Jane Hamsher at Firedoglake explains the hypocrisy of Harry Reid’s — and the Democrats’ — hardline stance on Roland Burris to fill Barack Obama’s vacant U.S. Senate seat.
(T)he decisions Reid is making right now are politically motivated, with little regard for the law. The Democrats are only in this position, and looking so compromised, because of bad decisions Reid has made in the past.
How will it look if the Sergent at Arms bars Burris from the Senate floor, but did nothing to Harriet Miers and Karl Rove when they defied Senate subpoenas?
How will it look if they refuse to accept Burris into the Democratic Caucus after having accepted Joe Lieberman, who spent years enabling Bush administration crime and corruption as Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee?
How does it look to be screaming about Burris’s “taint” when they did nothing for decades about Ted Stevens, and gave him a standing ovation even after he’d been convicted? Or for that matter, their inaction with regard to Larry Craig?
How does it look now that Reid is manipulating Senate procedure to exclude Burris, but simply shrugged his shoulders over Samuel Alito, warrantless wiretapping and the Military Commissions Act?
How does it look? Hypocritical and overly political.
Hank Kalet 
