January 14, 2009
Mr Burris did get his tickets for the Inauguration - all 363 of them. Where do all these folks sit or go or whatever? And where are they going to stay if they don't already have reservations? I wonder if local folks are renting out their spare rooms. One way to make the mortgage.
So before he left for Washington today, he stopped by Paderewski Elementary School and gave away tickets to 30 students and 5 chaperones. He doesn't have them in hand yet but the kids went crazy. They had been saving up for 8 months - I don't know who was going to give them tickets. BET is paying for their trip. What an experience. Sure hope they have enough money to at least get to the Lincoln Memorial and the White House.
Burris has already had 2000 requests for tickets. I wonder if anyone is will to pay to...
He gave his little speech and capped off with:
Who's going to be the next Barack Obama out of this school? Where is the next Barack Obama?
The kids all put up their hands. For those of you who think he's an egomaniac out for himself and his own glory - he could have asked who's going to be the next Roland Burris.
He will be sworn into the Senate tomorrow just like he always said he would be. It's a shame he wasn't allowed to be there with the rest of his colleagues.
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