Wonkette
- DUMB RESOLUTION PROPOSED TO DUMB ILLINOIS SENATE PROBLEM: Anybody who saw Harry Reid on Meet the Press this weekend probably noticed two things: First, rimless eyewear has a feminizing effect on the middle-aged male face, and second, Rod Blagojevich has hilariously bent this guy so far over that every time Harry Reid appears in public he is angrily trying to gather up his pants from around his ankles. The problem for Reid is he doesn’t want Blagojevich’s nominee for Senate, Roland Burris, to get the post, on account of the TAINT. But there’s really no LEGAL reason to keep Burris from getting appointed, so instead Reid mutters about the taint and “negotiates” by offering up hypothetical compromises that nobody likes. Such as: letting Burris serve for two years, as long as he promises not to run for re-election. WTF? [Political Ticker]
Oh, Harry, let the taint go. Just decide that Burris has already licked the taint and let this respectable old gentleman take the seat. He’d never get re-elected even if he ran, so you’ve got nothing to worry about.
Except taint.
“Rimless” and “taint” in one paragraph? Priceless.
Looking forward to seeing where Sen. Burris’s office will be. I’m thinking there are broom closets being readied as we speak.
Reid should just let this shit die today and open the clubhouse doors to Burriss. Between Oklahoma vs. Florida, the NFL playoffs and the Miley Cyrus Sex Tape (just a wild guess…), Americans will forget all about aforementioned Taint.
Oft repeated, but I find it funny that Demrat Reid doesn’t like it when Demrats fuck him up the ass yet welcomes the Repubs with tubes of KY and Astroglide when they come looking for some down low.
“I can’t negotiate in the press.”
That’s always been my position.
So the question is- can one man’s taint hold up another man’s appointment?
Nothing good can come from this.
Blagojevich’s taint is huge! And spreading!
Man, Reid doesn’t bat an eye while Republicans dry-fuck America, but you show him a Democrat’s taint and he gets all hot ‘n bothered.
So Burris agrees not to run again, and come 2010 or whenever changes his mind. Perfect solution! How many other politicians have run on term limits, promised not to serve more than x years, and then reneged?
Blago’s the gov. Deal with it. His only crime is saying out loud what everybody else does privately: if I do this for you, whaddya gonna do for me?
It appears that taint will be the issue in the first 100 days of this administration. I suggest a bipartisan taint task force be appointed to study this question. Beginning with taint exams of the previous administration for a baseline, of course.
Naked Bunny with a Whip:
Jinx!
Fuck you all and your puns. Jesus. Let the taint go.
Let me see…Blago has been under investigation for three years, was charged a month ago, the state supremes won’t strip his power and the legislature has done nothing. Nice to know my elected officials are hard at it. Christmas is over, people. Let’s get back to work!!
Before this is over, Reid will offer to compromise by picking Burris up at the airport and giving him a chair massage when he shows him to his desk.
I don’t know how you get in Reid’s position, but I’m afraid even SnowBilly would be more effective. At least there might be some starbursts.
Goddamn it, ManchuCandidate, I thought I left you in The Box. It gets back into its Box, or else it gets the hose again!
Look, we treated the Negroes as if they weren’t there for a good 300 years, so you’d think Reid shouldn’t have any trouble ignoring Burris a few times over the next couple of years.
It was also hard to see any type of backbone in Mr. Reid during his MTP interview.
I’m sure Roland and Joey Liebs will bond quickly as they reminisce about what a punkass bitch Harry Reid is.
Harry Reid used to be a boxer! He is a Tough Guy!
pondscum: Please! What are you, Muslim? We’re just getting over our holiday hangovers and now we have to start our diets. Don’t expect any work out of Judeochristianammuricans until MLK’s birthday at the earliest.
Jukesgrrl: You must be on staff at the U of I…
pondscum: Close, but it’s actually Pitt.
Yea I saw the appearance - only Harry Reid could respond to an indicted Chicago political hack in a way that sounds like he’s desperately playing defense and on the side of wrong.
Jukesgrrl:
Da Burgh! Where cars go to have their suspension systems destroyed.
It reflects poorly on the senate democrats that a pushover of biblical proportions such as Reid is their leader. Whoever was vying for the position and backed down, must be the last person not to call Reid’s bluff. I can just picture Reid’s wife making him take the dog for a 20 minute walk while she cuckolds him.
I think it would be fine to seat Mr. Junior Illinois Senator Appointee Burris for a few years as long as he promises not to touch any of the buttons.
FlipOffResearch: Funny, I would think the guy(s) banging the wife would make Reid walk the dog, but maybe that is just me.
In any case, Reid is a gutless wonder that should have been shown the curb a long time ago.
glamourdammerung: No its the wifes job. The guy is just stands there impatiently waiting for Harry to leave. Aren’t you up on lowbrow etiquette.
He just believes that a black person will not be re-elected, so he wants a nice safe white person to take the seat. To him Obama was the exception that proves the rule.
Lack of electability is the lamest of reasons for Dems to oppose Burris. He was elected to Statewide office four times. It is likely that he is too electable, and is being opposed on behalf of someone who is less electable.
A more realistic hypothesis is that Burris would be too strong as a primary opponent for a Democrat Senate candidate who has lined up support. A candidate with sufficient connections to block Burris’ seating is probably somewhat who appeared on Blago’s shakedown list and who has been a significant fund-raiser.
Of course, Republicans would prefer that the Dems nominate somebody they could defeat more easily than a four-time Statewide winner.