Posted on 12/13/2006 12:46:10 PM PST by leadpenny
Edited on 12/13/2006 2:04:33 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
I haven't stayed up with all of the posts:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061213/ap_on_go_co/johnson
Man, just reading that makes me feel better :)
Posted by Ctrl_Alt_Del on Sat Nov-13-04 03:18 PM
"Die (vulgar expletive)! Die (vulgar expletive)! Die (vulgar expletive)!"
Oh grow up! This is unfortunate but if as result we get the Senate back, so be it.
All this speculation about the balance of power is moot IMHO. They still have Snowe(R) and Chafee(R) to continue to support their agenda's. Prayers for Sen. Johnson.
I understand Stephanie Herseth is very popular in SD and has already won two statewide races by wide margins.
Alright, I think enough prayers and well wishes have been posted. Now we can get into the raw politics of the matter. If the democrats can run a women who has been bedridden in the hospital for months, in and out of apparent comas, and on the verge of death for re-election to the house in 2004 (a women in Hawaii whose name escapes me). Then I see nothing that would stop them from attempting to keep Johnson a Senator for 2 more years, even he never left the hospital or his home. And the republicans, ever looking to be "bipartisan" and gain media love and attention, would probably be morons and rotate through senators to "pair" their vote with him.
I wouldn't be surprised if it happened.
--It would show a great deal of bipartisanship if he would appoint a democrat and not tip the balance of power as a result of a horrible tragedy.--
The (D) Gov. of Idaho could later reciprocate and appoint a (R) senator, if Sen. Thomas's illness gets worse.
Amen to that. I know from family experience that everything depends on how soon the stroke victim receives treatment.
Umm, I seriously, seriously doubt she's had any facelifts. She's only 35.
Sen. Thomas is from the State of Wyoming, not Idaho.
BTW-The Gov. of WY in a Democrat.
Hope he recovers. Prayers to him.
Yeah, that would take a big man... it would be a great example to those in Washington that the country is ready for the end of partisan bickering, and that they want to see Congress work together and get somethin done.
(Ok, ok, it's sarcasm.)
I doubt that a Democrat governor in the reversed situationn would do the same. I would expect a Republican governor to appoint a Republican senator and a Democrat governor to appoint a Democrat.
Well, the truth is Strom Thurmond was very incapacitated and he continued to serve.
Just because someone has a stroke wouldn't disqualify them from serving, IMHO.
My dad had a stroke, he lost his speech, and use of one arm, but within a month, he was pretty much back to normal.
His speech came back a little slower than his physical abilities.
The question would be not one of physical limitations, but cognitive limitations.
Chafee (R) lost.
Snowe is busy pushing the global warming myth.
ABC radio new's 1st worry was the balance of the senate possibly going to republicans...
Worth a reposting.
Johnson, who turns 60 on Dec. 28, is already a cancer survivor, having had his prostate gland removed in March 2004. According to news reports, he is also deaf in his left ear as a result of surgery to remove a benign tumor from his eardrum after returning from the Vietnam War.
"This is a pretty mean town and lets just keep him in our prayers," said former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas. "This town is so eat up with power that everybody, you know, that's all they think about. You go to ask somebody for a cup of coffee, they question why you asked, there must be an ulterior motive to you asking.
"Senator Johnson is a really nice man from strong South Dakota stock so I am sure he'll be all right," DeLay added.
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