Obama Opposes Blago Action

Why in the world would Mr. Burris allow himself to be pulled into this battle. One would think if he were inclined to protect himself, he would have flat out refused this “appointment.”

I bet Barack developed a real pain in his you know what when the announcement was made. Shame on him. To get to where he is on his lack of experience, to reject Blagojevich’s appointment of a guy who’s been serving for four decades and is far more qualified than himself…far more qualified than his pal Valerie…is not going to set well. The Illinois house could have solved this whole thing by voting for, instead of rejecting, a special election.

While Obama opposes Blago’s action, I oppose Obama. Based on the shananigans surrounding both the election and Obama’s senate seat, neither one of them, in my opinion, has the moral authority to be in leadership positions in this country!

ham:
how do you know that?
do you spend private moments with Obama?

You see even Governor is able to make appointment of political office, even while all the charges are levied against him. It’s not just Obama who can appoint this person and that person. Even Mr. Bush can appoint this and that.

Posted by Belle Starr
The One — whose last memorable word on the middle east was that “Israel’s security is sacrosanct” assurance to AIPAC can’t bring himself to comment publicly on the slaughter in Gaza, but manages to weigh in on the Mobocrats’ lineup?
Maybe He should resign.
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Just wondering, Do you hate everyone, or just Barack Obama? I will pray for You.

Obama has spoken. Burress if seated will be booted out.

“Obama has spoken. Burress if seated will be booted out.”
And the serfs will noisily storm the Winter Palace, right after.

What a joke???

atty general Roland Burris is an excellent choice……
Although I support Obama for president, I think his hands is a bit tied when it comes to this appointment…..
Roland Burris is a superb choice, and I hope he is seated…..In fact, I think he will……and just let the fight get started….
Why? Because Obama is only the 3rd Black US senator elected since Reconstruction…….that means a long, long, long, long time ago…….so long ago that the KKK was not yet organized…….
anyway, we don’t need folks trying to stop Burris’ appointment…..He’s an exceptional man….And the US senate not only can use him, but at least 12 more African Americans…..that would bring balance to the percentage of AA population in the US….13%

“You’d think a former attorney/law professor … ”
Nah: U/C sort of moved to spruce up His academic status during the campaign, but He was a lecturer. A BORING one, some say.

Funny thing is, this scandal would die down so much sooner if the Democratic senators and Obama would just shut up. Blago has not been convicted. He has a constitutional obligation to appoint a Senator. He’s doing his job. Yes, he may have hoped to profit from this appointment, but in the end, he did the right thing. If the opposition would just shut up, the scandal would die a quiet death and we can get back to the work of pretending to solve the nation’s problems.
One other thought – you have to wonder why Obama is so eager for Blago to step down before he’s had his day in court. Something about this story doesn’t make sense. Obama, as president-elect and protector of the constitution, should be the first to withhold judgment until Blago has had his day in court.

steelwaters Too bad, he’s gonna be your president. Ha

Obama is “The One” and we should never question his judgment. If he says the gov. should step down before having a fair trial, then that’s the way it will be. Who does this governor think he is anyway?

All I can say is just more Obamadrama and he hasn’t even been sworn in yet.
“There’s only one President at a time.” Really? Well, maybe you should stop jetting off on foreign junkets and toting around all those stupid imitation presidential seals, flags and signs.
This is the sort of garbage we’re gonna have to put up with for the next four years.
Obama will only want to play President when he feels like it. It makes one wonder if he’s just gonna collapse with the vapors once he’s actually faced with the reality of the huge job he just got handed.

“Mr. President elect. It’s not your call. You are not the Emperor elect.”
Sshhh! He’ll be … crushed.
(Look for Mr. Gibbs to point out to the surviving press that were He NOT Emperor elect, the media wouldn’t be full of pictures of Him wearing NO CLOTHES.)

Seriously, Bush and the Republicans leave the country in a complete mess and then immediately start criticizing someone who hasn’t even taken office.
This smells . .. of the worst of America.

