December 31, 2008
BY CAROL MARIN Sun-Times Columnist
Back off, bleepin' Blagojevich bashers. Rockin' Rod just showed us where to stick our outrage.
On Tuesday, Illinois' Elvis exhibited the testicular virility he brags about with the decision to barrel ahead -- despite certain indictment and impeachment -- and appoint Roland Burris to fill the Senate seat of Barack Obama. He sent a screamingly loud message that the King isn't dead and quite happy to inflict pain on those who currently afflict him.
Admit it. It was a brilliant move.
Here we have cable television's Goat-of-the-Moment putting everyone else on notice.
Let's begin with Blagojevich's fellow Democrats. By appointing Burris, he chose one of their own. Burris is a "regular" in the classic Chicago tradition, supported in elections past by pols named Daley, Stroger and Madigan.
Burris is an African American who made history by becoming Illinois' first black elected comptroller and attorney general. Continues here...
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