Richard Pryor for U.S. Senator from Illinois. He's tanned, rested, and ready !
(Of course, his being dead means he also covers the singlemost important voting bloc in Illinois !)
Posted on 12/30/2008 11:49:22 AM PST by BAW
Reid won’t have the final say, the Supreme Court will.
I also think if the RATs in D.C. try to refuse to seat him, he can go to court and cite the Adam Clayton Powell case as a precedent showing the Congress cannot refuse to seat a duly choosen member for reasons other than constiutional requirements (at least 30 years of age, a U.S. citizen, and a resident of Illinois, all of whom Burris clearly can prove). At which point the Dems could either refuse to let him sit in their caucus (forcing him to caucus with the GOP), or they'd have to make a motion to expel him from the Senate by 2/3rds vote. Go ahead Dems, go on record expelling the charismatic legendary "elder statesmen" of the Illinois Dems that broke the color barrier in Obama's home state back 30 years ago. Go ahead and try it. I dare ya.
Since he's 71 and has lost the last four elections he's run in, every indication would seem to be this is a seat warmer appointment, but given Burris' good health (unlike Jesse White, not senile) and huge ego, it seems like he's drooling at the thought of running for re-election as an incumbent in 2010. Heh heh heh.
Mike Madigan is probably tearing his hair out now for calling Blago's bluff and not stripping the Governor of his appointment power two weeks ago.
I'm loving every minute of this.
“Article 1, Sections 9 and 10.”
Section 5 lets Congress sets the rule but the above citation prohibits a bill against an individual or ex post facto. SCOTUS would rule against the Congress.
Unless this appointment violates a standing law it would probably be argued that the resolution to bar him would be an unconstitutional bill of attainder. The Congress cannot make one off laws. If I was not feeling ill I would get you the case law.
Now if Congress had a rule on the books that said a governor with a standing but un-adjudicated criminal complaint cannot appoint a Senatorial replacement that is otherwise consistent with law then, maybe.
“The senate is the final judge as to who may be seated. If there are any irregularities they can refuse to seat.
The House of Representatives did this with an elected member back in the ‘70’s. They just voted not to seat him.”
First sentence is wrong. And the second sentence is pointless, the rejected dude went to court and WON!!!
I thought the same thing. He looked like Richard Pryor who had MS. Of course Pryor was very funny. And Rush was a radical.
Richard Pryor for U.S. Senator from Illinois. He's tanned, rested, and ready !
(Of course, his being dead means he also covers the singlemost important voting bloc in Illinois !)
Karl Rove on Fox news now!
Blago is doing what Dems do when under hot water. Hide behind blacks. The Burris selection will cause blacks to rally behind Blago at his impeachment hearings. With black politicans defending Blago, Madigan would not dare remove him.
That's the going rumor, though his office hasn't disclosed what happened and just says he's "recovering" from "health problems". He never actually campaigns for re-election and especially not in the white suburbs, but he's always "gone thur the motions" of re-election in the past and done campaign ads and taxpayer funded "newsletters" through franking. He was completely AWOL this November election season though.
My guess would be major stroke. That also might explain why he flip back and forth between a "yes" vote and "no" vote on the bailout about half a dozen times before finally settling on "no" and then voting "yes" on the sweetened version.
This is the first time I've seen him speak in over a year, and he looks and sounds terrible. I don't think he's operating with a full deck.
Ironic. 8 years ago, South side blacks derided Obama for being the “white”. Now South side blacks regard Obama as a god to be worshipped.
Some discussion on the issue...
Can The Senate Really Refuse To Seat Blago's Appointment?
Can U.S. Senate Refuse to Seat Burris?
Here’s Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White saying he won’t sign Blago’s Senate appointment proclaimation. Jesse sounds pretty feeble and elderly as well. How dare he oppose the only black person who would serve in the Senate! He must be racist! heh heh. ;-)
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2008/12/blagojevich-to-name-burris-to-senate.html
Perfect for the BC debate.
But Rush won that race, defeating Obama handily.
Imagine what happens if Burris then says "I ain't goin' no place---arrest me!" LOL!!
Check , Blago. Your move Harry.
“the people of Illinois are entitled to a functioning government and major decisions free of taint and controversy”
Make no mistake. The national exposure of how the Illinois Democrat Party works will taint the national Democrat Party in ways conservatives have hoped for forever.
In other words, Illinois is showing everyone how the DNC works nationwide, without the national MSM covering for them.
It’s a goooood thing.
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