What really gets to me are the posters on here that criticize an incoming President before he has been sworn in and get a chance to DO something.
These same ones have no ill will or words to the outgoing administration that had 8 years of “hands on” with multiple disasters, politically and physically.

max: People like you who read half of a statement and then interpret to your liking don’t scare me. I see that you did not see or listen to the session that voted down a special election. Get it? ALL the Illinois legislators are to blame for this. Do you really think that Blagojevich is the ONLY one that wants something for something? Get real. Do you really think any of them give a rat’s? They could have voted to let the people decide. Do yourself a favor, see for yourself instead of reading the newspaper and watching the television where you only get half the story.

Yankee: Use common sense. Why would anyone want to refuse a senate seat? I wouldn’t say no myself if I was in his shoes. Senate seats are not tainted. Wake up and smell the coffe. There is no such seat. Burris was right to accept it and I understand they cannot block it. Jessie White will not get my vote anymore plus Durbin, Reid or any other democrat should keep their mouths shut and take care of their own busines. The governor hasn’t been to court yet or convicted. He has the power and he is right to use it. This is America not Russia.

“What really gets to me are the posters on here that criticize an incoming President before he has been sworn in and get a chance to DO something.” Posted by: seansatx |
Seansatx, I think the criticism is over what Obama is actually doing – not what he will do once he is sworn in. He may not have been sworn in yet, but he still decided to comment on the situation (a situation he has no control over). He’s an elected official. He’s open to criticism. And he shouldn’t be siding with the Senate on this one. But if it makes you feel any better, I’ve criticized the many bad moves Bush has made too. But this conversation is not about Bush.

yeah that has been on my mind lately too… funny how liberals sit and talk about how we need to “stop the senseless killing of our troops” overseas, but you dont hear them talk about stoping the skyrocketing murder rate in chicago.. or the spillover from tiajuana and the war on the border with mexico… what about those “innocents”.. its all about a political agenda with the left.

“This, is actually an issue of state’s rights.”
This is actually an issue of corrupt bullying thugs, posing as arbiters of law and order, and — God help us! — political morality.
If little Barky wanted to sell or otherwise bestow the Illinois Senate seat Himself, maybe he shouldda stayed IN it, even if it cut into His vacation time.

pefros…
why cant we criticize obama??!! beacause he is “your boy”??!! get real.. he already HAS a politicl past. he already HAS voted on the issues. he already HAS campaigned and told us his (very broad, generic) vision for americas future. just because he has not been sworn in yet does not mean we dont know where he stands on the issues right? we shouldnt criticize him on what he HASNT done yet, but as far as his political agenda, and ideas, its fair game my friend. get over it. just because you think he is going to save the world, dosent change the fact that WE ALREADY KNOW HIS THOUGHTS ON THE ISSUES. if he is “godlike” like all of you seem to think, then none of those thoughts should change right??

seansatx – Reread the headline – this story is very much about Obama.
Yes, I agree that this whole scenario started with a corrupt governor making a foolish, illegal move. But in the end, it seems to me like he’s trying to make a bad situation better – his appointee is beyond reproach and is an excellent choice.
Obama chose to make a public statement about this – he probably should have left it alone and let it play out. He is a public official. His comments and opinions are fair game. Look, I like Obama, but I think he and the democrats are making a big mistake by opposing this appointment – it will just drag out the story longer and will do no good for the people of Illinois.

max, maybe I do. One thing’s for sure-you don’t.

DO ANY OF YOU LIVE IN ILLINOIS?? WELL I DO, AND BLAGO HAS BEEN A DISGRACE TO OUR STATE FOR SIX YEARS. OBAMA IS TRYING TO PROTECT THE VERY STATE HE WORKED HARD IN PRIOR TO HIS ELECTION AND I WILL SUPPORT HIM FOR THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS FOR IT. BLAGO SHOULD HAVE BEEN GONE A LONG TIME AGO. HE IS SO GUILTY, AND I AM SICK OF HEARING ABOUT INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE. THERE IS NO OTHERWISE IN THIS SITUATION. ILLINOIS IS ONE OF THE WORST STATES TO LIVE IN RIGHT NOW THANKS TO MR. BLAGO, SO IF YOU AREN’T FROM ILLINOIS YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO COMMENT ON WHAT IS GOING ON HERE BECAUSE YOU AREN’T LIVING THROUGH THE MESS HE CREATED WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE.

