Roland Burris Gets Denied Seat by Senate

Roland Burris goes to Washington. Roland Burris goes to Senate. Poor Roland Burris gets shut-down. No entry. "Credentials no good."

Video showed an emotionally upset and disappointed man walking across the street in the rain to tell the press what [he must have known] he will have to do next.

I feel for him though. I really think he might a good man, a decent politician, and probably even a pretty honest guy. He's got a good record, REALLY wants this job, and quite possibly for the right reasons. But he knew this wouldn't be easy.

The Democratic Party told Blagojevich not to appoint anyone. PEBO seconded it. But Rod had to go ahead and do it anyway. Sure he might legally have the right to do so [for now]. But it may have just cost a good man his reputation, and maybe more importantly, his career. The shady governor just can't do what's right, what his party and 'The People' want, or what is good for the state and the nation.

Rod Blagojevich is a self-serving, arrogant, and desperate man with little or no redeemable qualities. I challenge anyone to argue against that. And now we have just one more shiny example of that. If he's going down, he's going to take everyone around him down with him. It doesn't matter [to him, or anyone else] whether it's on purpose or not. He's essentially got political "cooties." And there seems to be no "shots" for that.

Poor Roland Burris might have been appointed legally. He probably saw this as his opportunity to make a positive change and affect positive change in a time in which it so needed. And how great would THAT be; to see such good come from such evil! Unfortunately he just might have been too pure of thought. It didn't cross his mind that he wouldn't be able to separate the "appointee from the appointor."

He'll fight, and he'll probably even get his seat in the Senate. But just long enough to warm that seat up for the next, publicly elected, Senator from Illinois. Long enough to get his name in the books. And hopefully long enough to pay his legal fees and plan his retirement.