Let's ruminate the political viability of Roland Buriss, the man that Illinois Governor Blago Fonzarelli has appointed to fulfill the remainder of President-elect Obama's U.S. Senate term.
Buriss has done nothing wrong. In fact, he enjoyed a long and squeaky clean public life in Illinois before entering his twilight years. The guy is so far removed from Blago that, by comparison, Obama would be about as tight to Blago as the Governor's "football".
Football is what Blago calls his great equalizer, a Paul Mitchell hairbrush.
Can we be intellectually honest, please? Buress is being marginalized due to an association with a corrupt governor, and it's not only unfair for Senate Democrats to deny him his legally appointed Senate seat, it also smacks of blatantly ugly hypocrisy.
Personal associations do matter in life. 52% of the electorate - myself included - decided that Barack Obama escaped close ties with a racist pastor and a loose affiliation with an admitted domestic terrorist and elected him president.
Roland Burris deserves the same benefit of the doubt.
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