And the Winner Is…
About a week ago, I posted that the Open Government Act was, ironically, being held in limbo by a secret hold. Sign of the times.
Anyway, it turns out that secret hold was from Arizona Senator Jon Kyl.
Congratulations, Senator Kyl. You suck.
This is nothing:
Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) introduced a short amendment to the proposed immigration reform bill (which is a giant tome about the size of 2 brittanica volumes) which says that effective in the 2008 election, voter IDs will be required throughout the USA. Don’t have the right kind? Sorry, can’t vote even if you have been voting for years, are registered, etc.
Comment by weltschmerz — 6/2/2007 @ 3:43 am
And such corruption even takes us back to the attorney firings. Dr. Smith, from RangeVoting.org, answers a question about this:
> The fox is in charge of the hen house. Why isn’t this reported in the
> mainstream media? And why doesn’t Congress seem to be the least bit
> concerned. And why isn’t Tim Griffin in jail?
good questions.
I suspect a large part of the answer is,
because the Democrats have very little interest in
prosecuting and shining a light on Republican election crimes and
outrages, since they themselves utilize similar practices and the last
thing they want is for those practices to get ended so they can no
longer enjoy cushy, 98% predictable, re-elections.
Sure they’d like to shoot down Republican election manipulators, but
that is a low priority for them. The high priority for them is making
their cushy 98% predictable seats stay that way.
Another possible answer is, who is going to prosecute such crimes?
Attorney generals and the Justice Department? Mostly these things
are safely controlled by party faithful and hence will not
investigate. The whole point of the 9 US-attorney firings appears
to have been mainly that they were not sufficiently party-faithful types.
I suspect these 9 are merely the tip of the iceberg. The iceberg itself is all the ones that did get politically appointed, and did not
get fired, because THEY were loyal enough.
Check out
http://rangevoting.org/PresFraud.html
http://www.rangevoting.org/LessFraud.html
Comment by weltschmerz — 6/2/2007 @ 3:49 am
This one takes the cake.
May 27, 2007
In Texas House, Speaker Holds Off a Rebellion
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN, Texas, May 26 (AP) — The powerful speaker of the Texas House, Tom Craddick,
defied a rebellion Friday that lasted into early Saturday, refusing to give up his leadership
post. Lawmakers resumed business later in the day with the veteran politician presiding
over the chamber and opponents still calling for his ouster.
During the five-hour spectacle, Mr. Craddick outmaneuvered his opponents, lawmakers
who tried to overtake the speaker’s podium were physically restrained and the House
parliamentarian resigned before the House adjourned shortly before 1:30 a.m. Saturday.
Mr. Craddick gaveled in the new day’s session 11:15 a.m.
Democrats and Republicans complain that Mr. Craddick, Republican of Midland, has ruled
with an iron fist. They say his style often forces them to vote against the interests of their
districts.
Mr. Craddick’s third two-year term does not expire until the next legislative session
convenes in January 2009, but discontent in the chamber is fueling a plot to force him out
before the session ends Monday. In the last week, four Republicans have filed their
candidacies to be speaker if Mr. Craddick is ousted.
Capping a week of simmering discord, one of them, Representative Fred Hill, of
Richardson, made a request Friday night that would have allowed the 150-member
chamber to vote to oust Mr. Craddick. Mr. Craddick refused to recognize Mr. Hill to make
the motion.
Mr. Hill then asked to allow the House to vote to appeal the decision. “The speaker’s
discretion to recognize a member on a motion on any matter is unappealable,” Mr.
Craddick responded.
The House melted down when Mr. Craddick announced a two-hour break to escape
pointed questions about his leadership. The House broke out in a cacophony of boos as
lawmakers swept to the front of the chamber and Mr. Craddick hustled back to his office
suite.
Democrats trying to overtake the speaker’s podium were restrained by House sergeants-
at-arms as they tried to grab the microphone.
Denise Davis, the House parliamentarian, resigned over the incident, according to a
statement from Mr. Craddick.
To oust Mr. Craddick, a lawmaker must make a parliamentary maneuver known as a
motion to vacate, and a majority of the House must vote for it. That is called a privileged
motion, and a lawmaker must be recognized by the speaker to make one.
Comment by weltschmerz — 6/2/2007 @ 8:36 am
And Hillary can’t spell “tomorrow”.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3232878&page=1
Comment by weltschmerz — 6/2/2007 @ 2:15 pm