Comments on: Oh. My. God. http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/01/02/oh-my-god/ Politics for liberal newsgeeks Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:07:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: bonkers http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/01/02/oh-my-god/comment-page-1/#comment-22860 bonkers Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:39:36 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/01/02/oh-my-god/#comment-22860 <blockquote><p>His only actual qualification is that he’s been legally appointed by the legal governor of Illinois, who has the duty to fill a vacancy.</p></blockquote> <p>Just curious, but if Blago appointed, say, his wife or maybe Dennis Hastert (who is very “qualified”), would you be equally as willing to turn a blind eye to Blago’s duty? I suspect not. Either way, I do think the past actions of Burris are very important in what to do about this extorsion Blago is attempting on the Illinois and American people.</p> <p>All Senate Dems said they would not welcome ANY Blago appointment and will do whatever they can to stop it. Blago goes ahead anyway, and Burris accepted even though he knew all this would happen. Given this, there is no way Burris will be an effective Senator for Illinois, and it raises serious doubts about his motivations. Illinois would be better served without a Senator for a few weeks if it even came to that, than to have this circus and a potentially corrupt Senator.</p> <p>Also, if Gov. Paterson picks Caroline Kennedy, can we expect the “Seat Burris Now” contingent to follow their same reasoning then? If so, I look forward to the end of the incessant Kennedy bashing.</p>

His only actual qualification is that he’s been legally appointed by the legal governor of Illinois, who has the duty to fill a vacancy.

Just curious, but if Blago appointed, say, his wife or maybe Dennis Hastert (who is very “qualified”), would you be equally as willing to turn a blind eye to Blago’s duty? I suspect not. Either way, I do think the past actions of Burris are very important in what to do about this extorsion Blago is attempting on the Illinois and American people.

All Senate Dems said they would not welcome ANY Blago appointment and will do whatever they can to stop it. Blago goes ahead anyway, and Burris accepted even though he knew all this would happen. Given this, there is no way Burris will be an effective Senator for Illinois, and it raises serious doubts about his motivations. Illinois would be better served without a Senator for a few weeks if it even came to that, than to have this circus and a potentially corrupt Senator.

Also, if Gov. Paterson picks Caroline Kennedy, can we expect the “Seat Burris Now” contingent to follow their same reasoning then? If so, I look forward to the end of the incessant Kennedy bashing.

]]> By: Teddy Partridge http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/01/02/oh-my-god/comment-page-1/#comment-22859 Teddy Partridge Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:33:28 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/01/02/oh-my-god/#comment-22859 <p>Burris’s political actions in the past have no place in the discussion over whether to seat him.</p> <p>There are a lot of implications and presumptions in this article about what Burris thought or why Burris acted. I think it crosses the line, frankly, in terms of imputing motives to Burris.</p> <p>But, again: we aren’t talking about Burris’s political qualifications for the office he’s been legally appointed to. And we shouldn’t. His only actual qualification is that he’s been legally appointed by the legal governor of Illinois, who has the duty to fill a vacancy.</p> <p>Everything else is theatre.</p> Burris’s political actions in the past have no place in the discussion over whether to seat him.

There are a lot of implications and presumptions in this article about what Burris thought or why Burris acted. I think it crosses the line, frankly, in terms of imputing motives to Burris.

But, again: we aren’t talking about Burris’s political qualifications for the office he’s been legally appointed to. And we shouldn’t. His only actual qualification is that he’s been legally appointed by the legal governor of Illinois, who has the duty to fill a vacancy.

Everything else is theatre.

]]> By: bonkers http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/01/02/oh-my-god/comment-page-1/#comment-22858 bonkers Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:30:31 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/01/02/oh-my-god/#comment-22858 <p>But I thought “there is no evidence whatsoever” that Burris isn’t qualified to be a Senator, so we should all just shut up and let Blago appoint him to the US Senate? You know, Blago can do that legally so that’s the end of that. Run along, nothing to see here.</p> <p>Oh, and did I mention that Burris is melanin-enhanced?</p> <p>Seriously, I’m glad the Dems are doing everything they can politically and LEGALLY, since we are a Nation of laws, to stop these thugs from from flipping the bird to Illinois, America, and the world for that matter, since what they’re doing is effecting Obama’s and Congress’s ability to get shit done.</p> But I thought “there is no evidence whatsoever” that Burris isn’t qualified to be a Senator, so we should all just shut up and let Blago appoint him to the US Senate? You know, Blago can do that legally so that’s the end of that. Run along, nothing to see here.

Oh, and did I mention that Burris is melanin-enhanced?

Seriously, I’m glad the Dems are doing everything they can politically and LEGALLY, since we are a Nation of laws, to stop these thugs from from flipping the bird to Illinois, America, and the world for that matter, since what they’re doing is effecting Obama’s and Congress’s ability to get shit done.

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