Is this really FDL or has my browser gone crazy on me? I guess it’s OK for us to throw out the constitution when we feel like it, but not for the Repugs, eh?

Reid was wrong when he said he wouldn’t seat anybody appointed by Blagojavich, and he’ll be wrong if he refuses to seat Burris. No extra points for consistency.

Blago is an empty suit with the personality and judgment of an adolescent, and although the transcript in question sure sounds like he was selling the seat, it is just as likely that he was tweaking the federal agents he knew were listening, like a juvenile phone prank. Trust me on this, I’ve seen this clown in operation pretty up close and personal.

I’m not arguing that he’s not corrupt; he could just as easily have been opening the auction in that phone call, but because he’s such a jerk, we’re going to have to wait until court when Fitzgerald unveils what else he’s got to support his claims of corruption.

In the meantime, the lynch mob that Tim has so embarrassingly joined would ignore the rule of law and deny the citizens of Illinois 1/2 of their representation in the U.S. Senate. We’ve already been more than sufficiently punished for electing the guy governor (the choice was a very grim one): The state is a mess. Don’t deprive us of a sentor.

Blago still has the right to defend himself in court.
But if he cared what was best for his state, he’d have resigned.
He looks like a narcissistic jerk, and the appointment of Burris ices it.
Blago can go join Abu Gonzo for a little Pity Party, and they can both claim that they’re ‘victims’. It’s all about how they feel; the rest of us don’t matter.

FWIW, I’m really interested in that whole ‘change’ mantra, which means that I don’t think someone with a 72-page indictment should be calling the shots on a Senate seat.

i’m not suggesting breaking any laws… i just want to start from the position of understanding and supporting the rights of the citizens – and i don’t think i’ve seen that laid out yet. instead it’s all about the rights and options that various politicians have.

but i maybe i’ve missed it?

There is a diversity of opinion on that question. Above I asked: “Should the controlling question here be what is legal, or what is politically advantageous?” And on another thread bmaz said:

The measure of a democracy is to follow the rule of law even when it is contrary to your desires and that of the mob mentality. The process is more important than the individual result.

Personally I think bmaz’ answer is the right one. The situation will resolve itself in time through a Blago resignation, impeachment, and/or indictment and perhaps conviction… or if Blago is cleared of wrongdoing. If appropriate, Burris can be expelled from the Senate at the time of that resolution.

What would we do for kabuki?

What would we have to aggravate each other over?

You are a party-pooperator, oldgold.

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[I find the almost palpable annoyance developing among the denizens rather astonishing, given that no-one, beyond ourselves, is interested in what we ‘think’, whichever ’side’ of this ‘controversy’ we might choose to align ourselves with … (full disclosure: I agree with you) and the ‘process’ of attempting to do more that simply stating our individual ‘convictions’, that is, attempting to ‘win the hearts and minds’, of those persuaded ‘otherwise’ is limping past ‘amusing’, or so it seems to me …]

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