Burris Familiar with Chicago Machine Politics

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Who's missing from this caricature?  It appears the right answer might be Roland Burris, the former Illinois attorney general picked yesterday by Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill.) to replace Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate.

I base this assessment upon the content of a National Legal and Policy Center report published over 5 years ago in a post at Sweetness and Light is accurate.  The headline of that post — Mob-Infested Chicago Local Suggests Ex-AG as Temporary Supervisor — hints at its flavor.

Check it out!

Hat tip:  Thomas Lifson at American Thinker

 Cartoon courtesy My Personal Litmus

 -- Bob McCarty Writes