Good lord. Time for Burris to go.
The Chicago Tribune reports:
U.S. Sen. Roland Burris has acknowledged he sought to raise campaign funds for then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich at the request of the governor's brother at the same time he was making a pitch to be appointed to the Senate seat previously held by President Barack Obama.
Burris' latest comments in Peoria Monday night were the first time he has publicly said he was actively trying to raise money for Blagojevich. Previously Burris has left the impression that he always balked at the issue of raising money for the governor because of his interest in the Senate appointment.
In comments to reporters after appearing at a Democratic dinner, the senator several times contradicted his latest under-oath affidavit that he quietly filed with the Illinois House impeachment panel earlier this month. That affidavit was itself an attempt to clean up his live, sworn testimony to the panel Jan. 8, when he omitted his contacts with several Blagojevich insiders.
Here's the transcript of Burris' comments.
3 comments:
On all the Chicago News stations the experts at the law schools have said he did not purger himself but was ivasive. Therefore Burris finishes his term and the Senate race is on
"Good lord. Time for Burris to go."
Lisa Lisa is investigating. I hope she looks up the difference between perjury and evasive before she gets too far.
There's no way this guy is going to get re-elected. The circus will continue to be a distraction.
He wasn't smart enough to use the Reagan can't remember excuse.
Chicago Native:
Burris was under oath. So, all the lawmakers including Lisa, Lisa need to go to through and go over his testimony plus comb through all three of Burris' affidavits. If Burris lied under oath, he violated the Senate ethics. Even if Burris skates through 2010, he won't be re-elected as Senator because of the huge cloud that he left in this matter. Either way, he is hosed and will be a one term Senator.
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