Blagojevich Appointee Will Be Denied Entry to Senate, Say Sources

Wow, is every aspect of the news more scandalous than celebrity gossip lately? It sure does feel like it.

Okay, so remember how the governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich (pronounced Bla-GOY-uh-vich), was “allegedly” accepting bribes for who would get the Senate seat vacated by Obama? And that’s super duper illegal and stuff? Well, he hasn’t actually been convicted of this stuff yet, and he refuses to resign from him post despite his whole party begging him to, and he went right ahead and appointed someone, this dude Roland Burris, who’s planning to report for duty on Tuesday to be inaugurated. Senate Democrats are like “Oh hell no,” and they’re planning to exercise their right to refuse him entry to the Senate.

The first Democratic aide said if Burris tries to enter the Senate chamber on Tuesday, the Senate doorkeeper will stop him. If Burris were to persist, either trying to force his way onto the Senate floor or refusing to leave and causing a scene, U.S. Capitol police would stop him, the aide said.

“They [police] probably won’t arrest him,” but they would call the Senate’s sergeant-at-arms, the aide said.

Burris has indicated he intends to be at the Senate on Tuesday. When asked about what would happen if he shows up, Burris told the Chicago Tribune that he is “not going to create a scene in Washington.”

SO MUCH DRAMA!!!

We may as well elect Lindsay Lohan and Denise Richards and Courtney Love — it couldn’t be much more of a shit-show over there in DC!