At least “Little” Dick Durbin is being honest.

(hat tip Hot Air)

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin confirmed today what most of us already knew — the democrats caved to race baiting in their decision to seat Blago appointee Roland Burris. Without a doubt, the shrewdest person in this whole affair was Blago himself. He knew without a doubt that nominating a black man to Obama’s seat would guarantee that appointee being seated. Nothing tweaks a liberal more than being labeled a racist and not seating Burris would of course be labeled as “racist” — by black racists in Chicago.

Here’s what Dick Durbin said:

Durbin, a fellow Democrat and Illinois’ senior senator, noted that Rep. Bobby Rush, a Chicago Democrat, appeared at Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s announcement of his appointment of Burris and used racially charged language to defend the appointment.

“My colleague from Illinois, Congressman Bobby Rush, made strong statements along those (racial) lines,” Durbin said on WGN-AM (720). “They were painful and hurtful, and it became part of this calculation.”

If you don’t remember what former black panther Bobby Rush said then allow me to remind you:

“I would ask you not to hang or lynch the appointee as you try to casitgate the appointor,” Rush added. ”Separate, if you will, the appointee from the appointor. Roland Burris is worthy.”

“There are no African-Americans in the Senate, and I don’t think that anyone, any U.S. Senator who is sitting right now would want to go on record to deny one African-American from being seated in the U.S. Senate. I don’t think they want to go on record doing that.

Painful and hurtful? What a liberal pussy. His comments were fucking stupid and ignorant not painful or hurtful.

I love how black racism is just accepted and not called out. The racial makeup of the senate should be irrelevant. What should matter is competence and honesty not skin color. Racist blacks in Chicago have been terrified that Obama’s “black senate seat” might fall into white hands, so getting any black appointed regardless of honesty or integrity was the order of the day. Bobby Rush predictably played the race card and liberal democrats still trying to work out their white guilt issues played right along.

So Illinois and by extension America ended up with another corrupt politician from Illinois — but at least he was black.

-Chris Jones

(hat tip Hot Air)