Tim, no one that voted for Obama considers him to be “god-like” or “messiah” or “saintly”.
That is all manufactured by those that didn’t vote for him. The Neo-bots. period.
I voted for the guy, and I can honestly tell you, I don’t believe ANY politician knows how to get us out of the pickle we are in. As an independent, I voted the “old” party out. Obama god-like? Not by any stretch of the imagination…I’ll reserve any comments about him until after a year goes by, the same as I did for Bush.

It’s too bad Bush isn’t in charge of this whole affair – he was the master of so many situations. Or Cheney – Mr. Halliburton would know what to do, and whose pockets to line.

What, like Obama ran Halliburton before he was shifted over to the Vice Presidency to line up the single source contracts? Money in money out – all your money. Can you say Cheney boys and girls? Any Obama corruption (and none has been legally brought to light) pales in comparison with the Cheney old boys network.

why are so many on here wanting barack obama and our country to fail?
the past eight years have been hard on our country, and you all know it.
so why, are so many of you us citizens wishing ill for the new president and hence our country.

Before Obama took up with Axelrod and Ayers, and started playing dirty, former Panther Bobby Rush whupped Obama in Chicago 2-to-1.
With Rush now supporting Burris, look for the PEBO bus to back waay up, before The One finds Himself under it, for a … change.
from AFP:
“Illinois congressman and civil rights leader Bobby Rush used racially tinged language and urged them “to not hang and lynch the appointee as you try to castigate the appointer.”
“Rush said Burris is a “worthy” candidate and noted that with Obama’s departure, there will be no African-Americans in the Senate.
“I don’t think that anyone — any US senator, who’s sitting in the Senate, right now, wants to go on record to deny one African-American for being seated in the US Senate,” Rush said as he joined Burris and Blagojevich at a press conference.”

While Obama is publicly denouncing Blagojevich and calling for his resignation, the reality is that Obama is shaking in his boots that Blag will be brought to order The minute the Chigago governor loses power, he will start to talk
Posted by: the rawhide kid | Dec 30, 2008 8:08:28 PM
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What you text there make NO SENSE.
You pretty much contradict yourself.
If blago as you say lost his power and is going to talk , Then wouldn’t Obama refrain from saying anything negative which is calling for his job.
Here is a little tid bit I bet you didn’t know , Obama and blago seem close BUT not that close, outside of Obama advising him on his early campaign run ,
For example when Obama ran against alan keys for the senate seat , blago came out and SUPPORTED Alan keyes NOT Obama…go figure.

Don’t worry BO even though you may have quit your DAY JOB too soon..I am sure that your NOW proud to be an American wife can support you. Just don’t know who you will find to satisfy your over inflated ego. After throwing all your friends under the bus, did you think Blago would ask you what you thought about this appointment ? Looks like the laugh is on you .

It’s funny how Obama is operating from Hawaii instead of Illinois.
Posted by: stacy | Dec 30, 2008 8:41:08 PM
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Another dumb comment , The man is from hawaii, So what if he wants to go there before he takes office.,it doesn’t make any difference where he is , he is the President elect .
what do you think would be so different if he was staying there in chi-town.
You act like he is some civilian, where people can walk up to his house, be it the press or anyone else.

There is nothing dumb about “It’s funny how Obama is operating from Hawaii instead of Illinois.” Obama has a home in Illinois. He represented Illinois. Is Hawaii going to become his Crawford? The real implication is that he is trying to distance himself from his good ole buddies from Chicago and Illinois.

Obama went to Hawaii for a vacation.

“Is Hawaii going to become his Crawford?”
One thing about retreating to an elite enclave on an island in the middle of the Pacific is that it can be made exTREMEly difficult for Cindy Sheehan or somebody to bring protestors to lay seige by camping in the ditches.
If this whole “Blago” thing should turn out to have been an elaborate sting, of course, The One might not be NEEDing a Crawford …

Blago is still the Gov.. not convicted of anything
Go take a dump obama, Blago is within his rights to appoint anyone he wants.. so suck it up dude

“All you people claiming Blago is innocent until proven guilty. The man has been heard on tapes … ”
In LAW, Blagojevich IS innocent until proven guilty.
And for all we know, the Governor’s end of the conversations was … scripted … by … Fitzgerald? military intelligence? Fitzgerald AND military intelligence? … some unlikely foreign power? … in order to draw out … traitors, or whoever.

