posted by leo
on Wed, 12/31/2008 - 10:44
Let's say someone robs a bank and right before he gets nabbed by the police, he hands over the loot to one of those Salvation Army bell-ringers.
Are we going to spend much time dwelling on the probity of the bell-ringer -- much less, let him hold on to the money?
That's kind of like the situation with the Governor and his offer of the vacant Senate seat to Roland Burris. It doesn't matter how "good and honest" Burris may be, the reason he got handed the nomination was because the Governor was about to be nabbed by the authorities. Without that circumstance, Burris would never have gotten the nod.
So it makes no sense for anyone, including Burris himself, to ask us to ignore this fact. Doing so would validate the crime.
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