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Burris the fake
Topic Started: Jul 10 2009, 04:37 PM (157 Views)
Kerri P.
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http://www.myembarq.com/news/read.php?ps=1018&rip_id=%3CD99BOII01%40news.ap.org%3E&_LT=HOME_LARSDCCLM_UNEWS
Ill. Sen. Burris not running, cites fundraising
Friday, July 10, 2009 2:32 PM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — Embattled Illinois Sen. Roland Burris said Friday he won't run for a full term in 2010, making official the end of a short Senate career clouded by questions about his appointment by disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Burris, the only black U.S. senator, said he was bowing out of the 2010 race because of the burden of raising money to pay for a campaign.

"I was called to choose between spending my time raising funds, or spending my time raising issues for my state. I believe that the business of the people of the state of Illinois should always come first," said Burris, who complained political campaigns have gotten too expensive.

"And so today, I have returned to the place where my political journey began back in 1978, back to the South Side of Chicago, back to my community and my constituency to announce, my friends, that I will not be a candidate in the 2010 election, and that I will not run for the United States Senate," he told supporters who minutes earlier had chanted, "Run, Roland, Run!"

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Edited by Kerri P., Jul 10 2009, 04:38 PM.
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DMom

run, roland, run ..........

away from scrutiny .................

that blago ----- such a man!
and such are chicago politics (and community organizers)
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Rusty Dog
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Well, at least he gets the pension.
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