As a citizen of Texas, DEB…..
I can tell you the good ol boyz bought George W Bush for Prez..you think Chicago is the ONLY political cesspool?

Now, the Republicans scream about “due process” and “innocent until proven guilty.” These same people have been rendered Obama guilty of everything from murder to money laundering to accepting bribes to having faked his birth certificate simply because “he’s from the cesspool of Illinois” or “somebody posted it on the Internet.”
The same people who are defending Blago as “innocent” today were saying Obama was guilty of something simply because he might have had conversations with Blago.
We know what’s going on. Republicans want Burris to get the appointment because there’s not a chance he could get re-elected in 2010. Good luck with that.

Deb, here’s a little geography lesson: Chicago is not a state. Fail!

If Obama and the rest of Democrats oppose Mr. Burris they must be racists.

I dont like Blago-he seems as sleazy as the day is long, but Reid and The One have no right to tell him what to do. The legislature should have impeached him, that would have been a constitutional solution. As it is now under the law,we are stuck with Burris.

Seansatx, don’t make stuff up. Blago NEVER endorsed Keyes over Obama. That never happened and you should be ashamed for saying something so completely false.
Keyes was always a complete joke in the senate race and even the republicans were ashamed of him. The notion that a sitting democratic governor would endorse a crazy republican over the democratic candidate who was 40 points ahead is lunacy!

seansatx:
You are going to have a long four years
covering for Ohbama and the Chicago-
Illinois machine from which he comes.
At times you will feel frustrated and
betrayed by those you admire most. But
you will soldier on. It’s a liberal thing.

yeah candycane, kinda like the neo-con thing, huh. Voice of experience from the past 8 years?

Just amazing!
Senator Stevens was a convicted criminal, but got a standing in the US Senate. lol
Senator Burris is an upstanding citizen; and the democrats are now playing politics instead of tackling the real issues facing America.
Harry Reid did not have the balls to stand up to the war criminals in the White House, who actually got thousands of Americans killed. Now old Harry is grandstanding over Senator Burris?
What a laughing stock! lol
Blago HAS NOT even been indicted, much less convicted.
Again, Americans are wasting time over trivialities, even though there are so many real and pressing issues.

Blago is INNOCENT, until proven guilty!
Blago is being tried in the court of public opinion by the flawed Fitzgerald.
AG Fitzgerald is obviously playing politics, instead of being judicial.

Patriot!
Thank you for your honesty…especially setting the record straight on the fact that there are more pressing issues than this.
Thanks for getting me back “on track”

I think Fitzgerald is the new Ken Starr.

>>Ive agreed with you so far carolina girl, but Blago was not a sitting Gov when the endorsement was made.
Blago and Obama were never friends>>
What on earth are you talking about???
Blago was elected governor in 2002. Obama ran for the US senate in 2004. Keyes was brought in to run against him in the general election when his republican opponent dropped out because of the scandal surrounding his divorce.
2004 was the only time Obama ever ran against Keyes since Keyes isn’t even from Illinois! In 2004, Blago was the governor of IL. He DID NOT endorse Keyes.
It’s true that Blago and Obama were never really friends but Obama endorsed Obama in the general in 2002 and for reelection in 2006.

Politico, I believe you are right.

pefros:
God bless you! Have you sent away for
the Obama commemorative plates yet?
So far, I’ve only gone for the “limited”
minted coins. I’m ordering more than
the stated limit per household because
I, like you, want to be a part of this
historical moment.

Sen Reid, Durbin, and democrats in the senate look like idiots denying a qualified candidate because of the allegations and didnt bother to look into the legal ramaifications they are about to do something unconstitional for people that have been on the capitol for years they never even look at the damn document that swore to uphold and protect. My fellow democrats I think it time for term limits
US Rep. 3-two year terms only
US Sen. 2-six year only
Without term limits these same idiots who brought our first majority of both houses of congress will no doubt put us back in minority status in 2010

Belle — RE: “executive excess” At least it would not be unfamiliar territory for Bush! :D
“I’m a uniter, not a divider” “I’m going to restore dignity to the office of President” “Mission accomplished” As my (few) right-wing friends blindly retorted in y2k. Those who do not learn from the past…

Burris is the Alan Keyes of the Dems. Totally without credibility.

