by Teri O'Brien
It has been one week since the New York Post published that silly cartoon suggesting that Barack Obama’s recently passed “stimulus” pork piñata had been written by a marauding chimp, and the predictable howling from the political correctness posse continues. Everyone in the media echo chamber, from the passel of mentally-challenged hags on ABC’s “The View” to the solemn commentators on cable tv, agrees: the cartoon is offensive, disgusting, racist, and outrageous. Yet, those who see racism everywhere are standing by silent while the only African-American member of the U.S. Senate is being practically lynched by a bipartisan mob.
Yesterday, our senior senator, Dick “Eddie Haskell” Durbin met with Sen. Burris, trying to explain to him that he needs to resign. Our new governor said last week that Sen. Burris needs to resign. Even Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana, he of D.C. madam fame, says he should resign.
It isn’t at all clear to me that Sen. Roland Burris should resign. He was appointed by the then sitting governor, who had been elected twice. He has not been accused of any wrongdoing. Yes, he has a bad memory and changes his story a lot. I thought those things were prerequisites to being an elected democrat official here in Illinois. What am I missing?
Until someone can offer a rational reason for him to step down, I say “You go, Sen. Burris! Don’t be intimidated! One man and the truth is a majority.” He told Sen. Durbin that he will not resign. Way to go, Roland! I suppose Dick Durbin expected Sen. Burris to say “Shoe nuff, Masser Durbin. I be resigning right away.” Forget that. You are the junior senator from Illinois, something we haven’t had for the last couple of years while the person who held the job flew around the country campaigning while collecting a salary for the job. Roland Burris is my senator.
I know that many of you disagree, and believe that Roland Burris should resign immediately. I suspect that the reason you hold this opinion is the mistaken belief that if he did resign, and we held a special election, a Republican would win that seat. To that I say, happy daydreams of fuzzy bunnies, rainbows and unicorns are pleasant diversions, but let’s get real.
In 2008, as you may remember Republican Dr. Steve Sauerberg ran against Sen. Durbin. I commend him for getting into the arena, but as I told him back in April, there’s no point in getting in the arena if you’re just going there to be eaten by the lions. He actually believed that that well-known “bipartisan” group the League of Women Voters would expose Dick Durbin’s extreme left-wing voting record. I know that because he told me so.
Friends told me that they would vote for Dr. Sauerberg at my urging, despite the fact that one told me he sounded “lame” when she heard him speak and that her husband was shocked to learn that Sen. Durbin wasn’t running unopposed. Forgive me, but based on the performance of what is laughingly called the “Illinois Republican party,” I’m not optimistic about the outcome of a special election this year.
There’s another more important question. Why do you suppose so many democrats are so eager for Sen. Burris to resign? Could it be that they realize that his continuing presence in the U.S. Senate is a constant reminder of the stinking slough of corruption that is Illinois politics? Perhaps if people begin to connect the dots, they may start to wake up and connect some dots. When they do, they will may start to wonder not only about Barack Obama’s legendary to walk on water, a feat that pales in comparison with his ability to swim in the filthy swamp along with the rest of the Chicago machine democrats and somehow emerge completely dry.
