Whoever thought we would see the Senate violate the Constitution...
As far as I can tell,
Blago has not been indicted, nor impeached, and has really committed no prosecutable crime.
He acted within his powers as governor and appointed Burris.
There is no legal reason this guy should be excluded.
Nothing that happens in these days should surprise you.
They no longer teach history (relevant history) in schools today, and they haven't for some time, so at least one whole generation of America has nothing, intellectually, to fall back on (and that, of course, extends to our current economic plight).
The Republic is dead! Long live the Republic!!!
CA....
See #138.
Either you haven't been paying attention or you just forgot the ssrcasm notification.
They have been doing that every chance they have had as far back as I can remember -- and that takes in part of the Hoover Administration and their trashing of it ever since.