Roland Burris, Illinois’s U. S. senator appointed by former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who has since been impeached, was caught on tape giving a check to the former governor:
A transcript of a secretly recorded phone call between the brother of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and U.S. Sen. Roland Burris was released in federal court today, a call in which Burris, then seeking the Senate seat, was recorded offering the Blagojevich campaign a campaign check.
“I know I could give him a check,” Burris said. “Myself.”
But in the same call, Burris tells Robert Blagojevich he is concerned he and Rod Blagojevich will “catch hell.”
“And if I do get appointed that means I bought it,” Burris said.
“And, and God knows number one, I, I wanna help Rod,” Burris says later in the call. “Number two, I also wanna, you know, hope I get a consideration to get that appointment.”
Sounds like a smoking gun to me. It certainly won’t help Sen. Burris’s credibility.
Burris was a prior Blago campaign contributor. This was just a reference to another plain vanilla campaign contribution, not “pay for play” for the seat. How do I know? Because Burris’ lawyer said so.
You shouldn’t be such a cynic. Why, you probably also believe Obama’s exhaustive 2 day inquiry into Rhambo’s involvement was a whitewash.
And I bet you don’t believe this whole thing is just a vendetta against Blago for trying to keep your taxes down. You cynic, you.
I plead guilty as charged. At least I know the price of a lot of things and the value of precious little.