Isn’t Life Strange?

Honestly - I have nothing against Roland Burris. He has served the state of Illinois for as long as I can remember, in a number of positions which include State Comptroller and Attorney General.

I wish I could say I’m surprised to learn that he was involved in “pay to play” negotiations with disgraced ex-Governor, Rod Blagojevich. I wish I could say that I believed there was no way someone like Roland Burris could lie about his involvement in the scandal.

Quite frankly, nothing done by this gang of thugs and thieves surprises me anymore.

The junior U.S. senator from Illinois, a Democrat let it be noted, now admits that he was deeper into conversations with representatives of the disgraced former governor, Rod Blagojevich, about his possible appointment to seat than he first said, under oath.

The admission was made in an affidavit that he had quietly filed with an Illinois House committee on Feb. 5, the same committee that he swore to that no Blagojevich emissary solicited him, at least not more than once, for cash (a $10,000 figure was mentioned) in exchange for his seat.

Now, the question becomes: Did Burris commit perjury when he said in an affidavit: “there was not any contact between myself or any of my representatives with Gov. Blagojevich or any of his representatives” about the appointment prior to Dec. 26, when he met with a Blagojevich attorney. In his new affidavit, he said he actually had spoken with three of the former governor’s close associates.

Here’s the link to the article.