THE PLANK DECEMBER 31, 2008
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Just in case Bobby Rush feared he was too subtle in playing the race card during yesterday's Blago-Burris press conference, here he is on CBS this morning:
Well, let me just say this, you know, the recent history of our nation has shown us that sometimes there could
be individuals and there could be
situations where school children--where you have officials standing in the doorway of school children. You know, I'm
talking about all of us back in 1957 in
Little Rock, Arkansas. I'm talking about George Wallace, Bull Connors and I'm sure that the US Senate don't want to
see themselves placed in the
same position. I know my friend
Harry Reid...
I think Noam's right about the fatal flaw in this strategy: Likening Harry Reid to Bull Connor and George Wallace is already a stretch, but trying to cast Obama in that role is so absurd it's dada.
--Jason Zengerle
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Because, you know, the white Washington establishment will never let a black man into the halls of power. Really, when it comes to political advancement, the whole "black president" thing really does kind of render the whole "Bull Connor standing in the doorway" thing sort of moot.
Anyway, after Lieberman and the auto bailout "filibuster", what makes Rush (or anyone) believe that Harry Reid will actually block Burris from taking his seat? The man has the backbone of a beached jellyfish.
- rhubarbs
December 31, 2008 at 10:18am