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RUSH: There are two Senate seats up for grabs, and, of course, we know there\u2019s controversy surrounding the Senate seat in Illinois being vacated by Obama, who, by the way, made two more cabinet appointments today. Tom Vilsack, the former governor of Iowa, is now going to be the secretary of agriculture, and Ken Salazar from Colorado, with whom we have had several run-ins this past year, I don\u2019t even remember what about. Oh, yeah. He tried to block drilling oil in the great West. (interruption) Well, that may be a bit harsh, Mr. Snerdley, to say that he lied about it, but they\u2019ve got all kinds of oil reserves and he\u2019s doing his best to block it. Now he\u2019s going to have easy access to blocking it as secretary of the interior. He\u2019s leaving his Senate seat, so now we\u2019ve got another Senate seat to be filled, this time by Democrat governor in Colorado. But the two Senate seats that, of course, are causing controversy, Obama\u2019s seat in Illinois, and this Blagojevich thing, it just keeps surprising us each and every day, wonderfully so, ladies and gentlemen. <\/p>\n

Now his lawyer\u2019s out there saying, ‘What is all this caterwauling? He hasn\u2019t done anything wrong,\u2019 and in the strict legal sense, he hasn\u2019t. They stepped in there, and they stopped the sale of the Senate seat, so there has been no felony committed. They\u2019ve got him on wiretaps saying this or saying that, but nothing actually happened because they stepped in and stopped the investigation. They don\u2019t have any money for a special election. They\u2019re really tied up in the Illinois legislature because they want the guy to quit. He won\u2019t quit. Now they\u2019re talking about impeaching him. But then they gotta do a trial, and if they have a trial then they\u2019ve got all kinds of things that might come out in the trial they don\u2019t want anybody to know, and then they\u2019re looking at a special election, and the reason they\u2019re worried about a special election is that this controversy encompasses exclusively Democrats. So the special election might produce a Republican winner who would then occupy the Senate seat vacated by The Messiah, Barack Obama. And now they\u2019re a little upset in various sectors of the black community in Illinois. <\/p>\n

From the Chicago Sun-Times today: ‘Black Leaders See Senate Seat Being Hijacked.\u2019 Now, I love that headline, ladies and gentlemen. Senate seat being hijacked, say black leaders. Well, okay, who exactly is hijacking it, then? That\u2019s right, Democrats, if that\u2019s what\u2019s going on. Well, that\u2019s another thing. They are acting like it is their property. This seat is their property. Once a Senate seat goes to a minority, an African-American, I guess the notion is that it shall remain so in perpetuity. Here is Laura Washington writing in the Chicago Sun-Times: ‘Bye bye, black Senate seat! The political blackbirds are singing a swan song for the hopes of keeping a US Senate seat in African-American hands. The Rod Blagojevich implosion may have dealt that cause a fatal blow. Last week\u2019s stunning pay-to-play charges led to calls around the nation for a special election to choose President-elect Barack Obama\u2019s successor. That possibility has provoked outrage among black community leaders and politicians. Not so fast, they are saying. Last month, the Concerned Clergy of Illinois–‘ have you ever heard of the Concerned Clergy of Illinois? Nor had I, \u2019til this story. ‘The Concerned Clergy of Illinois demanded that the governor appoint a ‘qualified\u2019 African American ‘who can fill this vacancy –” Speaking of, did you know that Jesse Jackson Jr. now says he\u2019s been informing to the FBI since 2002, six years? He must be one worthless informant. <\/p>\n

Look at all the corruption that has been going on in that state and they haven\u2019t gotten anybody on it? What a rotten informant this guy\u2019s been. At any rate, more on that as the program unfolds today before your very eyes and ears. ‘The Concerned Clergy of Illinois demanded that the governor appoint a ‘qualified\u2019 African American ‘who can fill this vacancy and who has the capacity to be re-elected when [Obama\u2019s] term ends in 2010.\u2019 The problem, as I wrote then, is that black leaders were at odds on who should get the nod. After the Blago bomb hit, US Rep. Bobby Rush of Chicago\u2019s 1st Congressional District gave some big love to the beleaguered Senate wannabe, US Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. The minister\u2019s group is solidly behind him. … In an interview on MSNBC, Rush added, ‘I think that we should have at least one African American in the United States Senate, and I think that African American should be Jesse Jackson Jr.” What is this sense of ownership? I told you that having an African-American president was not going to solve anything. It was only going to exacerbate it out there. <\/p>\n

‘The Concerned Clergy, a cadre of several dozen prominent black ministers, are ‘appalled\u2019 by the fallout of the sensational federal investigation. They see it as a thinly veiled attempt by white pols to hijack the seat, says Stephanie Gadlin, the coalition\u2019s spokeswoman. … Illinois\u2019 Powers That Be are hurtling headlong into election mode. The Legislature will convene today to hammer out legislation to mandate an election, no doubt in record time. The appointment option is fading fast,\u2019 although Blago could still do it. He could still do it. Now, see, the rule of thumb is that nobody would accept it because of the cloud. Wrongo. I guarantee you if he nominated Jesse Jackson Jr. he\u2019d swear himself in five minutes later. ‘White voters don\u2019t and won\u2019t accept the idea that America and Illinois need — and deserve — a black senator.\u2019 This is from the story. ‘White voters don\u2019t and won\u2019t accept the idea that America and Illinois need — and deserve — a black senator.\u2019 This is all about Obama\u2019s seat. <\/p>\n

Now, while that\u2019s percolating, and that\u2019s just part of what\u2019s percolating, this is a new wrinkle now, is that the white Democrats in Illinois and Chicago are trying to hijack this seat away from blacks. Over in New York, the fur is really flying over this Caroline Kennedy presumption. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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