He did a boatload of fund raising for a shameless crook who repaid him by using racial demagoguery to get him into the Senate. Then Senate Democrats appointed him to the Armed Services Committee, because with two ongoing hot wars it's not like that's an important position. Magic:

How lame of a Senator is Roland Burris, the hack brought in by Illinois' indicted ex-governor to take Barack Obama's seat? The guy has himself an appointment to the Armed Services Committee. Which means he oversees the Pentagon... Burris seemed genuinely shocked to discover that the Defense Department devoted so much time and money to science and technology. "You're saying that [the armed] services have their own research laboratories going?" he asked Zachary Lemnios, the administration's nominee to be the Director of Defense Research and Engineering... then he asked Lemnios-- pronouncing his name "Leonis" - the follow-up question you'd expect from a son of the Chicago Machine: So does that mean you're the guy in charge of all that research cash?

Could it be that many Democrats don't know or care that much about the military?

References:
* Senator (For Now) Burris...No I Did Not Try To Raise Money For Blago. And By "Not" I Mean, Yes I Did Try And Raise Money For Him [Ace]
* Guess what factor played into Burris' seating? [Hot Air]
* Burris' Shock Discovery: the Pentagon Has Research Labs! [Wired]

Previously:
* Media Bias Transforms Stupid Shoe Throwing Story Into Dumb Liberal Bias Story
* Obama To Appoint Fundraising Crony As UK Ambassador, British Officials Going Ballistic
* Hey, Anyone Know What Party That Blagojevich Guy Is From?