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To: Sully- who wrote (69616)	2/18/2009 5:46:25 PM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 90947

Can Illinois just get rid of all their political leaders? Betsy' Page Now that political observers have been gifted with more ridiculous stories from Senator Burris about how he just forgot that he'd been approached by Blagojevich's brother to raise money before Burris was tapped to be senator, we can ask some more questions about the competence of Illinois's elected leaders. The Chicago Sun Times wonders why it took over a week for news of his corrected affidavit to come out. <<< Burris' attorney alerted House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie (D-Chicago) on Jan. 23 that Burris wanted to supplement his testimony before the impeachment panel, which she chaired. On Feb. 5, the affidavit was sent to Currie's office. Currie picked it up with her mail at her Chicago office at the end of the week and brought it to her Springfield office on Feb. 9, said Steve Brown, a spokesman for House Speaker Michael Madigan. Currie looked at only the first page of the affidavit, which Brown said involved Burris' lobbying clients. On Feb. 11, House staff attorneys got the affidavit from Currie's office, looked at it briefly and locked it in their office and left town, Brown said. >>> She gets a correction to Burris's affidavit and doesn't bother to read it or give it to her aides to read for almost a week! Wasn't she curious as to what he was changing? Is there anyone in that state who is at all competent? Was getting this lying weasel sworn in as senator really worth not running the risk that a Republican might, in this solidly blue state, actually win a special election? betsyspage.blogspot.com