Well fresh off the Coveted ABM Idiot of the Week award, we already have next week's Iow (It's my award so I can shift the calendar as I wish to recognize true stupidity). After Governor Kickback ignored all caution and appointed Roland Burris to fill Obama's senate seat, we had Bobby "Pocketfull of Race Cards" Rush stepping up to the plate saying anyone who opposes the appointment is racist.
Ok, the ABM tries at all cost to avoid profanity and keep our dialogue at a high level, but I ask your indulgence just this once...
BULLSH*T! Don't insult our intelligence Bobby Rush!
Come on Congressman Rush, we're not that stupid. Roland Burris might be the epitome of integrity and a candidate for sainthood, but he's stained. Just to accept the appoitment casts doubts on his judgement given the political context(last week he called Blago reprehensible) and today his defenense of Blago smacks of WFIM (What's in It for Me) . I think Burris has already displayed he is not up to the challenge. Granted he is 71, has run for governor (defeated in the primary by of all people Blago) and Senate with no success, so this is his last chance. This does not justify his selling his soul and aforementioned integrity to defend the indefensible.
Now back to Bobby Rush. The ABM is outraged that BR would toss the Race Card on this one (there's enough real racism still out there that this "card" should be reserved for real cases. There's no racism in this at all. We have a governor on FBI tape saying he's going to give the seat to the highest bidder and when his tail is caught in a crack, he appoints a Black man (who by all accounts would be very qualified to serve) to change the game.
Message to Bobby Rush: BR we're beyond all that shyt. In 2008 we will support the candidate who represents our interests (see President-elect Obama) not just based on skin color. Yes, we do need more black senators, but I damn sure don't want the only Black senator to be wreaking with the stench of corruption from day one. He will be ineffective as a senator no matter how qualified he is. I don't care if he's blue, any appointee of Blago at this point is unacceptable.
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As I began reading your post a few minutes ago, the "Today Show" ran the story on this topic (I hadn't previously heard about it until this post) and I now sit stunned at the ignorant & ridiculous statements Rush made in front of the press. We just elected our first African-American President you @SS!!! Doesn't that prove that we, as a nation, have moved beyond such a cop-out? The notion that he would even use the metaphor "do not hang and lynch the appointee as you try to castigate the appointer." It's bad enough that Burris will soon be, if not already, suffering the worst case of guilt-by-association by having his good name now tarnished simply because it came across the lips of Blagojevich---did he really need to be burned by the race card too? I mean really...come ON! He should have just kept his mouth shut cause I'm not sure anyone even ASKED for his opinion!! *Pissed*
This IOW definitely gets my vote...
~Kahlua~
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