Politicians are amazing people. Roland Burris is pretty obviously a serial liar. His story has changed from day to day, gravitating ever so slowly toward an admission that there was some sort of quid pro quo for his Senate seat. Here is a guy who could have lived out a respectable life and gone on to reside honorably beneath the monument to himself that he has built to house his worldly remains.
Instead, he lies in order to ease his path to a Senate seat he was never likely to keep for more than two years, the very acceptance of which permanently tarnishes his reputation. On top of that, he lies knowing full well that there is a more than distinct possibility that tape recordings exist that will prove him to be a perjurer. Where do these folks get this type of arrogance? How does anyone so incapable of anticipating events get himself in a position to be chosen a U.S. Senator? Life is full of mysteries.
I still believe that the Democrats had no choice but to seat Burris. It is to be hoped that he can be eased out of that seat with dispatch, but I fear that he will remain with us until 2010.
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