The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

    Burris - the truth starts to emerge.

    By kgb999 on Wed, 01/07/2009 - 2:31pm |
    For all of you who seem to think that Burris is such a decent and honest (totally rejected by Illinois voters time and time again) guy who would never engage in any sort of quid-pro-quo ... this just in.

    ...the former Illinois attorney general who has been appointed by Blagojevich to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacated U.S. Senate seat --  held a 2006 fundraiser for the governor at his home.

    Burris and his lobbying firm also donated $22,295 to Blagojevich's campaign, according to MyFOXChicago.com.

    Over the past four years, Burris' lobbying firm reportedly won $705,435 in state contracts.

    And Burris' longtime lobbying partner Fred Lebed is a board member of the Christian Industrial League -- the same group that hired Blagojevich's wife Patricia.

    Gotta love Chicago politics .... and democrats who will support any stupid thing as long is it opposes Harry Reid.  I guess now we know what sort of person Feinstein likes in the senate.  Honestly, some days it seems democrats would deserve this assclown.

    But don't worry, surely this means nothing ... Burris' lobbying partner assures us:

    "There's absolutely, unequivocally, no conflict of interest whatsoever," he said.

    Lovely.  If the democrats seat this guy they will be faced with scandal after scandal.