- Turnout was low for Afghanistan’s second-ever presidential election, even though Taliban-related violence was not as awful as some had predicted. [AFP]
- Hurricane Bill has weakened, like a typical Democrat. [CNN]
- Ted Kennedy hasn’t been around the nation’s capital too much these days, owing to brain problems, and now he is trying to make sure that Massachusetts isn’t down a vote for too long if he … “leaves office” sometime in the near future. [Boston Globe]
- More terror on the high seas, now featuring a collision between an oil-product tanker and a bulk carrier in the Straits of Malacca. [Bloomberg]
- Government jobs have proven surprisingly recession-resistant, but that trend may not last much longer. [New York Times]
- Maybe if the Democrats cut up the health care bill into two pieces the Republicans won’t notice it’s a Socialized Government Takeover of Grandma’s Plug! [Wall Street Journal]
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It’s always amusing that certain Democrats in control of the health care bill want to make it appear as though it’s bipartisan, i.e. they’re doing all they can to solicit the support of a party that’s less popular than explosive diarrhea and whose leaders are all toxic, idiotic clowns. Gotta love our 1.2 party system.
It seems that the twatter who wrote this NYT article equates 6.9 million job losses in private sector to .11 million job “gains” in the public sector. By the old maths I took, that is approx 1/69 of the total job losses in US America and what is more commonly known as a fucking drop in the motherfucking bucket.
So why doesn’t Kennedy say that he is resigning and allow a special election to be called to replace him?
[re=391226]Canmon (the Inadequate)[/re]: In 2004, faced with the possibility that Romney would appoint a republican to replace Kerrey if he was elected president, the MA legislature changed the law to specify that a special election must be held within five months. The previous version was unclear whether the governor could wait for an entire election cycle to evolve before calling the election, and while that time period passed, appoint whomever he pleased. The change nullified whether the governor could appoint a replacement.
Kennedy is asking that element to be replaced in the law allowing a governor to appoint a replacement Senator until the election can be held. In other words, if Kennedy dies, the seat will not be vacant for up to five months before the election occurs.
[re=391228]JamesMichaelCurley[/re]: Thanks. I did read that in the story. What I’m saying is that Kennedy should resign now, effective upon the date of the special election. That way the voters decide his replacement rather than having some appointee.
Afghanistan candidates took a page from the wingnut playbook. Each side has their supporters whipped up into a frothy goodness by claiming the only way they would lose is if the other side cheated and stuffed the ballot boxes. So no matter who wins, there will be never-ending claims of voter fraud and riots in the streets.
Yay!
The old maxim is as true as ever: Half a baby is better than none.
[re=391232]Joshua Norton[/re]: …So no matter who wins, there will be never-ending claims of voter fraud and riots in the streets. …
That will make their Townhall meetings really exciting.
[re=391231]Canmon (the Inadequate)[/re]: Although that idea would work, I think it would be a tortured interpretation of the Constitution since the Constitution speaks of “vacancies” and not death, retirement or getting shot by an irate mistress. The Constitution states, “When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.” So, the event of a special election is conditional on a vacancy occurring.
I wouldn’t try that wisdom-of-Solomon thing on the conservatives. They’re just as likely to take the two half babies instead of conceding anything.
[re=391232]Joshua Norton[/re]: Democracy, Whiskey, Sexy!
[re=391237]AllHat[/re]: then the health insurance corporations will set up more death panels, just because they can.
What about the most pressing issue of the day? Is Caster Semenya a woman, a man or intersex?
Macaca? WHAT? George Allen’s back? Oh…Malacca. Don’t scare me like that.
[re=391235]JamesMichaelCurley[/re]: David Boren did exactly that in Oklahoma in 1994.
I’m shocked that turnout was so low after all the trouble we went through to guarantee the outcome.
We put thousands of bayonets on the ground, invaded villages, and bombed and shelled so voters would feel comfy getting out of their bunkers and heading to the polls. We hand picked a slate of fine candidates, so that everyone could choose an acceptable one that would not cheese our grits. We saw to it that enough payola changed hands to ensure every player had at least one dog in the fight.
I’m starting to disbelieve that democracy speaks through the mouth of a gun.
Maybe Bush was wrong.
[re=391223]norbizness[/re]: Hah! One party. Two names. How can you loose?
[re=391231]Canmon (the Inadequate)[/re]:
Did your comment just have an erection? I’ve never seen your comments that long before, and they have nice girth too.
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