The Real Illinois Loon
January 8, 2009
No, I’m not talking about embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The real loon seems to be his selection to fill Pres.-elect Obama’s vacated Senate seat, Roland Burris. Unfortunately, it looks like the Democratic leadership in the Senate is going to cave and allow Burris to actually be seated and serve as a U.S. senator, adding another level of lunacy to the legislative body charged with getting us out of this economic mess.
What kind of person erects his own granite mausoleum listing his life’s accomplishments? Are you kidding me? This 71-year-old knucklehead has built a monument to himself. According to CNN.com, under the seal of the state of Illinois and the words “Trail Blazer,” Burris lists his “firsts” in granite, including being the state’s first African-American attorney general and the state’s first African-American comptroller. Strangely, the memorial also notes that Burris was the first black exchange student to attend Hamburg University in Germany from Southern Illinois University in 1959.
What’s next? Monopoly champion? Trusted friend of the Elvis lookalike in the Illinois governor’s mansion? Please stop this insanity.
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