Peoria Pundit

While many GOP supporters are loving the heck out of Roland Burris’s attempt to get himself seated as Illinois’s junior U.S. Senator, Congressman Aaron Schock (R-18th District) is having none of it. Some see it as a perfect way to create a wedge between black voters and the Democratic Party.* But Schock — who has made reaching out to black voters part of his appeal — sees this issue as about corruption: From the New York Times:

“You know, prior to this, I had a great deal of respect for Mr. Burris,” Mr. Schock said. “He served the state well.” But, he added, that the appointment not only called Mr. Blagojevich’s judgment into question, but that of Mr. Burris.

“I don’t think he should pursue it,” said the Illinois lawmaker, a former president of the Peoria Board of Education. “I’m disappointed that he is doing this.”

He added: “Most of my colleagues are not just fed up with Blagojevich, but also with Roland Burris.” This is “not the way you reinstill faith in the electorate,” he warned, adding that it helped explain why the state’s lawmakers are trying to expedite the impeachment process, with a vote in the Illinois House as soon as Jan. 15.

This morning, I heard some anchorperson describe Burris a “respected’ Illinois politician. No. He is not. Read this post at The Capitol Fax Blog about all the reasons Burris is not respected, from awarding  contracts to contributors, using campaign cash to boost his state pension to helping Blagojevich’s wife land a full time job.

*Sorry Chris Nuir, but it’s true. They aren’t refusing to seat Burris because he is black, but in spite of that fact. And if Senator Reid is racist, so is Barack Obama and Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White. By defending Burris, you are saying that a governor charged with selling a seat in the Senate should should be allowed to appoint someone to the Senate who may very well have helped put money into the pocket of that same governor and his wife. By accusing Reid of being a racist, you are playing the race card. Isn’t that someone that conservatives are supposed to oppose?

I often find myself agreeing with Chris Muir. But I always find myself lusting after the smart and sexy women in his strip, Day By Day.

The strip is entiely online, so Chris doesn’t have to contend with editors who are scared to death of blue-haired old ladies. As a result, the two main female characters are often drawn, well, like they were characters in a superhero comic: Extremely healthy from the waste up. Case in point:

In fact, Muir once put out a pin-up calender with Sam (the lady pictured above).

I have some of those pics, but Chris made me swear a blood oath to not post them.

I’m a big far of Chris Muir’s Internet-only online comic strip “Day By Day.” Chris has a conservative bent and a droll sense of humor. He occasionally takes the GOP to task, which makes his strip easier to enjoy if your politics are bent the other way. He loves wordplay. And it doesn’t help that he draws hot women. I give him until the end of the week before a bikini-clad Sarah Palin makes an appearance.

Yeah, DbD is much better than Mallard Filmore.

Chris is having a pledge week, with some fun giveaways for donor. If you have as few pieces of silver or gold lying around (or some cash on your credit card) go on over and share the love.

I’m sure Jan (left, below) and Sam (below, right) will just hug you to pieces.

And if you have a few bucks left over, you MIGHT want to share the wealth here in the River City and click on MY PayPal button. Chris isn’t the only one with hosting costs to pay for, ya know.