PM | Link to this

Sources say the Senate majority leader Hairy Reed pushed against Jackson and Davis — both democratic congressmen from Illinois — and against Jones — the Illinois Senate president who is the political godfather of President-elect Barack Obama — because he did not believe the three men were electable. He feared losing the seat to a Republican in a future election.-Politico

Yeah, and they’re all black too.

We wouldn’t want that, now would we Hairy?

ew

By Hillbilly Deluxe

January 3, 2009 2:50 PM | Link to this

So what happens if Gov. Blago isn’t convicted? Stranger things have happened.

By AmVet

January 3, 2009 3:27 PM | Link to this

Comments?

Not on this particular topic of exceedingly little interest to me, Mr. self-appointed thought monitor/blog nanny/obeyer of all “rules”. You take yourself much too seriously.

Learn how to laugh at yourself.

But as you insisted, here’s one — that you, a white man believes that the black man is being barred from the black mans seat by the white man, could not be of any less interest to me, a white man, whatsoever.

And that other than as noted earlier, you have often been reduced to an angry lurking troll who hangs on some of us heretics, especially, my posts, as if they have some great significance to you.

So good luck with that in 09. And enjoy the next seventeen days.

Ha ha! You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha…

OK, blog brethren. Enjoy your weekend! Off to long time friends for Falcons and chili.

By Cherokee

January 3, 2009 3:35 PM | Link to this

Amvet if you’re still around - thanks - one of my favorite movies…

By GOP is gone

January 3, 2009 4:03 PM | Link to this

Blago needs to go, no doubt he is a bad apple and an embarrassment to Illinois and his party. His arrogance is close to unbelievable. When he IS impeached, all legal fees the state has incurred should be placed on his tab. He could appoint Jesus Christ himself and there would still be a question as to the nominee’s integrity. Illinois needs the best person to fill this senate seat, regardless of color. I think Burris should have turned the nomination down to keep his reputation from being sullied by the Blago shadow. Now he will have his integrity challenged and carry a stain on his appointment should he ever be seated in the senate.

By getalife

January 3, 2009 4:34 PM | Link to this

Playoff time.

Go Falcons!

By Midori

January 3, 2009 4:51 PM | Link to this

random observation: Democrats will admit to and admonish their leader’s leadership failures, while Republican whine, b*tch and moan and blame any bad news on their leader’s part on the “liberal media”.

Blago most definitely needs to go.

By The Corporal

January 3, 2009 4:52 PM | Link to this

To AJC/DNC

Give ‘em cold steel!

By RW-(the original)

January 3, 2009 5:27 PM | Link to this

Comments?

Not on this particular topic of exceedingly little interest to me

Sounds like someone is intentionally trying to taunt the host here. Maybe all your brown nosing will save you an admonishment amvet.

Midori,

Even if Blago needs to go why shouldn’t Burris be seated? The Illinois legislature could have changed the law, but as it stands there is an empty seat and the means to fill it is an appointment by the sitting Governor.

By @@

January 3, 2009 6:21 PM | Link to this

If sending a black senator to Washington is so important now, why didn’t Rush support a black candidate four years ago?

Because in politics the game is all about power.

In the democratic party, the game is all about race.

By Bud Wiser

January 4, 2009 7:36 AM | Link to this

Morningstar, your mind is such a falling star.

Name one of those senators or congressmen I listed that became Republicans, like you asserted.

And your kkk boy is still sleeping his way thrpugh the senate.

One.

Just One. That’s all I ask, just one.

I thought so.

Idiot.

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