December 30, 2008
Blago appoints Burris as barry replacement (text)
Blago appoints Burris as barry replacement (video)
Blagojevich and Burris connection?
Interview with new appointee Burris
barry speaks about blago’s appointment of Burris
NBC 5 News Chicago: Roland Burris interview with Alex Perez.
PEREZ: Do you understand the controversy behind your appointment?
BURRIS: I separate it. The governor has his problem. I understand it. Perhaps he has some serious problems. That has nothing to do with Roland Burris. I have no problem with going to US Senate and doing a job for the people – not only of Illinois – right now the nation needs someone with Roland Burris’ talent and skills .
PEREZ: Sen Dick Durbin already said that all 50 senators have said that they would not seat the appointment made by Governor Blagojevich. When you hear that…what do you say?
BURRIS: I will say to them – and I think they better check the law – that what the governor has done is constitutional [smile]and legal. I respect the president [elect] but he does not have the authority.[smile]
PEREZ: What about the allegations against Blagojevich? You can’t ignore them.
BURRIS: I can ignore them. Why not? They don’t impact me. He has to get whatever is coming to him from the court of law and not from…public opinion.
PEREZ: So how hard is it going to make your job if walking into it says we don’t want you Mr Burris?
BURRIS: That’s their problem. [Smiling] That’s not my problem.
Haha. Why not? He’s gets a lot of publicity and has nothing to lose. I wonder what he thinks about barry and the fact that barry never paid his dues while taking credit for legislation he did not work for – Ricky Hendon’s videotaped interrogation law comes to mind. And I wonder how Burris felt about barry throwing Revs Wright and Jackson under the bus. And Bobby Rush has never exactly been a fan of barry’s.
Burris is a veteran politician who knows how to play the angles and still look like sweet grandpops. Not so for Emil Jones, who was still in hot rod’s corner last week. I wonder if he still is behind him now that Burris got the appointment…
