Another Fuck You Song – Against All Authority
So Burris is going to be seated. Ugh. I know there isn’t really a legitimate reason to refuse him, but it just feels terrible. If it weren’t enough that he was appointed by Blagojevich, there’s also the clear demonstration that he is willing to put his own personal benefit above petty little things like the principles of fairness and good governance, or the Democratic Party for that matter – as evidenced by his willingness to accept the appointment. Beyond that, there was the race-baiting of his effort to get seated, which is all the more galling because I am so completely behind the idea that the Senate is a retrograde institution badly in need of color and gender (and sexual) diversity.
All I can say is, Democrats in Illinois should get ready to beat him in the 2010 primary and put this whole sordid affair behind us.