By what he said and what he chose not to say, Roland Burris lied his way into the United States Senate. Our questions, then, for leaders of Burris' Democratic Party:
Sen. Dick Durbin, Sen. Harry Reid, Mayor Richard Daley, Gov. Pat Quinn, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, Illinois Senate President John Cullerton, Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan, Secretary of State Jesse White, Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias—what's your moral calculus here?
• Do you think it's acceptable for someone to take a Senate seat by lies of commission and of omission? That is, by saying what isn't true—and by declining to say what is?
• Are you comfortable having Burris represent the people of this state—people who wouldn't trust him if he said in a sworn affidavit that the Earth is round?
• At the time of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's downfall, we heard many of you comment publicly on the need for more ethical government and politics in Illinois. Have you re-read your words lately? Did you mean them?
• Burris, who says he has "absolutely nothing to hide," in fact is hiding behind the excuse of "an ongoing investigation." But a perjury investigation in Springfield, and some Ethics Committee interest from a U.S. Senate that last expelled members for sympathizing with Civil War rebels, doesn't entitle the rest of you to avoid telling Burris to quit. Or do you think it does?
• Your bottom line question here isn't whether you think Burris should be prosecuted or expelled. Your bottom line question is this: Should Roland Burris resign from the Senate seat?
There's more here. They don't seem pleased that their chosen party is so accomodating of this guy.
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