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Damn, y’all, Livesteez reported that they aren’t letting Obama’s successor, Roland Burris, assume the senate seat he was appointed by that Blagojevich con man:

Roland Burris was bombarded by the media when he showed up on Capitol Hill Tuesday as Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s pick to replace Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate, and was promptly rejected – as expected.

Secretary of the Senate Nancy Erickson denied his certification, saying it lacked Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White’s signature and the state seal.

Burris, 71, then led a scrum of lawyers, consultants, police and reporters across the street in pouring rain, to a news conference which Burris aides said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had tacitly allowed, as reported by Eurweb.com

Erickson, Burris reported, had advised him that “I would not be accepted, and I will not be seated, and I will not be permitted on the floor.”

Burris called on the Illinois Supreme Court to order White to certify his appointment. An attorney for Burris, Timothy W. Wright III, said that “our credentials were rejected by the secretary of the Senate. We were not allowed to be placed in the record book. We were not allowed to proceed to the floor for purposes of taking oath. All of which we think was improperly done and is against the law of this land.”

Democrats and President-elect Barack Obama have said that the corruption charges against Blagojevich would taint anyone he appointed to the seat. Blagojevich denies federal accusations that he tried to sell the seat Obama has given up for the presidency.

In a written statement Tuesday, the governor said allegations against him shouldn’t be held against Burris, whom he called a “good and decent man.”

This Blagojevich fella is really f*cking things up for everyone. It’s time for him to pack up and get on somewhere. Enough is enough, already.

via Livesteez

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