Where the Heck is Dick Durbin?!
By Peter Andrew ConservativeAmerican.org
Dick Durbin
Where the Heck is US Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) in all of this scandal about filling Barack Obama’s old senate seat?
Durbin has said VERY LITTLE about any of this. He was reportedly upset about the situation before the news even broke, because Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich took 12 days to return Durbin’s phone call. Durbin apparently wanted to make sure his opinion was considered when a decision was made.
The H.R. Huff-n-Stuff Post reported on November 24th:
“Senator Dick Durbin finally spoke with Gov. Blagojevich about President-elect Obama’s Senate replacement, according to a comment from a Durbin staffer to Capitol Fax. Durbin, who has an uneasy relationship with Blagojevich, had publicly expressed his frustration that the governor had not been returning his calls.”
Yeah. Who does Blago think he is not to return Dick Durbin’s calls? Durbin was quick to return the political mistreatment when Blago was arrested. From NBC News reporter Carrie Dann on December 9th:
“Sen. Dick Durbin…called today for a special election to fill Barack Obama’s Senate seat, saying that “no appointment could produce a credible replacement” in light of this morning’s arrest of Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Durbin says he spoke with a member of the state’s general assembly this morning, urging the legislature to enact a law calling for a special election and saying that a “tainted” appointment by the governor…would be unacceptable. “I think it’s the only way out at this point,” Durbin said…he hoped the Illinois legislature would put together a bill with a bipartisan supermajority, implying that resistance from the governor could be possible. “Most executives don’t like to give up any power,” he said. Durbin also lamented what he described as a strained relationship with the governor of his state, calling him a “difficult man to communicate with” who dallied for 12 days before returning Durbin’s phone call last month in regard to the Senate appointment. ”
Sure sounds like poor Mr. Durbin had his feelings hurt. Does the US Prosecutor’s office have tapes of the call between Blago and Durbin? What did Durbin say? Did Durbin, as US Senate Majority Whip, urge Blago NOT to appoint one of three black men as Harry Reid reportedly did? Did Durbin also suggest Lisa Madigan as Reid did? Why isn’t the press asking Durbin more about this?
Durbin may soon have more than his feelings hurt. FOX NEWS reports:
“William Walls of the Committee for a Better Chicago called Harry Reid’s opposition to the appointment of Jackson, Davis or Jones, all of whom are black, an act of racism. “The U.S. Senate is an institution that is primarily white and has been forever and some people are more comfortable with people of their own kind,” Walls told FOXNews.com. “Harry Reid seems to be one of those people.” Walls has vowed to rally activists in an effort to politically defeat Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin and Secretary of State Jesse White if they don’t support Blagojevich’s appointment for the seat, Roland Burris.”