No matter how much I like Obama,I must say Blago out-smarted him and the other Democrats. By putting Burris there, he threw race in the air. The blacks will now be rooting for a black replacement and if Obama denies him and the seat ends up not going to another blackman, I can promise you, Obama will come out with tough wounds. I cant help but want a thief to win sometimes. Admit it or not, Blago is smart.

GO BROTHER BURRIS!!!! whats up Obama you don’t like another brother getting ahead?????

“There’s only one Governor of Illinois at a time”, and the prima donna PEBO ain’t it.
When the slaughter in Gaza called for a statement from Barry, there was none — any statement would have put him up against His promise to AIPAC that Israel is sacrosanct” …
At the same time, The One made PLENTY of statements about the Illinois Senate seat he vacated to avoid another “bailout” vote.
Prematurely imperious, the flighty figurehead wants to tell the state of Illinois AND the US Senate what to do, after abandoning both.
Hope for revelations from Illinois to derail His coronation. The bloom is off this frail flower.

“the opposition party’s leader.”
Both of the ruling political parties in the US have been hijacked by special interests: the Republicans by the neo-cons, the Democrats by whatever you call the Chicago machine that’s installed Obama/Biden et al.
As a Democrat, my hope is that democratic forces will be able to upset the mob-friendnly Chicago organization’s apple cart without an actual domestic uprising. And indeed, it looks as though this is beginning to happen.
Barry Obama’s never won a fair election, or a fair rhetorical fight — like He says, he’s the guy who brings a gun to the knife fight.
Note that if you don’t like what I write, you don’t have to read it.

Steve: Your wrong about Burris. He knows more about politics than Obama hasn’t learned yet. And Obama is not as smart as people think. He duped the public. He picked Clinton’s people because he needs all the help he can get. He lacks the experience to run this country. Hillary will have to take care of the mess in Israel

Belle Starr: You are absolutely right. Did you know that Obama use to be friends with a man connected to the PLO now Hamas and he was invited to dinner at Obama’s house several times. He is a pretense. He doesn’t have the capabilities to run this country. Hillary will have to clean up the mess for him. He will be president in name only and Cinton’s people will be running the country for him. He wanted the presidency to show that a half black man could be president and he duped the public. I didn’t vote for him and never will.

“Wait until he gets into office.”
IF he gets into office: Barry’s unseemly Senate meddling may loosen enough lips that he (Axelrod? Emanuel?) will wind up, for all we know, sharing a cell with Rezko.
If He DOES take office, no amount of press buffing and Cheshire Cat grin is going to put the shine back: Humpty Dumpty has had a great fall.

Hey Belle, what senate meddling? Please tell us what info you have that the Federal Govt. doesn’t?

If Burris had any ethical decency, he would have declined. The African American community have nothing to do with the corruption in Illinois. Blago is trying to use the African American community by getting them involved in this Senate mess.
At 71, Burris could not win a major election in Illinois but is willing to slither his way into the Senate.
Burris is tainting his good name and reputation for Blago.
What have Blago promised him??????????
WHAT A STUPID MESS!!!!!

Obama opposes Blago action.
Doesn’t mean squat.
Burris is in. He’s been legally
appointed U.S. Senator from the
state of Illinois by governor
Blagojevich.

anon
The secretary of state has to recognize the Senator… Which he hasn’t.

pefros writes; Corruption is the Bush family and their ties to the non-democratic Saudis and oil Kingdoms, and Cheney moving from Halliburton to the Vice-Presidency and the ensuing single source contracts and the gorging of money to their oil, banking and military industrial buddies.
this democratic talking point is old and invalid….. the report of the Clintons taking the MOST money from the saudies and the China TELLS IT ALL. the democrats are the ones selling this country out and it will all come to a head very soon. pefros your what we call a demobot.. just repeating false brainless talking points to no end…blah blah blah…

Sorry gerald, just simply because you say something doesn’t make it true . .. and some talking points are absolutely the truth.
Corruption is the Bush family and their ties to the non-democratic Saudis and oil Kingdoms, and Cheney moving from Halliburton to the Vice-Presidency and the ensuing single source contracts and the gorging of money to their oil, banking and military industrial buddies.