Oh Illinois, you've done it again!

This state never fails to have political controversy. Talk about Blagojevich as the ringleader of the circus? He is just one of the acts.

Senator Roland Burris is again pressured to resign after he admitted to attempting to raise funds for the former governor before he was appointed to the senate. He's ignoring these calls for resignation, which now include the Chicago Tribune and Washington Post.

"There was never any inappropriate conversation between me and anyone else and I will answer any and all questions to get the point across to keep my faith with the citizens of Illinois," he said Tuesday.

Does anyone actually have faith in him? Does anyone have faith in Illinois anymore? Can Burris be trusted now, when he was lauded and barred from the Senate before he even began? Perhaps he's telling the whole truth this time. But the damage is already done.

And that's the key--the whole truth. The Tribune editorial recounts his "versions" of the story and calls his actions "disgraceful." He started telling everybody he had no contact at all with the governor and his staff about fundraising for Blagojevich. But now, he's informing the public he never actually raised funds--he chatted with a few close people, and maybe Blago himself--but he never did anything wrong. He never raised money. Why? Because he failed to get any.

Does he think we're dumb? Do all politicians caught with wrongdoing thing we're all dummies, therefore their lies can ooze out of their teeth and be blindly accepted? Of course he didn't do anything wrong, that's why he's welcoming, "any and all" investigations that will be pinned on him.

Go ahead, try to catch him.

Haven't we heard that one before?

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