Illinois deserves to be represented by two viable senators. Dick Durbin isn’t going anywhere in the near future apparently, but Roland Burris is turning into yet one more ginormous embarrassment for the state.
I’m sick of it. All the issues that need to be taken care of are ignored because Roland Burris is turning into the same kind of publicity hound as Rod Blagojevich did. His personality has taken over the nightly news with endless news conferences and new revelations about his appointment. In the mean time our failing infrastructure, our failing mass transit systems, our failing economy, and our failing employment opportunities are not on the back burner, but totally off the stove, to mix a metaphor.
At Burris’ nomination Bobby Rush got on the horn and announced that if Roland Burris weren’t ratified as Illinois’ new junior senator, the racists had won. He said that because Barack Obama, a person of color, had stepped down to become president (which still makes me giggle with delight), Obama’s replacement should also be a person of color.
It seems to me that even though the requirements for senator do NOT have a race qualification, there are plenty of people of color who could be good senators. Good senators who have integrity. Let me think for a moment and see if I can come up with a few:
Chuck Jefferson of Rockford
James Clayborne, Jr., of Belville
Or Al Riley of Matteson, my representative, who has kept his nose clean
None of these people has been endorsed by Rod Blagojevich. That alone makes them free of taint.
Illinois can do a lot better than Roland Burris, who should resign lest he join the other R.B. in his new occupation of making license plates. And Pat Quinn should appoint a new junior senator from Illinois in accordance with the Illinois Constitution.
That person should be a person of color: black, brown, tan, beige, or even pink. Any color but the one Burris and Blagojevich seem to be most concerned about: green.
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