Blago to appoint Roland Burris to Senate?

December 30th, 2008 at 11:59am Pat Cunningham

It says HERE that Rod Blagojevich will announce this afternoon that he’s appointing former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris (above) to the U.S. Senate seat made vacant by Barack Obama’s election to the presidency.

UPDATE: Background on Burris HERE.

UPDATE II: Harry Reid SAYS Burris is “unacceptable.”

UPDATE III: I’ve got two problems with Roland Burris: 1) Anybody stupid enough to accept this Senate appointment from the scandal-plagued likes of Blago is, ipso facto, unqualified to serve; 2) Burris referred today to his previous service as state comptroller, but he mispronounced the word. The preferred pronunication of “comptroller,” strangely enough, is the same as that for the word “controller.”  The “comp” pronunciation is acceptable, but not preferred. Call me fussy, but stuff like that is important if America is going to undo the damage to its image resulting from eight years of Bushisms.

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